I try to give a voice to teens, who might be afraid to speak up about difficult issues, and a platform for parents and teachers to have frank, meaningful discussions with those young people.
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I tend to focus on young people and on giving a voice to groups of people who don't normally get their voices heard.
I love talking to the youth and helping them as much as I can or encouraging them, if I can help them at all.
I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hope.
I have tremendous respect for teens who navigate the quagmire that is modern religion. If there is any message in my books, I want it to be that it's okay to ask questions, and it's okay to come up with a belief system all your own. Teens who change their worldviews in the face of tremendous social pressure are heroes to me.
I am for anything that makes teens visible in an honest way... in other words, anything that represents them the way they are, positively or negatively.
I talk to teens everyday about topics that are often extraordinarily uncomfortable.
We have to let young people know that we care about them and their future. I want to involve them to a level where they become the leaders and the advocates because, right now, a lot of these young people don't believe they have an advocate.
I have a message for the young kids. Life is about obstacles, endeavors in life are not to be overlooked.
I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
I want my kids to be in an environment where they can talk about values in a way that you can't always do in a public school setting.
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