When I had my children I knew I wanted to raise them on certain values – being honest, being kind, being someone who gives back to the world, being confident with their individual voice, standing up for a friend, for what they believe in and for themselves.

I feel their success in life has much more to do with the person they are, with their basic beliefs about themselves and about life than with any cognitive task or outside knowledge, they will acquire.

I wanted to give them the right tools - to believe in themselves and their ability to learn and improve,  to be creative,  to have patience and stamina to follow through when things get hard, to cooperate with others and understand the value of cooperation, not to give up and learn from failure - not be afraid of it.