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

No matter your position or place in life, it is imperative to create opportunities for children so that we can grow up to blow you away.

Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is denied access to education, for instance - but also one with more subtle changes in how we regard gender and gender stereotypes.

Students read for tests and because their parents ask them to, 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.

The traits the word 'childish' addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age-discriminatory word when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking.

I was thrilled to be able to read at three. I just thought everyone loved reading as much as I did.

If I had my way, I'd end all wars and poverty. We should all be more aware of what's going on in the world around us and less ignorant.