I will be graduating may 2017 and I have received 4.0 every single semester. I found out that the enemy had me running from something that wasn’t even chasing me. I was always smart I just didn’t know it.
Q: What was your method of rearing your girls in accomplishing their goals and dreams to go to prestigious ivy league colleges as the ones they are attending? What other support if any you had to help keep your girls on the path where sometimes in life you can easily be lead astray off that path?
A: I never focused my parenting on my kids attending an IVY League schools. I was guiding them to fulfill their dream. We told them to pick their own school and we supported their dream. We wanted them to start with their dream. What do you want to do, what school do you see yourself achieving this dream, Surround yourself with people and an atmosphere that gets the best of you, etc. It was important that reach for it and we supported them achieving their dreams. I did things like taking them to have a day in their future. For example, my second daughter wants to be a journalist. So I made sure that she had a day in a major next work as an intern. She spent a day at Fox 5 and went from one department to the next. It was amazing to her. I took pictures of her and she put it up on her mirror. Every morning she looked in her mirror she was reminded of where she going. That was something I was serious about doing for my children. For them to start with their dream. What do you want to do, what school do you see yourself achieving this dream, Surround yourself with people and an atmosphere that gets the best of you, etc. It was important that reach for it and we supported them achieving their dreams. I did things like taking them to have a day in their future. For example, my second daughter wants to be a journalist. So I made sure that she had a day in a major next work as an intern. She spent a day at Fox 5 and went from one department to the next.
It was amazing to her. I took pictures of her and she put it up on her mirror. Every morning she looked in her mirror she was reminded of where she going. That was something I was serious about doing for my children.
Q: In a family portrait I see I see you have a son, how old is he and is he going or soon to be heading to college? If so, what school does he has in mind?
A: My son is 15 years old and we follow the same principles with him. Each child is different and may require more or less. He really didn’t know what he wanted to do or where he wants to go. We challenged him in different ways to push him to be dreaming and seeing himself in his future. Of course, my son is very involved in sports so we found his passion and then began working from that point to reach him. He now talks about what college he’s interested in attending and what he will major in college. While he may not have a full handle on somethings we continue to keep communicating with him and preparing him without losing him.
Q: There are many young ladies who feel they are stuck especially, the ones who are single parents some feel they have no value and that is all life has to offer them with just being mothers. Do you think that society plays some part in those who feel they can’t do or get no better? Can you give them a word of advice from a mother and to mothers who are of a certain age?
A: I believe that there was a time when media showed images of the white picket fence, the two parent home and the dog named spot. Today that image is much different. I believe that we are a product of our environment and sometimes our environment did not teach us how to dream or how to support our own. But there are so many examples of those who were not born with the silver spoon in their mouth. There are so many examples of people who have taken the lemons of their lives and made lemonade. There are two parents homes that can say the same thing so I would look at each
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