>> Ted: DETAILS ON WHY SOME ARIZONA SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE SUING SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES FOR KNOWINGLY CONTRIBUTING TO A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AMONG STUDENTS.

ALSO TONIGHT, SUICIDE, THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF DEATH WITH PEOPLE WITH AUTISM.

>>> THE CREATOR OF A NONPROFIT THAT DELIVERS BOOKS TO THOSE IN NEED.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE ARE NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

>> A CAMPAIGN WAS LAUNCHED YESTERDAY.

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>>> PHOENIX AND TUCSON RECEIVED $15 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR TREES.

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>>> THE U.S. PREVENTATIVE SERVICE TASK FORCE WILL SCREEN ALL WOMEN FOR BLOOD PRESSURE.

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BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS ARE A COMMON PRACTICE, BUT THE STUDY SUGGESTS THAT AN ADDED EMPHASIS DURING ROUTINE PRENATAL VISITS.

>>> TEN ARIZONA SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE SUING TIKTOK, YOUTUBE, INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK AND SNAPCHAT ALLEGING THAT THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES HAVE KNOWINGLY CONTRIBUTED TO A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AMONG DISTRICT STUDENTS.

JOINING US NOW IS ATTORNEY JOJO TANN.

>> GOODGOOD TO BE HERE.

>> Ted: UNDER A PUBLIC NUISANCE LAW?

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

>> CORRECT.

I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE OUR COUNTRY IS IN THE MIDST OF A YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH EPIDEMIC.

ACCORDING TO THE U.S.

SURGEON GENERAL, ONE IN FIVE KIDS SUFFERED FROM A MENTAL HEALTH DISORDER.

WE'RE AT OR THEY'RE ALL-TIME HIGHS IN ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, THOUGHTS OF SELF-HARM, BODY IMAGE AND SUICIDAL IDEA AGENCY.

ATION AND THEY SUGGEST IT'S THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES.

>> Ted: THE CLAIM THEY KNOWINGLY CONTRIBUTE AND HOW DO YOU KNOW THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

>> THEY'RE AMONGST THE BEST AT KNOWING AND STUDYING THEIR PRODUCT.

ONE THING MAKING OUR CASES DIFFERENT THAT HAVE PRECEDED THEM, WE'RE NOT GOING AFTERRING AFTER A THIRD PARTY POSTED.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUSINESS PRACTICES AND PARTICULARLY, THE ALGORITHMS OF FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM AND SNAPCHAT.

THEY KNEW WHAT THEY DID, CREATED THEM AND MAKING THIS ENVIRONMENTAL LESS SAFE FOR OUR CHILDREN.

>> Ted: THE CLAIM IS EXPLOITING THE NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF BRAIN REWARDS AND GETTING DEEP IN THE WEEDS HERE?

>> NOT ALL DISSIMILAR FROM A CASINO, DOPE DOPAMINE AND SCIENTIFIC WORDS BUT THE ANTICIPATING THING LIKE THE NEXT ALERT OR NEXT THING TO PUT THEM COMING BACK TO THAT ADDICTIVE PRODUCT OVER AND OVER.

>> Ted: GIVE ME AN AVERAGE KID, AND SHOW ME HOW THIS AVERAGE KID IS KNOWINGLY BEING ABUSED BY THESE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES.

>> THE KIDS AREN'T KNOWINGLY -- >> Ted: THE MEDIA COMPANIES ARE KNOWINGLY ABUSE THESE KIDS.

>> THEY START AND IT'S NOT THE FACEBOOK OF 2005 THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH.

IT'S THE SOCIAL MEDIA ENVIRONMENT TODAY.

SO THESE ALGORITHMS WILL TAKE YOU DOWN A DARK PATTERN AND SO YOU'LL START, SAY, A TEENAGE GIRL, FOR EXAMPLE, MIGHT LOOK FOR DIET INFORMATION ONLINE.

WITHIN AN HOUR, SHE'S BEING PUSHED PICTURES OF ANOREXIC MODELS.

>> Ted: THERE'S A FACTOR SAYING IF YOU GO DOWN THIS PATH, YOU'LL GO FURTHER TOWN THIS PATH BECAUSE THE BRAIN IS SAYING, I LIKE THIS.

>> EXACTLY.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING, THAT REINFORCEMENT LOOP KEEPING KIDS HOOKED FOR HOURS AT A TIME.

>> Ted: CYBERBULLYING, EATING DISORDERS AND YOU'RE SAYING ALL OF THIS IS INVOLVED?

>> IT CERTAINLY RUNS THE GAMUT AND SOCIAL MEDIA KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR POINTS OF OUR LAWSUIT.

WE DIDN'T GET HERE ON ACCIDENT, TED.

>> Ted: WHY SCHOOL DISTRICTS?

>> FIRST, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE UNIQUELY SITUATED TO SEE THIS HARM AND SECOND, SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE ONE OF THE TOP PROVIDERS FOR YOUTH BOTH IN ARIZONA AND IN THE COUNTRY AT LARGE.

>> Ted: ARE YOU SAYING THAT, WELL, THEY HAVE TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES BECAUSE OF THIS ACTIVITY?

>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

IN ARIZONA, TED, WE DO A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE GET WRONG IS EDUCATIONAL FUNDING.

WE'RE 48 IN SPENDING PER PUPIL AND 44th IN TEACHER PAY AND 47th IN GRADUATION RATE.

WE HAVE A NEW PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS WITH INSUFFICIENT AND INADEQUATE RESOURCES.

>> Ted: DIVERTING RESOURCES FOR STUFF YOU'RE SAYING THESE COMPANIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR.

>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

>> Ted: THE LAWSUIT CAN'T COME CHEAP AND HOW MUCH WILL IT COST DISTRICTS HERE?

>> THAT'S ONE OF THE BEAUTIES OF THE CONTINGENCY FEE ARRANGEMENTS AND COST NOTHING TO TAXPAYERS AND COST NOTHING UNLESS WE PREVAIL FOR CLIENTS.

>> Ted: THE DISTRICTS ARE LOOKING FOR RELIEF, THOUGH, AND SIT MONETARY AND WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?

>> MONETARY DAMAGES ARE AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF CIVIL LITIGATION BUT IN THIS INSTANCE, TED, THE NONECONOMIC DAMAGE OR EQUALLY MORE IMPORTANT.

>> Ted: I CAN SEE THE OTHER SIDE, BASICALLY SAYING, WE'RE TRAMPING ALL OVER FREE SPEECH AND YOU HAVE A SERIOUS ISSUE, ALONG THOSE LINES.

DO THEY HAVE A POINT?

>> SURE.

IF WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CONTENT THAT A THIRD-PARTY POSTED, SECTION 230 OF THE CODE.

BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CONTENT BUT CONDUCT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONDUCT OF THESE COMPANIES.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEIR MARKETING STRATEGIES AND THEIR ALGORITHMS AND WHAT THESE COMPANIES DID THEMSELVES, NOT THE SPEECH OF A THIRD PARTY.

>> Ted: YOU'RE SAYING NOT THE SOCIAL MEDIA OF 2005 BUT A DIFFERENT BALLGAME.

ARE YOU SUGGESTING THEY COULD GO BACK TO THE 2005 METRICS OR WHAT DO THEY DO?

>> WELL, THEY HAVE A POWERFUL TOOL AND ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SHUT DOWN SOCIAL MEDIA.

I THINK IT CAN BE A VALUABLE TOOL IN SOCIETY AND I THINK IT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CIVIL DISCOURSE.

WE JUST WANT A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR KIDS TO OPERATE IN AND SO, THERE'S A NUMBER OF FACTORS, AND I'LL LARGELY DEFER TO THE MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS.

BUT THERE'S ENFORCING AGE RESTRICTIONS AND TIME LIMITATIONS OR A WARNING LABEL LIKE YOU WOULD SEE IN OTHER ADDICTIVE PRODUCTS.

>> Ted: MY LAST QUESTION, THIS RINGS A LITTLE BIT LIKE TOBACCO SUITS AND THESE SORTS OF THINGS.

SAME BALLPARK?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

PEOPLE REMEMBER THE $246 BILLION MONETARY RECOVERY, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE FORGET THE NONECONOMIC DAMAGES, WHAT THEY DID WITH THE RESPECT TO GETTING RID OF THE MARLBORO MAN AND JOE CAMEL AND PROHIBITS ADVERTISING.

A FRIEND AND MENTOR AND WE LEARNED A LOT OF LESSONS TO DO THROUGH BIG TOBACCO AND NOT TO DO AND USING THAT AS A PLAYBOOK.

>> Ted: JOJO TANN FILING SUIT AGAINST SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES, GOOD TO YOU HAVE AND THANKS FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: UP NEXT, THE INCREASING CONCERNS REGARDING SUICIDE AND PEOPLE WITH AUTISM.

>> Ted: SUICIDE IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF DEATH AMONG PEOPLE WITH AUTISM.

WHY ARE THOSE NUMBERS SO HIGH AND WHAT'S DONE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE?

TO HELP ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, WE WELCOME THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF CENTRAL AUTISM RESOURCE CENTER AND PATTY DION WHO LOST HER SON TO SUICIDE.

THANK YOU BOTH.

WE HAVE A LOT TO GO OVER.

NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF DEATH FOR PEOPLE WITH AUTISM.

I'M SURPRISED BY THIS AND ARE MOST SURPRISED BY THIS?

>> I THINK SO.

I WOULD CORRECT ONE THING AND THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF PREMATURE DEATH AND THE RESEARCH, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THAT 15 YEARS AGO.

WE KNOW PEOPLE WITH AUTISM ARE MORE LIKELY TO THINK ABOUT, ATTEMPT AND DIE FROM SUICIDE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

>> Ted: IS THERE A REASON?

IN GENERAL, WHAT'S GOING ON?

>> I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS AND THE MAJORITY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE WHAT WE USED TO CALL HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM OR AND THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT NEEDS.

COGNITIVELY, THEY'RE FINE AND IT'S WHERE THEY DON'T FIT IN OR FORM GOOD RELATIONSHIPS.

THEY'RE AWARE OF THOSE THINGS I THINK WHEN YOU COMBINE THAT WITH A LOT OF THEM HAVING COM COMORBID MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES, THAT'S WHERE IT COMES ABOUT.

>> Ted: PATTY, TALK TO US AS MUCH AS YOU CAN ABOUT YOUR SON, WHAT HAPPENED THERE AND WHAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM THAT EXPERIENCE.

>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY.

DAVE WAS BORN A PREEMIE AND HAD QUITE A NUMBER OF CHALLENGES THROUGH HIS LIFE.

SO HIS FATHER AND I WENT TO DOCTOR AFTER DOCTOR.

WE WERE GIVEN MISDIAGNOSIS AFTER MISDIAGNOSIS, MEDICATIONS, TREATMENTS AND NONE OF WHICH ADDRESSED DAVE'S CORE PROBLEM.

AND THAT PROBLEM, HE MENTIONED IT TO ME IN PASSING, BUT IT WAS THE HEART OF HIS ISSUE.

THAT WAS, MOM, HOW DO YOU MAKE A FRIEND?

THAT SIMPLE SENTENCE SUMMARIZED OUR SON'S STRUGGLE.

HE KNEW HE DIDN'T FIT.

HE OFTEN SAID THAT.

HE RECOGNIZED HE WAS AN OUTSIDER AND HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE A FRIEND OR KEEP A FRIEND.

AND AS A RESULT, HE SUFFERED FROM DEPRESSION.

>> Ted: I WAS GOING TO ASK, WE HAVE ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AND DID HE TRY TO MASK HIS ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION?

>> OH, TO OUR FAMILY, HE SEEMED FINE.

BUT I DID IN THE AT SCHOOL, HE WAS THE KID ALONE ON THE PLAYGROUND.

HE WASN'T BRINGING KIDS HOME.

SO WE WOULD HAVE PARTIES TO INVITE KIDS JUST SO THAT HE COULD GET INTO THE MIX.

>> Ted: THAT MASKING AND CAMOUFLAGE, THAT'S SOMETHING.

>> WE HEAR ABOUT MASKING AND CAMOUFLAGING AND FIT IN WITH PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE AUTISM AND THAT TAKES A TOLL.

>> Ted: AND A TOLL FOR YOUR SON AND FOR -- STICK WITH YOUR SON HERE -- AS THEY GET OLDER BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE AWARE OF THIS AS THEY GET OLDER, CORRECT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AS DAVE TRIED TO INQUIRE ABOUT MEANINGFUL EMPLOYMENT, HE DID NOT FIT WITH WHAT THE EMPLOYER WANTED.

EVEN THOUGH THEY WOULD EXPLAIN THINGS TO DAVE.

THE PEOPLE WOULD WE REFER TO AS ASPERGERS, THEY HAVE A UNIQUE WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS.

>> Ted: AN INFLEXABILTY.

>> LIKE WHEN YOU IS TO A CHILD, PUT ON YOUR SHOES AND SOCKS, IF HE HAS ASPERGER, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

>> Ted: WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE DONE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE?

>> TO IDENTIFY CHILDREN AT A VERY EARLY AGE.

THERE ARE SUPPORTS THAT CAN BE PUT IN PLACE.

THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIFE CAN BE IMPROVED SUBSTANTIALLY WITH THOSE TOOLS THAT THEY CAN USE.

SO WHAT I WOULD LAKE, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW.

YES >> YES.

>> SIMPLE SCREENER FREE TO EVERYBODY AND 15 QUESTIONS, YAY OR NAY AND THINK ABOUT YOUR CHILD, IF THEY'RE SOCIALLY ISOLATED.

THEY MAY HAVE ADD, ADHD, BUT YOU AS A PARENT KNOW THAT SOCIALLY, NEARTHEY'RE NOT CONNECT, TAKE THE SCREENER AND LET'S GET THEM REFERENCES AND HELP.

>> Ted: AND DANIEL, THE LAST QUESTION FOR YOU, WHAT DID YOU WANT TO SEE DONE WITH THIS INFORMATION AND WITH THESE CONCERNS?

>> THE NUMBER ONE THINK I THING, WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY KIDS EARLIER BECAUSE INTERVENTION WORKS.

IF WE GIVE KIDS SOCIAL SKILLS, THEY DEVELOP MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS AND THAT DEPRESSION WILL COME DOWN AS THEY REENGAGE WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

THE OTHER THING WE'RE DOING IS RAISE A LOT MORE AWARENESS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

WHEN SOMEBODY EVEN SORT OF OFF-HANDEDLY SAYS, I'M THINKING ABOUT KILLING MYSELF, WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY.

THE THIRD THING, WE NEED CLINICIANS WHO WORK WITH OUR KIDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT SUICIDE IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF DEATH AND WE ARE ASSESSING FOR IT AND DEVELOPING THE SKILLS THAT WILL HOPEFULLY PREVENT PREVENT IT.

>> Ted: THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US AND PATTY, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY ABOUT YOUR SON.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

♪♪ >> Ted: LOVING LIBRARY IS A NONPROFIT STARTED IN 2020 BY 8-YEAR-OLD ANAKE SUCHDAY AND ONE BACK AT A TIME.

WE WELCOME YOU TO ARIZONA HORIZON AND WITH US IS KATE FASSETT, A CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER AT VALLEY-WISE WHERE THE LOVEING LIBRARY HELPED MANY PATIENTS.

CONGRATULATIONS AND GOODNESS GRACIOUS, HOW OLD ARE YOU?

>> 11 YEARS OLD.

>> Ted: WHAT GOT YOU STARTED IN ALL OF THIS?

>> WELL, I STARTED IN MARCH OF 2020 WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER HAD COVID.

SHE WAS HOSPITALIZED AND SINCE I WAS ISOLATED AT THAT TIME, I READ BOOKS TO PASS MY TIME.

I FACE-TIMED HER EVERY DAY AND I SAW SHE WAS LONELY AND SHE HAD NOBODY TO TALK TO OR INTERACT WITH.

THEN, I THOUGHT PATIENTS LIKE HER COULD READ BOOKS TO PASS THEIR TIME.

I REACHED OUT TO MY FRIEND, MAYOR KATE, THE MAYOR OF PHOENIX AND ASKED, WHICH HOSPITAL MAD THEHADTHE MOST COVID PATIENTS AND SHE SAID VALLEY-WISE HEALTH.

THAT'S HOW ITGAN.

IT BEGAN.

>> Ted: THE KID WANTED YOU TO GET INVOLVED AND YOU COULDN'T SAY NO TO THE KID.

>> YOU CAN NEVER SAY NO TO THE KID.

IT'S INNATE IN HIM AND LEARNED FROM HIS PARENTS AND A SIMPLE IDEA, LIKE A BOOK FROM A CHILD CAN RAISE YOUR SPIRITS.

SO AS OUR PATIENTS UNDERSERVED SUFFERING IN THE COVID UNITS, THE EIGHT ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH BACKS WAS UPLIFTING FOR NOT ONLY THE PATIENTS FAMILIES BUT FOR CAREGIVERS IN SUCH A DIFFICULT TIME TO BRING SO MUCH JOY WAS INCREDIBLE.

>> Ted: WE GO FROM, YOU KNOW, YOUR MOM, YOUR GRANDMOTHER AND THEY HAVE COVID AND YOU WANT TO GET INFORMATION OUT THERE BECAUSE YOU ENJOYED READING AND HOW DO YOU GO FROM THAT TO A LIBRARY OF DISTRIBUTING BOOKS AROUND THE COMMUNITY?

>> WELL, I MEAN, I CONHAVECOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITH ALL OF THESE AMBASSADORS AND VALLEY-WISE SUPPORT AND EVERYBODY WHO HELPED ME ALONG THE WAY.

THE DONATIONS WERE GREAT AND EVERYTHING THAT, LIKE, EVERY BOOK MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN LOVING LIBRARY.

MY MOM SAID NO ACT OF KINDNESS IS TOO SMALL AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT OF THAT QUOTE WHEN I KEPT DONATING BOOKS.

>> Ted: WE'RING TOWE'RE DOING THIS RIGHT HERE AND JUST A COUPLE OF BOOKS AND GOT MORA MORE AND MORE AND MORE?

>> KIND OF.

AMBASSADORS WANTED TO HELP AND ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO HELP AND SUPPORT A CAUSE, IT'S, LIKE, GREAT.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM ALWAYS TO DO IT.

>> Ted: HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL KNOWING YOUR GETTING BOOKS TO PEOPLE WHO COULD USE THE BOOKS AND HELP IN BATTLING ISOLATION AND LONELINESS AND ALL OF THESE THINGS?

>> I MEAN, IT MADE ME FEEL SO GOOD.

LIKE, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO KEEP IT UP.

ONE TIME AT VALLEY-WISE, I WAS DONATING BOOKS, A NURSE TOLD ME, CAN SHE DELIVER A BOOKS TO THE PATIENT?

A PATIENT WAS CRYING BECAUSE OF THIS.

>> Ted: THAT HAD TO MAKE YOU FEEL GREAT.

KATE, YOU REFERRED TO THIS, BUT DOES HE ROLL UP WITH A BUNCH OF BOOKS AND HOW DOES THIS WORK?

>> WE HAD A WONDERFUL TEAM TO HELP COORDINATE AND OUR INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP AT VALLEY-WISE HEALTH WHO FOUND A WAY DURING COVID WHEN WE WERE FOCUSED ON RAISING FUNDING FOR.

FUNDS FOR PPE AND GETTING THEM DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE HOSPITAL TO OUR COVID PATIENTS.

IT BROUGHT SUCH JOY AND TO SEE THE ENTHUSIASM FOR GIVING AND HIS EXCITEMENT FOR WHAT HE WAS A PART OF AND ASKING OUR NURSES, HOW ARE THE BOOKS DOING AND WHAT ONES ARE THE MOST POPULAR AND WHAT LANGUAGES?

WE HAVE PATIENTS THAT ARE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THAT SPEAK DIFFERENT LANGUES LANGUAGES AND LOOKING FOR A MOMENT TO CREATE SOMETHING SO SIMPLE THAT CREATED SO MUCH JOY.

>> Ted: HOW DID YOU FIGURE OUT WHICH BOOKS GO WHERE?

YOU FIGURE BOOKS GO TO VALLEY-WISE AND THAT'S IT?

>> WELL, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, LIKE, THE CHAPTERS THAT I STARTED?

>> YES.

>> Ted: TALK ABOUT THOSE CHAPTERS AND YOU HAVE OTHERS, TOO?

>> OH, 100%.

>> Ted: WHERE ARE THEY?

>> ALL OVER THE U.S. AND EVEN ONE IN THE U.K. >> Ted: THE U.K.?

>> YES.

>> Ted: HOW DID YOU GET TO THE U.K.?

>> THERE'S A CALL NAMED SIA WHO SAW IT ON "THE ELLEN SHOW" AND WANTED TO GIVE BACK TO HER COMMUNITY.

SHE COLLECTED BOOKS FROM ALL OVER EUROPE AND SHE PUT THEM IN POLAND AND UKRAINIAN REFUGEES THAT NEED FROM UKRAINE FOR THE WAR CAN READ THE BOOKS.

SO THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE SO BORED ANYMORE.

>> Ted: WHAT'S NEXT FOR YOU?

YOU'RE GLOBE-TROTTING AROUND THE WORLD AND WHAT HAVE YOU GOT IN MIND FOR YOUR FUTURE?

>> OUR MISSION FOR LOVING LIBRARY IS FOR KIDS TO HELP OTHER KIDS AND FOR THEM TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.

THAT'S WHAT I HOPE FOR THEM TO DO.

MY GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO HAVE A CHAPTER IN EVERY SINGLE COUNTRY OF THE WORLD.

>> Ted: WOW!

GOOD LUCK TO THAT!

THIS IS A GREAT DEAL, ISN'T IT, FOR VALLEY-WISE?

>> IT'S INCREDIBLE TO HAVE A CHILD THINK OF SOMETHING AND CREATE SUCH INCREDIBLE IMPACT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S AMAZING!

HE INSPIRES OTHERS.

>> Ted: KATE FASSETT, AND INAKE, KEEP IT GOING.

YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB!

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: THANK YOU.

AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.