Children don't drop out of high school when they are 16, they do so in the first grade and wait 10 years to make it official. - Bob Keeshan

We have respect for our audience. … We operate on the conviction that it is composed of young children of potentially good taste, and that this taste should be developed.

Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family table at dinner time and exchanged our daily experiences.... It wasn't very organized, but everyone was recognized and all the news that had to be told was told by each family member. We listened to each other and the interest was not put on; it was real. … A child needs to be listened to and talked to at 3 and 4 and 5 years of age … Parents should not wait for the sophisticated conversation of a teenager.

The children should never be excluded from what I am doing and should never have the feeling of being part of an audience.