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Don't live vicariously through your kids or try to shape them into who you wanted to be, like the popular kid or an athlete. Children should be given the opportunity to be themselves.

You must begin to think of yourself as becoming the person you want to be.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

I want my kids to grow up and enjoy their childhood and be carefree. I never really got a chance to be a kid.

I think you have to be what you are. Don't try to be somebody else. You have to be yourself at all times.

To all the kids out there: Follow your dream. Believe in your dream. Because dreams do come true.

I just want to be myself.

Being confident is the key to life. Don't be afraid to be you! I'm super different from a lot of kids my age with style and personality, and I'm OK with it. And if you are OK with it, everyone else will be, too. Just be yourself.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.

Sometimes when I go out on the road, I feel almost embarrassed or dismayed because I can't be the image of what kids want me to be. So I just try to be myself, and usually that works out OK.