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1 " First off, I call them " children" , not " kids" . I am a child, and I am not ashamed to be one; time will cure this unfortunate condition. " Kid" is the cutesy name adults call children, because they think " child" sounds too scientific and clinical. I refuse to call myself by their idiotic pet name. Your grandmother might call you " Snugglepants Lovebotton" , but that's not how you introduce yourself to strangers. I also refuse to use terms like " teen" , " tween" , and etc. I find them patronizing and putrid. They are fake words, used to disguise the truth--that anyone under the age of eighteen is legally (and that's the only thing that matters) a child. "
2 " Childhood is the time and children's books are the place for powerful emotions, powerful language, powerful art... There is no room for cutesy books, dull books, or books that talk down. Children are not inferior. They may be small in stature but not in what they feel, think, listen, and see. "
