A lot of negative words adults call the young, like 'naive,' 'impulsive' and 'way too connected online,' are all things we can turn into strengths to help us.

As children, we have a tenuous idea of love; we often try to quantify it with how much we feel seen and heard.

There's no committee that says, 'This is the type of person who can change the world - and you can't.' Realizing that anyone can do it is the first step. The next step is figuring out how you're going to do it.

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

Our words can have power that we don't think we have in everyday life - anyone can make a difference.

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

Hoping to instill my love of learning in other children, I taught my first class at a local elementary school the year my first book, 'Flying Fingers,' debuted; since then, I have spoken at hundreds of schools, classrooms and conferences around the world.