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About the Image

"Leo" - an ink and watercolor painting.
(image: Rami Efal/Flickr)

SoundSeen

» Children's Letters
from Ground Zero [slideshow]

Children are witnesses says Dr. Coles. These selected images lining the pews and walls of St. Paul's Chapel after 9/11 give meaning to his statement.

Unheard Cuts

» Unedited Interview with Coles (mp3, 1:07.28)

Krista and Robert Coles ventured down some winding alleys — but we had to cut at places to make this interview a radio program. Here's the complete 2000 interview. Download it and tell us what you think of our edits.

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Voice on the Radio

Robert Coles

Coles is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Medical Humanities at Harvard Medical School. He's the author of many books, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning series Children of Crisis and The Moral Intelligence of Children and The Spiritual Intelligence of Children.