"Dr. David Walsh is a psychologist, bestselling author, and nationally known parenting expert. He is the founder of the National Institute on Media and the Family. He is also very nice and generous, he sent us autographed copies of both of his books, “No” and “Why Do They Act That Way?”  The books are for parents, not kids, but our mom read us some stories out of his book and we talked about them. We read a story about a dad in a store and his 3-year old son wanted a candy bar. The dad said, “no,” but the boy kept asking. Then the boy cried and screamed a lot and finally the dad gave in and the boy got 3 candy bars, instead of none. My mom said we all have a 3-year old inside our brains and it is our parent’s job to teach us how to make our 3-year old mind. Otherwise, when we grow up, we will eat lots of junk and get sick to our stomachs all the time, and buy toys instead of paying our bills, and play outside instead of going to work. No good!"

Read more of this fantastic interview by 9 year old Bo Erik and 12 year old Shennendoah Hollsten, the founders of NeuroKids Foundation, an educational foundation created by kids dedicated to teaching other kids about the wonders of the brain. Bo Erik and his sister, Shennendoah, started NeuroKids over Christmas break 2007 and since then have interviewed award winning neuroscientists, authors, and societies. 

NeuroKids started the first-ever kid-initiated brain awareness campaign in the world calling it Week of the Brain for their school in California and are working to raise awareness in their state. Through their informative website, www.NeuroKids.org they bring complex neuroscience information to an audience of kids (and adults) who can understand just exactly what is being done to find cures for Autism, ADD, and other brain diseases. 

The goal of these brainiacs is to make Week of the Brain for K-8 grade students a national program and to go from NeuroKids to NeuroTeens to Neuroscientists to cure ADD, Autism, and other brain diseases.