What lessons have you learned from the Roloff family on Little People Big World?
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I have learned that nothing is impossible. NO matter how little you are in this big world your dreams can still come true!
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Here is an OC recap/commentary I read from TVGUIDE.Com. So good. Ps, you can find Smallville's recap on the same site.\n\nNovember 16, 2006: Old Habits Die Harder for Some than for Others \nNever thought I’d see the day when Sandy wanted men, and Julie didn’t. OK, so Sandy was simply lamenting the fact that he really doesn’t have any guy friends. It was cute watching someone as outgoing and self-assured as Sandy get nervous about arranging a playdate for himself. Also fun: Watching Julie get back to her partying bad-girl ways (as opposed to her recent murder-planning bad-girl ways). No sooner did Julie swear off men for a week (“Man drama, who needs it?”) than did we find her dumping gal pal Kirsten and perusing the club scene for younger men. Like mother, like daughter, as Kaitlin also couldn’t keep her promise to stay out of trouble for a whole week. (Those two are so much alike, and even resemble each other, that I totally buy them as mother and daughter — much more so than Julie and Marissa.) Now that these two are hanging out at the same clubs, how long before they start dating the same guys? Of course, this would be familiar territory for Julie. Again, I find myself alluding to the infamous Luke and Julie story line of season 1, and thinking about that plot made it hard for me to buy Julie's being so intrigued by her friend’s recommendation to date younger men. Julie’s been there and done that. But I guess she’s not exactly someone who learns from her mistakes. \n\nMuch like Julie, Ryan was also slipping back into old habits. Naturally, it was that habit of his that often gets him into so much trouble: his need to rescue people. Specifically, rescuing girls. Initially, he resisted most of Taylor’s pleas for help — until Sandy reminded him that helping people is just what he does, it’s part of who he is. And really, what was required of him this time wasn’t too big of a deal, as he simply had to pretend to be Taylor’s boyfriend (OK, her fantastic new lover whom she was simply wild about). At least he didn’t have to beat someone up and revert to his other old habit of losing his temper. I wasn’t sure how I was going to like the Ryan-Taylor pairing that I had read about in recent weeks. For now, Taylor’s extreme perkiness isn’t annoying me, and she’s cracking me up (“Back to you and your life Ryan: What’s your favorite fruit?”). And, surprisingly, she’s making me feel sympathy for her, such as when she described how her loneliness had led her to marry her French husband, Henri-Michael. The jury’s still out on this pairing for me, but so far, so good. \n\nAlso good: Summer’s attempts to move on past the pain of losing her best friend. Her opening scene with the off-screen shrink helping her through the five stages of grief was hilarious — even the depression step. Oh, and she did it all in one week! Like Seth, I was initially excited by the idea of having the old Summer back, the one who “loves shopping, tanning and celebrity gossip.” However, unlike with Julie and Ryan, Summer’s old habits didn’t fit her anymore. The “save-the-planet thing” wasn’t a crutch, as she originally thought; she really has changed. And as much as I’ll miss the shopaholic Valley-watcher, I think I like the new Summer, too. She’s passionate, determined and persuasive. But what does this mean for Seth and Summer’s relationship down the road? As they grow, might they grow apart? Guess we’ll have to wait and see.\n\nA few less important questions:\n— How did Summer score a dorm room with a walk-in closet?!\n— Is Providence having an unusually warm winter? Post-Thanksgiving, you’d think you’d see more bulky coats and less short sleeves.\n— Why does Che play his guitar in the nude?
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My oldest nephew, Matthew.  He had a drug addict mom and an over the road truck driver dad.  He raised his 3 younger siblings most of their lives.  He worked hard in school and got a 4 year scholarship to a school through Disney in Arizona. After graduation he came home and married his childhood sweetheart, Mindy.  He then started his own computer graphics business and bought his first home when he was 24.  Two years later he bought a brand new house and kept building the business.  He's in his brand new custom built house now.  Business is great.  Marriage is great.  I am so proud of him for doing all he has, and all this with no parental encouragement is impressive.  They came to visit today and he is the nicest guy you could meet.  And I guess all of this is why I like Matt.
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Hi.\nI grew up in a poverty-level environment (or "culture", if you will), where all the fathers were either away at war (Vietnam), or they came back all messed up, emotionally.  So it was women raising us, sort of.\nOur mothers and aunties had to work sometimes 2 jobs to keep us fed and clothed, etc., so we kids were usuallyon our own.  We communicated disagreement and anger by arguing.  Verbal abuse was rampant - and we thought was "normal".  Whoever yelled the loudest and the longest and meanest, got heard.  Our mothers were no better, coming home tired, to a house full of hollering kids - so they'd start with yelling and name calling.\n\nI grew up some, and had boyfriends and would argue them into the ground, with lots of yelling and name calling.  It was all I knew!   But in the world outside my neighborhood (outside of my "culture", therefore), I quickly learned that I may seem to win all the arguments, but I wasn't really being heard, or understood, or listened to, or respected.  Not to mention, people looked at me like I was a crazy woman - if the argument took place in public.\n\nI was living on my own, a young adult and realized my way of communicating wasn't very effective.\nI started paying attention to how people argue on TV.\nI never saw the type of behavior I had learned as a child,\non TV.  And I chose to surround myself with good-natured, intelligent people, who didn't feel the need to scream at me to get their point across.\n\nMy life quickly changed for the better - because I changed my childhood  "cultural" communication skills into better adult communication skills, by changing my cultural surroundings.\nClare Huxtable, the mother on "The Cosby Show", is still my role model and inspiration for gentle, yet effective communication - especially when I'm angry.
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Once, all my children were sitting around reflecting on the days of our lives.  They were proud that they were known as the bold and the beautiful family full of passions and each had a guiding light.  My family knew how silly it was to act like the young and the restless people around them.  For, they all knew we only have one life to live and we must make the best of it.  So, as I lay on my deathbead in General Hospital, I knew I had the greatest family ever.
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One of my co-worker's wife was on it a few years ago.  Ended up winning a lot of stuff and missed out on the showcase by just a few hundred bucks.  They have folks that come out and do short interviews with the people waiting outside....I think  they like to get folks from other parts of the country and it helps if you have a lot of personality.  \n\nIncidentally, my co-worker's wife didn't take some of the stuff she won.....the taxes were just outrageous so she only kept some of it.\n\nAddendum:  I forgot my nephew and some of his friends drove out there after graduation a couple of years ago.  They tried to get on the show but I can understand why they weren't picked.  They literally just rolled out of bed and showed up.  So make sure you look neat!  :)
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I learnt that no matter what u do in life or what u do for others u will always have haters.you will always have fake and foony friends. I also learnt that your family is the most perciuos gift you will have in life. And when my sister dead when i was the age of 9, that things happen for a reason.
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I like to watch the show because as an older adult it gratifies me to see that these well educated, experienced, ambitious young people still falter and fail for usually the SAME reason - lack of human experience or lack of character - the product of experience.  I don't mean that I ENJOY seeing them fail, it's just that I can usually see coming from a MILE AWAY what it is in their personality that will make them come out winners or losers and it makes me think, "yes there is much to be said for 'live and learn'".
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Pooh is too scatter-brained, tigger causes distruction with his hyperactivity, Eeyor is just...weird. What about the Owl. I don't remember his name, but he seemed pretty smart. also, Ms. Roo, She is so sweet, she would be a compassionate and clever minister.
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#1 tom wanted to make sure she carried the child to full term\n#2 they had to fix a tight pre-nup\n#3 had to wait until she fully converted to scientology\n#4 I think katie had that post pardum depression after the kid\n#5 they love the media. their baby photos was overshadowed by steve irwin death. nothing is happening this weekend so they'll be on the tv until thanksgiving.
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Who knows?  They don’t talk about their parents, as if they are non-existent.  I’ve noticed that they started showing more of the kids’ parents in Season 3 than the previous seasons though, probably because people have criticized about the parenting oversight on this show.  But it was as if the “parent” scenes were forced, like the kids “had” to talk to their parents about an ongoing topic on the show.  For example, when Rocky was speaking to her mother about her relationship with her boyfriend, Alex in the season 3 finale.  That’s just one example.  \n\nBut in order to make that much money and be rich, they are more than likely doctors, lawyers, businessmen, etc.  I also heard that not all of the Laguna Beach characters are rich.  A lot of them are from middle-class families.  The best way to judge is by looking at the cars they drive.  I noticed some of the fancy ones like Kyndra’s Land Rover and then I saw ordinary car makers like Jessica’s Toyota Corolla.
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How about Tricia Goddard who did the Tricia show.  She started off cleaning toilets, and worked her way up to stardom  She has also had to fight mental illness and is not ashamed of it, using her experiences to help others. I enclose  the first two paragraphs of a web-site about her, you can get more from the link.   If you put her name into a search engine you can find out what she is campaigning about, if you have time you can write to her for a brief life history.  \n\n\nHaving Inherited a depressive gene from her parents, Trisha Goddard's life has already been fraught with more heartache and upset than any one of us would want to experience in the whole of our lives. Three failed marriages and a suicide attempt later, she is helm one of the most successful talk shows on television and is now celebrating the 500th Trisha show. \n\nBorn in London, Trisha lived in East Africa until she was seven, but the family returned to the UK where she completed her schooling in Surrey. Moving to Australia, she became a national celebrity as the country's first black news presenter, and met her first husband, Australian Liberal Party politician Robert Nesdale on a plane. Robert was a politician and UNICEF director 12 years older. She was, she says, a 27 year old air stewardess and too naive to realise he was gay, that I was the trophy wife he needed to make his life respectable
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Terri Garr - at a restaurant I was working in.  She's hysterical!  During our conversation the topic of kids came up so I asked her if she had any.  She said no, that she probably shouldn't have kids....she would want to do things like show the child an apple and say "can you say banana?".\n\nClint Eastwood, James Garner, and Tommy Lee Jones - attended the "Space Cowboys" premiere and after-premiere private party.\n\nNBA Rockets players, Yao Ming, Moochie Norris, Cuttino Mobley - They were visiting kids in the children's hospital..my son was a patient.\n\nOlympic medalist Tara Lapinski - again, visiting my son at the children's hospital.\n\nMany of the current astronauts - through work.\n\nGene Cernan (Gemini mission) - through work\n\nJohn Lovell (Apollo mission) - worked with my mother after he left NASA.\n\nThe Dalai Lama - through work.  Now THAT was AWESOME.  Just being in the same space as him was great.  I'll never forget it...he gave me a peace sign as he was leaving.
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We go to Disneyland frequently and we've seen a bunch of different celebrities there.  We saw Jason Alexander with his family, Melanie Griffith, Antonio Banderas, James Spader, Tommy Lasorda (two different times), Sharon Lawrence (the most humble and impressive), Kobe Bryant, John Ritter and his T.V. family (three weeks before he passed away), Dick Van Dyke, Marie Osmond, Tia & Tamara Mowry, Gov. of CA Gray Davis, Jean Claude Van Damme, the kid from "The Kid," and David Hasslehoff.  I've also met Amy Grant, Michael W Smith, Point of Grace, Steven Curtis Chapman, prior to their concerts.  We met the guy from Survivor the first season - Joel.  I also saw Phyllis Diller at LAX.
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somebodies little children
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I was about 30 years old when I learned my most important lesson - that I did not have the ability to change anyone but myself.  I learned that I cannot take responsibility for the actions of others -  I can only be responsible for my own actions, thoughts, & attitudes.  It was a very humbling experience.
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Jaimee Foxworth from Family Matters (the show with the famous Steve Urkel).