"It makes me more comfortable in sending my kid to school, " she said.

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Back in the day my mother said to ignore the kid who taunted me when I walked to the bus stop.

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"It's wonderful to see my daughter be like a normal kid, " said Jennifer Tibaldi, one of the students' mothers.

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"People think 'I'm going to buy this, and then my second kid will use it, and then I'll give it to my niece, ' " said Todd Thedinga, CEO of San Francisco-based online retailer Design Public and its sister site, Danish Design Store.

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"My mother said I was a little odd as a kid, " says Lauper, 59.

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"I was 7 or 8 years old and he said to my mom: 'I never met a kid this age who is so passionate and knows so much about football, '" Roseman said.

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"That's been my ambition since I was a little kid setting foot in the boxing gym, " he said.

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"I used to sit and watch Elmore when I was a kid, actually all through my life, and I would see him in different stages, " Peter said.

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"If you want to set it at a certain speed -- say, 'I don't want my kid going over 65 mph' -- it'll beep at them until they slow down, " said Michael Copeland, sales manager for manufacturer Davis Instruments.

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