I come from a massive family, and the youngest is twentysomething years younger than I am, so I grew up with children.
It is my contention that most people are not mugged every day, that most people in this world do not encounter violence every day. I think we prepare people for violence, and I think just as importantly we prepare people for the definition of being gentle.
We really think it is a good thing for scientists to spend a little bit of their time either in the community or in schools or helping to train high school teachers.

