Remember when the adults ruled over you, underestimated your intelligence, and talked as though you weren’t even in the room? When the arbitrary rules just seemed so unfair and the preferential treatment was unbearable and you had to wear shoes that were too tight and nobody believed you that they were tight until your toe poked through your white tights? When people skirted around certain topics and wouldn’t give you a straight answer and you got in trouble for things that you didn’t even know were wrong to do?

Well, I do. And I want to make sure that even though I’m an adult now and I will start to forget exactly what is like to be a kid, I treat them as intelligent human beings, answer their questions as best I can, and treat children with respect. While most kids don’t have to worry about things that adults do, it is incredibly frustrating to be a kid and not be completely in control of your own destiny, and I want to remember a little bit how that feels.