When I was five, I had cancer ( 癌 症). My family learned about an organization that provided photography (摄影) classes to kids 1   cancer. I took the classes and learned how to 2a camera and how to take photos in different lighting situations. Taking photos made me 3about being sick for a while.

    At first, most of my photos were of4little dog, Charlie. I took pictures of him sleeping or playing. I also took pictures of 5 like flowers, trees and rivers. I 6 took photos of a little mouse once.

    Last year, I got invited to be a photographer on the red carpet (地毯) of  a big show in Los Angeles. I was so excited 7I could take photos of famous people. It was my first time to get close to them! It felt 8.

    Being a photographer and taking photos makes me feel happy. Now I want to 9what I have learned with other kids. I can't wait to pass on everything I've learned about photography and make other 10feel great, too.

    Lydia is 14 years old. She lives in a small house with her parents and two brothers, Daniel and Henry. Daniel is 12 years old, and Henry is 9 years old. Daniel and Henry often complain about the small house. They want to live in a big house. Their dream house is very big. In the house, they each have a bedroom, a desk and a computer. In front of the house, there is a big beautiful garden. In the garden, there are some fruit trees. They like eating fruit very much. Behind the garden, there is a swimming pool. They like swimming, too. They can ask their friends to come to their house on weekends. They can play computer games, swim and do their homework together. They say they will have a lot of fun that time.

Carol has three sisters. All of them are very beautiful. Sometimes she feels very bad because she doesn't look like them at all. She is short and heavy and she doesn't have big eyes or beautiful hair.

As young girls, her sisters often go to parties on weekends but Carol always stays at home—reading books and doing the homework. She says it's her dream to go to university(大学).

Ten years later, Carol grows up. All her sisters get married(结婚) at a young age and don't live a happy life. But Carol is now a teacher in a university and she spends most of her free time taking trips. Every day her life is colorful.

Well, you see it won't matter if you are not beautiful but you must study hard all the time. That may be the only way if you want to make your dream come true.

Many kids help parents to do chores in the house.They may take out the trash，walk the dog or clean the floor.In return，some kids get money or other rewards from their parents，such as 20 minutes to play computer games.

But some people do not think that kids should get rewards for doing chores.One of them is Jane Smith，a parenting educator and family coach（顾问） .She believes if kids get rewards（值得）doing unless you get something in return.For example，kids won't clean the floor if they see it is dirty.But they will do it if their parents reward them for it.

"Every house is a team effort（努力），"Jane said. "A home is a living place for everyone in the family.It's important for kids to see that we all have a responsibility （责任）to keep our home clean."

However，other people have different ideas.They believe that money or other rewards encourage kids to do more chores.It also teaches them real world lessons.They can learn about how we need to work to make money.

Now，there are also apps that encourage kids to do chores.The apps give kids points and digital（数字的） gifts that can be used either online or in life.With the Chore Monster（交换）their points for real rewards，such as time to play video games or a trip to the shop." Our goal is to encourage kids to do chores so they can get rewards." says Joe Black（创始人）of Chore Monster.Kids need positive（积极的） power to make them do chores."

Anyway，action is above all with rewards or not.