Most kids still can grow up to be anything you want--unless they want to grow up to be SpongeBob.
"It is particularly true for the males, which grow up to be shorter-than-average adults, " Prof Lee told BBC News.
As a baby, she says, Breanna had a hearty appetite, and her parents joked that she would grow up to be like her dad -- a 6-foot, 200-pound man.
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Psychologically and culturally, children are likely to feel more secure, learn better, and grow up to be more productive, law-abiding members of society.
When Maura Rhodes, a mom of four in Montclair, New Jersey. mentioned that she didn't want her kids to grow up to be rude or ugly, her 10-year-old daughter, Eliza, fixated on the wrong message.
Five of the 33 6-year-olds said they wanted to grow up to be a firefighter.
In another time, and especially in another place, a teen-aged boy named Satellite would grow up to be a leader of men.
Seven out of 33 5-year-olds said they wanted to be a superhero when they grow up, making it the single most popular career choice for kindergarteners (For the record, Spider-Man was the most popular choice).
And he took a moment to warn the parents of the young children that " they grow up to be, like, 5'10" -- and even if they're still nice to you, they basically don't have a lot of time for you during the weekends.
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Each inequity sends a message to young people that they can expect not to be treated equally when they grow up, setting them on the pathway to lowered self-esteem and poorer health.
Those industries collapsed but Poland and Russia insist that - as they suffered economic pain during the collapse - they should be allowed to use up the pollution permits as their economies grow again.
But in the long-run, Apple would be giving up a large number of subscribers who will grow up with Firefox OS and may never see any need to jump to Apple in the future.
And I see Erin, and I just have to say that she has six kids -- (laughter) -- and she looks awesome, and I want to be like her when I grow up. (Laughter.) So thank you both for having us here today.
Indeed, we're beginning to believe that the market may just be catching up to our understanding that investment in fiber-optic capacity would once again begin to grow as longer-haul networks reached uncomfortable capacity constraints and telecom carriers began to invest more seriously in their long-term viability.
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