i mean these were kids, they were yinger than -- they're almost young enough to be a grandchild of minee were struck by their youth, but i was also struck by how deeply touched they were by the gesture that you presented them something tangible to hang on to and i can tell it was something very, very special to them. >> it's like us in the military, we like the bells and whirsales and all that shingy stuff, so it transcends from one to the other. i wanted to give them that little token you can carry around with you and say we're important to someone. >> you probably feel as i do, it's so very powerful. tell me how these trips have impacted the veterans that you have taken and how it's impacted you. >> wow. it's changed my life and it's changed so many lives. i have become so much more sensitive to everyone, to understanding that people matter and everyone matters. and everyone has a story and not everyone has a hero story, they have an everyday story. our soldiers, our veterans, you know, we wrestle with the word hero and heroes to heroes. and they're people doing their job. and they we

for yinger kids, i think we need to focus on feelings.t is it like when people are anxious or afraid or scared and a lot of resources on children's that talk about emotions during times that are overwhelming. for slightly older kids, i think the paradigm of fairness, what happens when people feel like there's something under, what happens when people feel like their rights aren't being respected, you can engage in that conversation. so older kids, this is an amazing civic lesson about the various responsibilities that happened in a community and what happens when the trust is broken. >> woodruff:. >> brown: every school, it's how much do the children want to know. in your school, no question it was brought in as a conversation because it was there. >> there was no question at our school. some schools have been nervous about talking about it, but we have a strong foundation in talking about justice. that's really important in our school. we go from 5 to 12. so there's a whole range of different levels, what do kids know, what can they hand