I study children, and they're my subjects in my studies. They're my colleagues, really, all these little kids. And I owe them.

I teach child development and social policy as an undergraduate course, and I tell my students, "Look, on any of these issues, if you don't want to work on it for thirty years, don't start."

Most mothers and fathers will shop more for a TV set than they will for a child care center for their child.

I know all the problems of the schools. They're rigid, they're bureaucratic, they've got a lot of problems. But it's such an important institution, and holds such promise.

It's also the environment that determines a considerable part of the growth and development of children.

So there's much more to life than one's intelligence score. To be a decent human being. To have some character.

I guess if you're doing God's work, whatever you do is in His name.