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Lea Williams - Parent Spotlight · Look Who's Talking

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  You're listening to Look Who's Talking.
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  I'm your co-host, Simone McEvoy, and we're here with the lovely Jessica Coffie.
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  Jessica, how are you doing this morning?
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  I am good.
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  How are you doing, Simone?
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  I'm doing pretty good, Jessica.
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  Good.
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  What do you think about that eclipse that happened?
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  Oh, the eclipse was amazing.
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  It was amazing.
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  I'll say that it was fun to kind of look at it and experience a celestial event you don't
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  see every day.
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  Yeah, I know.
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  So the eclipse did, it was full in Paducah, which is where I'm from.
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  Okay.
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  So I was calling my parents and I was like, are y'all outside yet?
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  Did it happen yet?
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  But it was a big to do in Paducah.
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  So they had glass, of course everybody had glasses, but they had the shirts, they made
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  just different eclipse specials in the restaurants for that day.
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  So it seemed like it was really exciting.
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  Yeah.
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  I think that it's pretty exciting to see and I've seen in a lot of places that were in
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  direct line how dark it got.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  When I was, I was in Frankfurt at the time and it got a bit darker, but it wasn't as
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  dark as I'd expected.
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  Because we had all those rain clouds.
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  Oh yeah.
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  It was such a mess.
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  And it never rained that day, I don't think.
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  Yeah.
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  It was just cloudy for cloudiness sake, I guess.
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  But today I feel like we've gotten a tsunami.
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  It's been raining all day.
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  Oh, it's been raining constantly.
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  I know there was the old saying, you know, April showers bring May flowers, but I'm tired
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  of the rain already.
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  Well, they bring allergies too.
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  And I've been sneezing.
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  So there's that.
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  Yes, absolutely.
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  Well, Jessica, you know, it might be, it might be time for a break, like perhaps a coffee
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  break.
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  So Jessica, what's our coffee break for today?
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  So the coffee break today, what I want to tell everybody is because of the rain showers
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  we're having today, life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
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  It's about learning how to dance in the rain.
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  So for me, that means no matter what obstacles you may face, the rain, with the rain, you're
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  going to get wet.
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  But that doesn't mean that you can't, you have to stop.
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  That means just continue to go.
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  No matter what you're doing, continue to go.
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  To find the joy during the storm.
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  Exactly.
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  Exactly.
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  I don't understand that.
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  Because a lot of storms, hey, with storms, with the rain, that produces growth.
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  And I think it's important for everyone to know in a storm, that could be your stepping
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  stone to the next level.
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  Okay.
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  Okay.
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  Yeah.
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  Sometimes, you know, our challenges bring forth that growth that we really need to move
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  forward.
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  Yeah, exactly.
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  Exactly.
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  So what I want to do is introduce our special guest for today.
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  Today we have a, again, a very special guest.
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  Her name is Leah Williams, and she is a Head Start parent.
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  So can we get a round of applause for Leah?
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  Well, I'll clap.
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  Or we'll get some horns.
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  Of course.
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  I'm excited to have Leah come to the podcast.
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  I've been knowing Leah for a little bit, at least since her child has been in our Head
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  Start program.
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  And I got excited about interviewing Leah because, one, I think she has a great story.
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  And I got to learn more about Leah during a parent event that we had, and we did vision
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  boards.
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  So we want to talk a little bit about that.
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  Leah, how are you?
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  I'm good.
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  Hey, y'all.
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  Hey.
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  So, you know, I want to discuss you as a parent.
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  How is it being a part of the Head Start program?
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  I love it.
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  Honestly, like, it's probably the most community that I've felt since I had a kid.
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  You bump your head a lot when you learn how to parent, but I've also learned, like, over
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  the past three years, nobody has a handbook, and being here, people constantly reassure
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  you.
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  And then it's such a great opportunity to be a part of just because you learn so much
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  through other people.
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  And there's always somebody you can look to for advice when it comes to parenting.
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  Right.
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  Right.
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  I like that.
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  I like the fact that you said a community, because we all know it takes a village to
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  raise a child.
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  Oh, yes.
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  It definitely takes a village, but we at Community Action and with Head Start love the community
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  aspect because, you know, as a parent, you trust us to guide your child while you're
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  away.
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  Oh, yes.
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  Working, going to school, whatever parents are doing, you all trust us with your children.
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  And I can say for me, I don't have any children.
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  However, I have over 1800 children within the program.
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  So you know, I might not be a parent at home, but I definitely feel like I have that influence
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  to the kids who are in our program.
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  What I want to know is how long has your child been a part of the program?
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  I think, let's see, it's 2024.
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  So he started attending here in August of 2023.
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  And have you seen, like talk about some of the differences in which you see within him
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  by being a part of the program?
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  So my son, he's an only child.
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  So he stayed home with me for pretty much like the first two years of my life.
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  So he wasn't really that social when it came to like other kids.
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  He didn't really know how to interact with them.
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  And he's a COVID baby, isn't he?
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  He is.
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  Oh my gosh.
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  Wow.
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  He was already so intelligent before he enrolled.
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  But also I watched him grow in that aspect.
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  And then just socially, he's become a butterfly.
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  He loves school.
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  He loves hanging out with friends because mama does not want any more kids.
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  So I love that he has a place to come and be around people his age.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  What about within his education?
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  And have either you all have learned together about just what he learns in school?
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  Does that spill over to home?
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  Tell us a little bit about that.
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  Well, he is early head start.
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  So I don't know if they're like so far into the core of core learning, but he does really
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  well with, I was shocked actually this morning.
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  We've been working on counting and I don't know what the people do here to get him to
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  sit down.
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  But when we're at home, he will not sit and do like letters and numbers with me.
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  So we work on it spotty.
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  But this morning we were in his room actually getting ready and I was like, hey, where are
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  your shoes?
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  Are they downstairs?
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  He said, no, I have one, two, three, four, five, six pairs of shoes on that shelf over
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  there.
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  I said, oh wow.
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  Like it surprised me every day.
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  Yeah.
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  Yeah.
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  That's good because I hear all the time parents say, well, my kid doesn't do this at home
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  or they don't eat this at home.
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  I'm like, no, they eat everything here or they do this.
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  And you know, I see that parents get surprised when children bring up certain things.
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  Oh yes.
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  I had one kid and a couple of years ago and she was like, do you know what photosynthesis
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  mean?
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  And I was like, shocked.
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  Oh my goodness.
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  Like I didn't know that, you know, you know, the kids, some of the things that they know
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  it's amazing to a lot of people.
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  It is.
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  It's shocking.
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  It's always a surprise.
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  When your two year old comes up and says, mom, that's a velociraptor.
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  I was like, how did you even pronounce that?
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  You were just born.
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  Right.
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  So what about, let's talk about some of the positive changes that have happened, whether
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  in your son's life or in your life since you've been a part of the Head Start family.
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  So since I've been a part of the Head Start family, it actually gave me like motivation
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  to go back to college.
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  So it's great that I have a safe space to like have for my son when I work on school
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  work or do my internships or anything like that.
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  So I just feel like that's really great.
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  That's a positive change for us.
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  And that's really like the gist of things.
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  I'm focused on college and just trying to create a better place than what I grew up
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  in for my son to grow up in.
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  Right.
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  Right.
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  One thing that stood out to me when we had the vision board, I still talk about it today
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  because that's been one of my favorite family engagement events.
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  We didn't have a large turnout of parents, but you definitely came.
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  We had another person.
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  But I think what you did for staff is really like let us know, hey, our work is not in
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  vain.
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  What we do does work.
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  But what really stood out is your vision board because I still remember it.
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  You put change and stability on the board.
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  That was your theme.
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  And hearing you say you all are positive people, that made me want to change some things in
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  my life.
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  And I think whether you know it or not, that really reached a lot of our staff.
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  Oh, I'm happy for that.
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  Honestly, when I put change and stability on my board, some people just say it, words
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  are words for some people, but that's something I'm constantly living by.
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  I had my son when I was 19, Buckwild.
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  That's what I was.
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  And I can't even say that it changed immediately.
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  Some people are like, oh, I had a kid and it sat me down.
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  No, I had a kid and I was 19 and I was still firm set on I'm not going to let having a
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  kid just because I do that, my life's not just going to stand still.
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  So although I always focused on being a parent, there was like just stuff.
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  I was into like partying and stuff like that that maybe should have calmed down a bit.
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  So this year and then like the back half of last year, it was so important to me to like
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  start honing in on my intelligence and also just create a safe space.
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  That's not something I really grew up in with the parents that I was dealt.
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  So that's where the change part comes in.
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  Hey, it's time to buckle down.
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  You don't want to look up and be 30 years old, nothing going.
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  My kid would be 23.
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  He would be 10 by that time.
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  So like, why would I look up then and not be a positive example?
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  So that was just something very important for me to put on my vision board because I'm
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  big into like that that you call that buzzword that's been in manifesting like, yeah, write
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  it down.
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  It's going to come true.
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  It's going to come to fruition.
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  Yeah, just keep saying it.
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  Yeah, I like that.
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  I like that.
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  I like I mean, I just love your story.
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  I love it because and I probably don't even know the half.
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  Oh, no, not even a quarter.
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  You know, but it is so encouraging to know that, you know, everybody's dealt cards and
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  there are only two decisions you can make.
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  You can either make like run with it and make your life better or you can run with it and,
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  you know, follow whatever that card is.
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  And you know, you have flipped it.
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  You like, you know what?
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  I control this.
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  Let me flip these cards.
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  So it's an easy thing to say.
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  Honestly, it really is.
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  But it took me a long time.
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  Like I used to live in like self pity for like a long, long time.
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  And then I just had to like snap out of it one day.
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  And honestly, you know, I was scrolling down my phone and this is like really what snapped
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  me out of it and made me do a 360.
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  I was scrolling and it's like, have you ever watched a video?
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  I'm like, wow, this is a harsh reality.
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  Are they talking to me?
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  You know, the man on the video was like, your story is not significant.
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  It's not unique.
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  You don't get to just sit there and pity yourself and say, well, it's okay that my life turns
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  out like this because this is how I was raised or these are the cards I was dealt.
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  But it's like, your story is not unique.
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  Everyone goes through a lot.
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  It's up to you to make a change.
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  And that quote you read on coffee break, that's actually throughout my high school, that was
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  like the sticker that was outside of my shower.
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  It's still up in my dad's house to this day.
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  And I used to like read it every single day because it's really a motivator that no matter
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  what's going on around you, like you have to push through.
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  Right, right.
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  And so many times people see the storm and they think that it's bad.
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  You know, I got to get an umbrella out.
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  I can't get wet.
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  But what if you lost the umbrella?
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  What if you got wet?
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  You know, what if the very thing that people think like, oh, storm.
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  Break.
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  That's the very thing that helps the grass and the trees grow.
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  Absolutely.
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  You know, so.
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  Storms build character.
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  Like, I don't think I'd be half the person I am today if I didn't have to like go through
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  all the adversity that I did.
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  So even though I wouldn't have liked some of the stuff that happened, I appreciate it
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  because it's made me much stronger.
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  Right, right.
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  It builds resilience.
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  Absolutely.
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  So I think it's time for us to take a break.
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  What we'll do is come back and talk to our Head Start parent, Miss Leah Williams, and
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  we'll be right back.
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  Welcome back to Look Who's Talkin'.
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  We're here with our host Jessica Coffey as well as our special guest.
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  So, how was the vision board project for you?
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  You want me to answer?
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  I love it.
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  Honestly, I feel like more people should have participated.
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  To be involved with the staff, I feel like that's very important.
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  I don't know who wouldn't want to be personable with people that are around your child every
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  day.
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  Also, it was just a great motivator.
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  A lot of us don't have that positivity in our life.
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  We feed into negativity.
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  I feel like it was a really important event and it was something that was definitely there.
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  The food was fire.
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  We did.
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  We had a great little brunch that the site director here, Tracy Norwood, did for us.
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  You know what, I was just excited to get out of the office because usually I'm stuck in
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  the office doing all kinds of stuff.
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  But I intentionally was like, nope, I'm getting up.
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  I'm leaving.
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  I want to participate with this family event.
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  So that's what I'm going to do.
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  I just think it was divine intervention that we were there.
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  Everybody was opening up.
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  It was just the perfect environment for me.
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  The energy was great.
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  I loved it.
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  It was great.
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  So I want to get into, again, with your vision board, your thing was stability and change.
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  That literally has stuck with me.
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  That's good.
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  I love that.
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  It literally has stuck with me.
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  So in that, you mentioned that you were going to school.
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  Tell us about that change in your life.
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  So to get the full gist of it, you'll have to understand square one before I had a kid.
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  So I graduated high school when I was 17.
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  I was one of the youngest in my class.
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  When I was a kid, my grandma used to drill into me, like, you have to go to school.
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  When your parents overdrill something, you're like, shoot.
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  You're going to do the opposite of that.
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  So when I graduated, I had enrolled in college.
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  So I ended up attending, and I think my problem is I stayed in my hometown.
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  So everything and my friends that weren't in school, it was just too accessible.
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  So I couldn't focus, left school, got pregnant, went back, had a son, adversity struck again,
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  couldn't focus, left school.
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  So this year I picked it back up.
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  And now that I've got my footing, and I can't even say completely, but I've got my foot
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  in parenting, it's been going great.
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  And then my advisor at school, she's great.
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  She's constantly just encouraging.
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  So school's top tier right now.
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  Good.
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  Good.
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  So what are your aspirations?
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  What are you going to do with your degree?
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  And what degree are you getting?
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  Okay, I'm getting my degree in LPN.
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  So I decided to do that just because it's like a cheaper route.
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  So I'll be done with that by December of next year, and then whichever hospital I attend,
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  I'm going to go through them to get my BS in.
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  So I'm going to be RN, and that's what I'm going for.
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  So do you have a natural...
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  Because when I think of a nurse, I think of someone who is caring for people.
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  Is that like your personality?
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  Yeah.
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  So I love people.
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  That's one thing, except for mean people, I don't like them.
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  But other people, I flock to people.
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  I'm very social.
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  I'm a butterfly.
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  And then also, I like to provide help to those that are in need.
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  Even if it's medically, socially, I've always been the fix it person.
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  It's been a downfall a lot, but I still, I'm going to die on that horse because I like
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  to be the fix it person for other people.
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  And I would also like to, with my nursing, go into pediatrics and just mix that together
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  because I feel like kids sometimes are very underserviced and they're ignored.
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  And then a lot of parents also, with the financial struggles everybody's going through nowadays,
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  they can't be there with their kid and they can't be present 24 seven for a sick child.
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  So that's my aspiration to work with kids or also L and D with moms.
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  Got you.
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  Did your past or how you grew up influence this direction and how?
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  Absolutely.
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  Just because in my past, I feel like as a child that grew up how I did, people weren't
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  always as attentive to me as they should have been.
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  And I grew up like just a frustrated, like angry person.
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  And I feel like if someone would have intervened and had that like maternal feeling towards
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  me or if I just felt like someone's child 24 seven as you should.
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  Yeah, absolutely.
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  So if I can be there for anyone at any time for anything, I'm going to do that because
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  I know how it feels to like feel just neglected or not viewed.
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  Right, right.
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  And did that influence like you becoming a parent?
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  Not necessarily becoming a parent, but how you parent your child.
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  Absolutely.
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  Like I promised myself that I would never like put my kid through some of the stuff
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  that I went through, like even in my grandmother raising me.
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  And I hope she doesn't see this because she likes to.
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  But she was like I was the only girl in a three kid household.
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  So it was my older brother, me and my younger brother.
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  And it always seemed that they were coddled.
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  And then I was the person that got like Rod and Steph just like always brought down on
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  me.
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  And then my mom, she was just never there like in and out of jail, on and off drugs.
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  So I was like I just will never be that person for my kid.
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  And when I birthed my son and like I held him for the first time, I was like, wow, I
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  just can't imagine putting a child through anything like the way I was raised.
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  Gotcha.
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  Gotcha.
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  Wow.
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  That's good that you took as Beyonce would say lemons and made lemonade.
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  You know, on some of I want to talk about the opportunities you would like to see.
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  Through the Head Start program, you know, we try to do an array of events or kind of
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  education for our parents, whether that's how to cook or possibly financial things.
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  What are some of the things that you would like for to see us do in the financial aspect?
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  I think it would be a beautiful idea to bring in a financial coach.
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  I know as a parent, it is really hard to like it's really hard to allocate funds and stuff
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  like that.
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  And then also, when I spoke to you all and then just like any step, any of the higher
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  up staff, it's very motivating to see people that look like me.
• 23:13
  Yeah, because most of the people that I've met have been people of color, regardless,
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  speak about their higher education.
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  And it's very motivating to see where you are in life.
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  So I feel like that would be a great event to host for parents just speaking on higher
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  education and motivating them to get credentials, whether it's technical credentials, degree
• 23:32
  certifications.
• 23:33
  I think that would be a great idea.
• 23:34
  Yeah, I didn't you know, I didn't think about that because, you know, I do believe everyone
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  has a story and a journey that they've traveled.
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  You know, no one knows.
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  But I went to community college first because I wasn't I wasn't ready to leave home because
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  I knew if I left, oh, honey, because I was about to be in these streets.
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  Okay.
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  However, I went to community college first.
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  And I hear so many people like, kind of down in community college, like, that's not a university.
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  But guess what?
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  You know, going all for even a university isn't always for everyone.
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  No, it's not.
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  You know, the technical field is important.
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  And you know, they make money, money, depending on what what you do.
• 24:22
  So everybody's out here trying to be rappers and we need plumbers.
• 24:25
  Right.
• 24:26
  Exactly.
• 24:27
  Exactly.
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  But you know what?
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  I want to get into what do you see or what how would you encourage whether it's a woman
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  or a man or just someone or parents that have kids in the Head Start program, whether early
• 24:48
  head start or head start, what kind of encouragement would you give?
• 24:53
  I would just say, like, stay constantly involved in your kids development.
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  Don't be too hard on your child, because I mean, that's something I have to work on because
• 25:03
  they make mistakes.
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  They're like little bitty people.
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  And we watch them grow so fast and they become so communicative that we think that they know
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  what's going on all the time.
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  That's not it.
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  And then also to all the parents, don't lose yourself in being a parent, because I know
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  a lot of people become parents and then they don't have any goals and aspirations for themselves
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  anymore.
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  But I'd say also focus on yourself because focusing on yourself in turn will create a
• 25:29
  better lifestyle for you and your children.
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  And also, like Jessica said, don't take shame in going to community college.
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  Like they literally pay me to go to school.
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  So if you want higher education, go and get it.
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  They are paying her to go.
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  Listen, this has been a great show.
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  What I want to say is the word of the day is change.
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  I think that's a fitting and a great word of the day.
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  We want to thank Ms. Leah Williams, one of our Head Start parents who has, whether she
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  knows it or not, made a difference in my life because I, from our situations communicating
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  with you, have seen a brighter way of being able to get parents involved in communicating.
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  So I thank you for coming to the show.
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  And this is Look Who's Talking.