Kids can be quite intimidating, and I'm not even talking about the idea of having kids myself – which, to be honest, might be just as scary. Imagine having a little version of yourself, watching them make the same mistakes you did, and on top of that, they might come up with even more exciting ways to mess things up. You wouldn't realize it's a bad idea until you've experienced it firsthand. I mean, who wants to listen to their parents anyway? Certainly not you during your teenage years.

When I say kids are scary, I mean how brutally honest they can be. They can stare at you as if they're about to strip away whatever self-confidence you have left and not care one bit. Ever been called ugly by a five-year-old kid? There goes my confidence, straight into the trash. Slam dunk. I wonder if he has X-ray vision; he seemed to see right through my facemask. Looking back, it's quite funny.

His grandma asked if I looked pretty, and I can still recall his eyes scanning me from head to toe. (I'm sorry; I didn't realize this was a fashion show. I should have worn my killer outfit – and I mean that literally.) I could still hear the seriousness in his tone as he blurted out, "She's ugly because her name sounds ugly." Oh, kid, same. I feel the same way. Embarrassed, his grandmother threw me an apologetic look, and I just laughed. I am unfazed, truly. I mean, it didn't even...