I cannot emphasize enough the importance of family encouragement - not just for me, but for everyone.

Learning between grown-ups and kids should be reciprocal. The reality, unfortunately, is a little different, and it has a lot to do with trust, or a lack of it.

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

I realise I'm still a child, though I do feel older.

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.

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

I realise I'm still a child, though I do feel older. I recently did an on-line test called 'What's Your True Age?' My result was 50-60 years old.