Dave Pelzer

Everybody makes mistakes.

I know I can be very standoffish.

My message has always been about resilience.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

Kids from financially distressed households are twice as likely to have to repeat a grade and more than two-and-a-half more times to struggle with poor health later in life.

I've always had a natural fear of the police, or abuse of their power.