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Children are not in a position to assess risk and safety; it must be done for them, and it must be done carefully.

The reasons kids get into trouble in one way or another is because - Who ever told them they were special?

The kids get cheated out of a lot of times with their dad. They were good about it.

When given age-appropriate challenges, children tend to take them very seriously; in fact, the more obvious the risk is, the more cautiously a child will proceed.

Responsibility for the proper conduct of children was not confined to their parents only. When they misbehaved, they misbehaved against the community. And a senior member of the community was expected to do something about it.

I think every parent was horrified at what happened in Newtown, Conn.

Children need to trust and depend upon those who are responsible for them.

I think what's at risk is kids losing touch with being a kid. Being a kid is being defined differently than it was when you didn't have all this stuff you could put in front of your face.

If I had kids, I'd probably be way over-protective, researching everything they begged to see to make sure the content was appropriate.

Before the child ever gets to school it will have received crucial, almost irrevocable sex education and this will have been taught by the parents, who are not aware of what they are doing.