Kids instinctively know - although they will argue to the contrary - that they really are not mature enough to make good decisions on some important issues.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think the way kids learn most is not by what you say, but by what you do.
When you're young, you don't have much sense. You don't have any reasoning power. You don't have any ability to take a blow, an insult, a hurt in the right way. There is no way a child can do that. All a child can do is feel the pang of it, the heartache of it.
Sitting with a bunch of adults and arguing about what's going to be most effective for kids is just sort of self-defeating.
I was born to argue... I don't know why. I mean, from arguing with my teachers and, on occasions, my parents. I think I've mastered the art of argument at a fairly young age.
Kids are different from adults. They are not as developed as far as brain science, controlling impulses, and maturity, and fall prey to all kinds of pressures.
When I was a little kid, no matter what my parents told me, I would always argue - even if I agreed with them. And I've always been a show-off. As I've gotten older, I've found ways to be more subtle about it, but that's the way I am. I suppose that has something to do with why I write and direct.
Children are far more interesting to work with than grownups. They're incredibly honest. They'll tell you exactly what they think.
Kids are smart. Knowledge is power. Let them figure things out. Don't turn into that grown-up who they won't come to.
As kids do, they're smart, and even if parents try to keep things away from them, conflict and issues and whatnot, kids pick up on what's happening.
Young children are naturally so philosophical. They ask: 'What is real? What is truth?' They have to learn it; they don't automatically know it. To them, it's a game. You can study this for years in college, and yet you probably asked it when you were four or five years old.