When you work with kids, people tell you to be very delicate, but that's the last thing you should do with kids. They feel patronized if you're like that. They just want you to be normal.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I've worked with kids that are just horrendous, and it's mostly because of their parents.
Working with children is very different than the way in which I work with adults. One has to work just as much with children as with adults, but the manner of work is very different. I never tell the children the actual truth of the thing that I want them to act.
It's a funny feeling to work with people who you consider your colleagues and to realize that they actually are young enough to be your children.
I love kids, so working with them wasn't a problem.
My kids have got to work themselves around my life, not the other way. That's how kids become brats, if you're there staring at them all the time going, 'Are you alright?'
A lot of my work is with children and there's a reason for that, because they really level you.
You have to really respect what your kids are doing with their kids and how they're raising them. You can't push your way into areas where you shouldn't be saying anything. You have to always remember they're not your own kids. Play with them, love them, spoil them to death - then hand them back.
Respect your kids. They are their own people. I think sometimes we expect kids to be perfect when we're not perfect.
People are always surprised when they spend time with my children by how normal they are. They're polite. They're well mannered. They're very down to earth, in a way.
There's no secret to working with kids. They either charm you and you can work with them, or they don't charm you and you feel you're stuck with them.