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"This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary."
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"The adults don't know what's happening on the kids' universe and the kids don't know what's happening on the adults' universe."
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"I like stirring things up. I'm on the side of the kids more than I am on the adults. And occasionally I find some adults that have that same mischievous streak, so I don't get in too much trouble."
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"Kids will not listen to that. They're going to experiment no matter what, so you have to be honest."
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"We don't teach kids how to feel, we don't give them the words to go by."
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"I'm gonna put a curse on you and all your kids will be born completely naked."
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"Kids know me from their Grease DVD, so they instantly respond. You can hear a pin drop when I do my old songs."
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"Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected."
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"I have an audience that goes from kids to seventy year olds."
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"Susan, an only child who never had any roots, and I, a lone wolf who got married 20 years to late, were adopted by the kids as much as they were by us."
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"You've never seen a Columbine done by a black child. Never. They always say, 'We can't believe it happened here. We can't believe it's these suburban white kids.' It's only them!"
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"And I started as a journalism major at Ohio State, ended up in theater and I love to read."
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"I know the situations that we do every week are all ones that I encounter in my life or will encounter."
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"I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight."
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"When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I'm a little guarded and hardened to that."
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"I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security."
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"I'm not good at accepting help."
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"But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls."
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"I spend as much time with my kids as any mom who stays home. I only work during the hours they're at school, but there is always the sense of trying to catch up with all their stuff and not only organize my work life but also their school lives."
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"Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over on you they're so transparent. Like men."
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"Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working and really enjoying our lives and each other. We both love the theater and books and travel and so we were really having a lot of fun."
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