Sometimes we give up on kids early and feel that they are already doomed for certain fates, but from the biological perspective there are still lots and lots of opportunities for change during the teen years.

Yes, the brain of a 16-year-old is different than the brain of a 25-year-old. But what should that mean for the judicial system or other systems? I think that it's just too great of a leap at this point.

I have been waiting for my work in the lab to affect my job on the weekend, when I practice as a child psychiatrist. It hasn't happened. In this field, every year you hear, 'Oh, it's more complicated than we thought.' Well, you hear that for 10 years, and you start to see a pattern.

The thing that myself and the other coaches liked the best tonight was how the kids played with a lot of emotion. It was great to see.

We estimate that we can make as many as 17 to 18 million unique Cabbage Patch Kids before we run out of options,

What does this mean to me? It means I have to coach another week. But if any group of kids ever deserved to advance to the national tournament, it's these kids. They've worked so hard and become a team in every sense of the word. This was a total team effort.