See, at a certain point it becomes cool to be boy crazy. That happens in sixth grade, and it gives you so much social status, particularly in an all-girls school, if you can go up and talk to boys.

By the time a child reaches out to an adult, the vast majority of kids have been dealing with the bullying and trying to ignore it for a long time.

I’m sorry that people are so jealous of me [Gretchen Wieners], but I can’t help it that I’m popular.

Sometimes bullies are your friends and very rarely do bullying prevention tips acknowledge this fact or what to do about it.

As a teacher myself I've been in situations where parents come at you, and sometimes parents come across like the teacher doesn't want the best for their kid and it can be really, really hurtful.

Communicating a passionate response to world events is no longer limited to protests and rallies.

Nobody ever talks about the mean things that girls do to each other.

Being a parent does not give you an excuse for bad manners.

As an expert, I can deal with complex problems. As a mother it is much, much harder.

In my own family, my mother had my sister when I was 15 and for various reasons, I was extremely involved in raising her.

Boys and boys' body image and clothes have become just as important an issue for boys as for girls.

Beauty is seeing, the world through colored glass, of seeing everything in its glory, it's all it ever asks.

Senator Albert Gore Sr. was one of the first outspoken critics of the Vietnam War.

The way communication works is changing.

That's the exact concept behind the music: to take that kind of, I guess whatever you want to call it, jazz sensibility - but not have it be about solos.

Sometimes I'm not always doing amazing but it's okay... because everyone struggles and it's okay to be flawed because that's what makes me... Me.

I don't mean to make you nervous, but unfortunately I have to.

In many ways, I feel like having the opportunity to play Gogol in 'The Namesake' really was my dream role in many ways.

Personal power means being secure and confident inside yourself.

Anyone can get a degree or a certificate in something. Big deal. A piece of paper from a university somewhere doesn't define a person. It won't tell you who I am.

Sometimes I make stuff, and even I don't like it. There's something about it that I don't really like, or annoys me. For whatever reason it needs to come out.