Family photo albums are so powerful in that they make kids feel valued, cherished and respected.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A family's photograph album is generally about the extended family and, often, is all that remains of it.
Kids love to look at pictures of themselves.
Many people keep photos in their homes, in their office, or in their wallet, and happy families tend to display large numbers of photos at home. In 'Happier at Home,' I write about my 'shrine to my family' made of photographs.
When I meet children at book signings, they'll bring me photos of when I first met them many years ago when they were reading my picture books, and now they're telling me how much they enjoy my novels.
Media images are so important to young people feeling positive about themselves.
What ends up in your scrapbook? The pictures where you look like a good guy and a good family man, and the children look adorable - and they're screaming the next minute. I've never seen a family album of screaming people.
Music is extremely important to have on photo shoots - it brings the mood.
I think picture books should stretch children. I think they should be full of wonderful, amazing words.
How many pictures have you torn up because you hate them? What ends up in your scrapbook? The pictures where you look like a good guy and a good family man, and the children look adorable - and they're screaming the next minute. I've never seen a family album of screaming people.
I've always been concerned about kids - not just my own three, but all kids - what kind of an image I'm providing for them, what kind of inspiration. I don't know now. Maybe I'm leading them down the path to self-destruction.