“And to teach you something about what we know.”

The goal is not to turn kids into your kind of adult, but rather better adults than you have been.

Learning between grown-ups and kids should be reciprocal.

Due to the fact that we are not jaded or cynical.

The point of my work is to make it clear that all youth can make ‘big miracles’ happen.

No matter your position or place in life.

I taught my first class at a local elementary school the year my first book, ‘Flying Fingers,’ debuted.

Not just for me, but for everyone.

But I think it’s very important to tell children that you can read for fun, too, and to understand human spirit. It builds empathy.

We all love people who give credit to others for their success.

By creating so many illusory images of physical perfection.

My family joke that I’m really a very senior person who accidentally happens to be 11.

Whether on store aisles or storefronts ads, magazine covers or TV show, we speak more to the profit margins of companies than the self-esteem of today’s girls.

Let’s abolish the term ‘childish’ because adults normally cause the largest problems.

Discriminatory word when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking.

Mostly, I avoid worrying since the time spent doing it could be spent more constructively.

But also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.