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CHORES, RESTRICTIONS DAMPEN CHILDHOOD.


It's hard being a kid because you have to go to school and do homework and you get tested on tests. You have to get a checkup check·up
n.
1. An examination or inspection.

2. A general physical examination.


checkup See Yearly checkup.
 once in a while at the doctor's too!

- Eleni Skiani, 8

St. Nicholas School

Northridge

I think it is hard being a kid because my sister can go places that I can't go. Also, my sister gets to have her friends over and I don't get to have my friends over a lot. Also I can't go to the American Musical Awards with my mom and dad.

- Preston Paul Sandweiss, 7

Calabash calabash

Tree (Crescentia cujete) of the trumpet-creeper family (Bignoniaceae) that grows in Central and South America, the West Indies, and extreme southern Florida. It is often grown as an ornamental.
 Elementary School elementary school: see school.  

Woodland Hills

My life is hard for me because I only have one parent. I live with my Dad. My Mom is in Florida. I havt to do thing all buy my self with out my Mom.

- Jacob Funk, 9

Justice Street School

West Hills

Well some things are hard these days like chores, eating vegetables that you don't like, or making your bed. Stuff like that.

- Matt Leotta, 8

Balboa Balboa, town (1990 pop. 2,751), Colón prov., in the former Panama Canal Zone, on the Gulf of Panama. The port for Panama City, Balboa was the administrative headquarters of the Panama Canal Zone. It was also the site of a U.S. navy base (closed 1999).  School

Northridge

I think the hardest thing about being a kid is the fact that sometimes you don't get enough attention. You have to scream, get hurt, or do something bad just for someone to talk to you. I face this problem all the time. I get tired of it and sometimes think about running away.

- Junior Guardado, 9-1/2

San Jose San Jose, city, United States
San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850.
 Street Elementary Highly Gifted Center

Mission Hills

The most difficult thing about being a kid is that I can't work and if I don't work I don't earn or have any money.

- Carlos Raul Higuera, 11

Bellagio Road Newcomer School

Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850.  

The thing that makes it hard being a kid is that I can't go out late or drive. I'm also no old enough for a career. It's also hard because I don't have as many privileges as my brothers and sisters do. When I'm grown up I will do everything that I couldn't do now.

- Negar Ghelichlrani, 11

Chatsworth Elementary School

Chatsworth

I think the toughest thing a kid has to do is LEARN! Learning can be easy, but sometimes can be very confusing con·fuse  
v. con·fused, con·fus·ing, con·fus·es

v.tr.
1.
a. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; throw off.

b.
.

Some kids can learn it fairly easy. Some kids learn very slow and need more help and attention than others. At the end it doesn't see that hard at all.

- Melinda Lucas, 10

Peachland Elementary School

Newhall

``Azbai, Clean your room!'' ``Do I have to?'' ``Yes.'' It is hard to be a kid. I faked that I was sleeping. But I still had to clean my room.

- Azbai Arreguin, 9

Arminta Street School

North Hollywood

The trouble being a kid is giving my puppy puppy

the young of the canine species; usually used up to the age of 12 months.


fading puppy syndrome
see fading kitten/puppy syndrome.

puppy pyoderma
see impetigo.
 his bath because it is hard for me when he struggles and he won't let me scrub his ears and his belly. I get all wet when he shakes and gets the water off his doggy treats.

- Sandy Ayala, 9

Emelita Street School

Los Angeles

It is hard being a kid because you can't reach the cocie jar, can't stay up until 12:00 am, can't use a credticard, have to go to school, have to do what ever your mom She goes to the gym.  and dad tell you to do.

- Ross Klein, 8

Woodland Hills Elementary School

Woodland Hills

I think it is difficult being a kid trying to get away from girls because they bother me to much. when I'm a grown-up grown-up  
adj.
1. Of, characteristic of, or intended for adults: grown-up movies; a grown-up discussion.

2.
, no body is going to bother me.

- Antonio Uhlendor-Sartain, 7

Haskell Elementary School

Granada Hills

Being a kid is hard because you can't drive a car or you can't gamble you play major league sports. You can't go to the mall with your friends. You can't get a good job like being in the mitlatary. You can't use a credit card you can't buy your own food you can't go to the beach just with your girl friend but the rest is pretty fun about being a kid.

- Nick Miles Nick Miles (born 1962 in Birmingham, England) is an English actor well known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as businessman Jimmy King.

He appeared in the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe show "Meeting Joe Strummer" with Steve North.
, 9

Justice Street Elementary School

West Hills

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Photo: (1) For Fahim Nassery, 11, of Granada Elementary School, what's hard about being a kid is not being able to drive a car and go places you want.

(2) Brittany Harris, 9, of Fenton Charter School, thinks that the hardest thing about being a kid is being vulnerable to suspicious strangers.
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Title Annotation:L.A. LIFE
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Apr 15, 1997
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