Kids Quotes by Nancy Gibbs

9 Kids quotes by Nancy Gibbs

Gibbs draws on her reporting background to craft nine short, nuanced reflections on youth, providing a measured, insightful look at the challenges and hopes of children.

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Kids are more nimble than wise.

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Today's kids aren't taking up arms against their parents; they're too busy texting them.

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At times, it seems as if the only women effortlessly balancing their jobs, kids, husbands and homes are the ones on TV.

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Anyone with the right mix of parental paranoia and entrepreneurial moxie can make a fortune by selling parents the equipment we think…

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High school is a haunted house in April, when seniors act up because the end is near. Even those who hate school…

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A lot of camps and summer programs for kids seem to have discovered that among the most valuable things they offer is…

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Studies show that the more often families eat together, the less likely kids are to smoke, drink, do drugs, get depressed, develop…

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I have two daughters: One an open book, one a locked box. So the question of privacy is a challenging one. How…

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In the case of the classic Western helicopter parent, it starts with Baby Einstein and reward charts for toilet training, and it…

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Be bored and see where it takes you, because the imagination's dusty wilderness is worth crossing if you want to sculpt your soul.

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It's hard to think of any tool, any instrument, any object in history with which so many developed so close a relationship so quickly…

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“Lydon Johnson realized he really was President, that his identity had changed by President Kennedy's shocking death, when aides who had been like family…

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A typical smart phone has more computing power than Apollo 11 when it landed a man on the moon.

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George W. Bush, though a president's son, is cast as Reagan's heir even more than his father's.

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For God to be kept out of the classroom or out of America's public debate by nervous school administrators or overcautious politicians serves no…

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Pain is the most private experience, but its causes, whether natural or man-made, demand public accounting.

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On the court, Jason Collins is not a huge basketball star, but he has already claimed his place in civil rights history as the…

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When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak.

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If you want to humble an empire it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple…

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“The wand is mighter then the sword.”

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