If we can get children to change their behavior at a young age they hopefully will grow up to be healthy, active adults, which would have a positive effect on health care costs.

We know this is a period of great change, between 14 and 18 years of age, as children are growing, hormones are raging and the stability of adulthood has not yet been reached.

There are only two things a child will share willingly: communicable diseases and his mother's age

Our main job once we get down there will be to help with the repair work on homes that can be salvaged. Many homes were extensively damaged by flooding and by wind. We will be working on homes that are still standing.

I don't condone that behavior. It's not something I expect my children to do. I would have been fine with an in-school disciplinary action or a suspension.

Because they're sponges, it's better to incorporate it into their lives now rather than change behavior (later).