Kids do better, frankly [when the economy is strong]. Jobs make great years for kids.

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.

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

Get kids out of poverty. Poverty is devastating.

I don't think anything good is happening. I think we're paying the price for it. I think while crime in general is going down, youth crime is going up. I think mental health problems of the youth are going up. You can't show causality. It's a hard stretch.

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

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