Adults who think that children must be manipulated for their own good have developed the attitude of a controlling parent who lacks… — Carl Rogers Copy Share Image
“Our Peter Pan generation is unhappy. All our lives, we want to grow up— to be treated like adults, to have freedom… — Marcella Purnama Copy Share Image
Adults have been brainwashed into thinking that they can't really learn about computers without being taught, so it's more difficult for them… — Seymour Papert Copy Share Image
The truth is, no matter how trying they become, babies two and under don't have the ability to make moral choices, so… — Anne Cassidy Copy Share Image
Most people are really fighting to not be adults. And, when it happens, it's a big transition. And a lot of that… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
I had so many adults around me reminding me that I was a kid. I also had a lot of adults saying… — Mara Wilson Copy Share Image
As a kid, I would get my parents to drop me off at my local library on their way to work during… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The sanserif only seems to be the simpler script. It is a form that was violently reduced for little children. For adults… — Jan Tschichold Copy Share Image
There's the typical books, Moby Dick and, I guess in my adult life I began to read biographies more than fiction. I… — Julius Erving Copy Share Image
The vast majority (over 80 percent) of fast-food and similar low wage service jobs (<$9.24/hr) are held by adults. A quarter are adults over 40. Another quarter are moms raising kids. — David Rolf Copy Share Image
Well, the years from 10 to 20, when your body, mind and everything is like changing every five minutes, can be pretty… — Anna Paquin Copy Share Image
In all teaching there must be a fusion of authority as an adult providing a stable framework for the children in one's… — Yehudi Menuhin Copy Share Image
No matter how much kids beg to be treated like adults, nobody likes to let go of their childhood. You wish for… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
Even though I'm not with their mother, it's important for my kids to see adults in a committed and happy relationship. They… — Michael Strahan Copy Share Image
Trying to be a leader in a sort of very atypical workplace like 'Saturday Night Live' forces you to realize that no… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
I kept thinking there were two kinds of adults: There were...miserable creatures who scoured the earth in search of something to hurt.… — John Green Copy Share Image
Kids are naturally inventive and curious and creative, but most adults have had that beaten out of them. Writing is a form… — Monica Ali Copy Share Image
Each time I wander into blogdom, I'm reminded of the savage children stranded on an island in William Golding's "Lord of the… — Kathleen Parker Copy Share Image
Our great problem, is that children now know whatever they want to know - at the press of a button they can… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Some children naturally have more cognitive control than others, and in all kids this essential skill is being compromised by the usual… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
During the entire process of making this film I never thought about whom I was making it for. I always thought that… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
Obviously, as an adult I realize this girl-on-girl sabotage is the third worst kind of female behavior, right behind saying "like" all… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
According to a new survey, 40 percent of adults in Mexico say they would move to the United States if they got… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
Already, though, she understood the difference between being a child and being an adult. The difference is when someone says he can… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
What I know for sure is that all the sacrifice and challenges we face are worth it if we're creating a better… — Michelle Obama Copy Share Image
Most adults don't sing anymore. We have to break that, and start singing the name of the Almighty One, try to cultivate… — Dharma Mittra Copy Share Image
You may not feel outstandingly robust, but if you are an average-sized adult you will contain within your modest frame no less… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Domestic violence does not only happen to adults. Forty percent of girls age 14 to 17 report knowing someone their age who… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
Now it's fantastic, this is a medium that adults should be able to enjoy, it's not just for our kids. I feel… — Rachael MacFarlane Copy Share Image
“Is this what it’s like for adults? When we were in school, we wanted to do nothing but travel the world and… — Noah Harris Copy Share Image
The fourth way to get a boy to like you is to be yourself. Now, I am contractually obligated as an adult… — John Green Copy Share Image
One of the greatest struggles of becoming an adult is figuring out what you want to do and what makes you happy.… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
It is critical that parents and other trusted adults initiate conversations with kids about underage drinking well in advance of the first… — Xavier Becerra Copy Share Image
Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again. Most of… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Basque is one of the world's more alarming languages. Only a handful of adult foreigners, they say, have ever managed to learn… — Jan Morris Copy Share Image
Time and space are absolute. Diseases are evil spirits that inhabit the body. Parallel lines never meet. The earth is the center… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
Raising children is a spur-of-the-moment, seat-of-the-pants sort of deal, as any parent knows, particularly after an adult child says that his most… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
As a teenager and a young adult, I never felt like my own story was interesting enough to tell, so I always… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
An early editor characterized my books as 'romantic comedy for intelligent adults.' I think people see them as funny but kind. I… — Elinor Lipman Copy Share Image
Now '90210' is returning with an all-new cast of slightly more plausible teens. I'll be honest: I wish the old cast was… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
