But, if you observe children learning in their first few years of life, you can see that they can and do learn on their own - we leave them alone to crawl, walk, talk, and gain control over their bodies. It happens without much help from parents.

We've been doing this here since 1968, so we have been identified as an example of a free, democratic school, and many professors want to expose their students to our philosophy.

I think people with open minds will observe the way we do things and realize that our goal is to have successful, happy, productive adults, and they will take our ideas and implement them elsewhere for their own children.

In traditional schools, you're penalized for making a mistake. But that won't work in the new information culture, in the digital world we live in today.

I have a memory problem. My family and friends call me Lady Ghajini.

We would not have been a successful family without my father and stepfather, who were working-class men with better dreams for their children. We just wore them out.

My son is such a lover, such a caretaker and so funny. He's seven, and he genuinely cracks me up. And my daughter is a fearless powerhouse. They fill me with wonder and admiration.

Family and personal life always come first and career second.