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We are the children of our landscape; it dictates behavior and even thought in the measure to which we are responsive to it.

As kids, our experiences shape our opinions of ourselves and the world around us, and that's who we become as adults.

Children are a house's enemy. They don't mean to be - they just can't help it. It's their enthusiasm, their energy, their naturally destructive tendencies.

But my kids, my brothers' kids - they think about trying to top what we did.

Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them.

Kids need to see their world reflected back to them.

We're good at taking care of little kids, and spend a lot of energy teaching them things like how to read. But when kids get as tall as their parents and can look them in the eyes, we tend to drop the ball - at a time they most need a loving consistent community of adults, be it parents, aunts, uncles, or others.

It's part of the human character to want to know what's over the next hill, to want to know what's beyond.

The kids are so much fun. I'm always taking a look over at what they're doing because it reminds me of when I was so small before.