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I'm a chairperson for 'No Kid Hungry', a campaign for poor American children.
Television is now the dominant factor in the lives of too many American children.
Over one in five American children is living in poverty, and the number is rising.
Encourage public schools to teach American children how to code just after they learn to multiply.
It was surreal to step out of my own existence and see how most American children experience things.
I believe if more American children read the Ten Commandments and are taught what they mean, they will predictably engage in less crime.
African American children can't be educationally disadvantaged for 12 years and then experience a miracle cure when it comes time for admission into college.
You know, America has profoundly shaped me, and I have two American children and unbelievably rich friendships so it will always be a source of joy and good memories.
In fact, the Harvard study data indicates that 70 percent of African American children attend schools that are predominately African American, about the same level as in 1968 when Dr. King died.
An important aspect of the current situation is the strong social reaction against suggestions that the home language of African American children be used in the first steps of learning to read and write.
The plight of the terrified Central American children who have flooded across the U.S. border to escape violence and poverty in their homelands has launched a passionate and often bitter debate in Washington.
We can't afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. We've got to get it done. The future, the health, the life - our nation depends on it and it's just foolish to think or act otherwise.
Can you believe approximately 17 percent of American children ages 2 to 19 years are obese? How about this fact: approximately 60 percent of overweight children ages 5 to 10 already have at least one risk factor for heart disease? We are all to blame for this - parents, schools, kids - all of us.
We have to program the mind of the public that age is not ugly. Age is just age. Wake up, American children, and stop listening to other people's voices. Know yourself, be true to yourself and make a contribution. It took me half my life to know myself. I listened to other people's opinions and took them as gospel.