Studies show that children of divorced parents can have outcomes as positive as those coming from intact homes provided the father remains financially supportive and active in his children's lives.

Flexible working is not just for women with children. It is necessary at the other end of the scale. If people can move into part-time work instead of retirement then that will be a huge help. If people can fit their work around caring responsibilities for the elderly the disabled then again that's very positive.

It is difficult to discern a serious threat to religious liberty from a room of silent thoughtful schoolchildren.

The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.

If I do a poetry reading I want people to walk out and say they feel better for having been there - not because you've done a comedy performance but because you're talking about your father dying or having young children things that touch your soul.

Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme rhythm and the words themselves.

Frankly writing poetry for children is plain old fun and I consider myself blessed to have such a delightful career.

I want to write a book of poetry as well as children's stories.

Children can write poetry and then unless they're poets they stop when reach puberty.

I think poetry can help children deal with the other subjects on the curriculum by enabling them to see a subject in a new way.