--- title: Jimmy Kimmel: Kids Get Real on Jimmy Kimmel Live! description: Jimmy Kimmel asks for children's opinion on everything from how babies are made to the gender wage gap with hilarious results. canonical: https://time.com/4512474/jimmy-kimmel-live-kids-get-real/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-13T18:48:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:08.880Z og:title: 10 Times Kids Got Way Too Real on Jimmy Kimmel Live! og:description: Out of the mouths of babes og:url: https://time.com/4512474/jimmy-kimmel-live-kids-get-real/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83a87b2f5178c70c/6988a8440a4a22c08b9cb76f/jimmy-kimmel-live-kids.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" - Season 13 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 10 Times Kids Got Way Too Real on Jimmy Kimmel Live! twitter:description: Out of the mouths of babes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83a87b2f5178c70c/6988a8440a4a22c08b9cb76f/jimmy-kimmel-live-kids.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 10 Times Kids Got Hilariously Real on _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ > Sponsored content. 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The _Live!_ host frequently lets youngsters voice their opinions on everything from [how babies are made](http://time.com/4492939/kids-explain-where-babies-come-from-jimmy-kimmel/) to the [gender wage gap](http://time.com/money/4285843/gender-pay-gap-excuses-wrong/), resulting in some of the most hilariously eye-opening moments the late night show has to offer. In the kid bits, Kimmel or one of his correspondents asks children a general question before giving them a ton of free rein with their answers. And while the segments often produce delightful candid moments, they also shed some light on how the next generation perceives the world. Here are 10 topics kids have weighed in on in the past: **If a woman can be president — with an appearance by Hillary Clinton:** **How babies are made:** **What love means:** **Why women make less money than men:** **What the best country in the world is:** **What they’re thankful for:** **The presidential candidates of 2016 Presidential Election:** **Gay marriage:** **Adultery:** **The difference between a boy and a girl:** ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4512474/jimmy-kimmel-live-kids-get-real/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4512474/jimmy-kimmel-live-kids-get-real/"},"headline":"10 Times Kids Got Hilariously Real on Jimmy Kimmel Live!","datePublished":"2016-10-13T18:48:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:08.880Z","description":"Out of the mouths of babes","url":"https://time.com/4512474/jimmy-kimmel-live-kids-get-real/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Jimmy Kimmel","TV","jimmy kimmel live"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83a87b2f5178c70c/6988a8440a4a22c08b9cb76f/jimmy-kimmel-live-kids.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt83a87b2f5178c70c/6988a8440a4a22c08b9cb76f/jimmy-kimmel-live-kids.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ABC's \"Jimmy Kimmel Live\" - Season 13","caption":"Jimmy Kimmel Live!","creditText":"Randy Holmes/ABC via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4512474/jimmy-kimmel-live-kids-get-real/","name":"10 Times Kids Got Hilariously Real on Jimmy Kimmel Live!"}}]}] ```