A Lifetime of Financial Well-Being

“Financial Literacy is the ability to use knowledge and skill to manage financial resources effectively for a lifetime of financial well-being.”

~ Marina John
Family Lifestyle Content Creator – Mommy Snippets

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Financial Literacy is Life-Saving

“I want kids to understand the importance of savings and investing. It’s crucial that people understand the importance of financial literacy, because it’s actually life-saving.”

~ Mellody Hobson,
President of Ariel Investments

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A Wonderful Dad

“I had a wonderful father, and I couldn’t bear that television virtually ignored Black fathers.”

~ Esther Rolle
Actress & Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Special (1979)

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Schoolmates, Friends & Siblings

“I was born in Milano which is in the north of Italy and is the capital of industry in Italy and the fashion industry worldwide. I am an only child. I didn’t have to fight with any siblings of any sort. Actually I missed that very much. I would have liked to have someone to play with and to interact with. So for that reason, I was very much interested in having this tight contact with my schoolmates and the like. I actually even dreamed to go to a boarding school because at least I would be with my friends, which is kind of strange because nobody wants to go to boarding school. I wanted to go to boarding school.”

~ Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
Academic Researcher, Professor, Entrepreneur, Technical Advisor, Author, Co-Founder – Cadence Design Systems & Synopsys, Inc., Phil Kaufman Award, ACM Fellow Award & IEEE Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award

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When Mom Listened to Our Stories

“My mother grew up with each of her children – whatever your age, that’s the age she’d be when she listened to your stories. She never belittled our problems. It made for something permanent and reliable.”

~ Esther Rolle
Actress & Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Special (1979)

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Teach the Children to imagine the Best

“Israeli children should be taught to look to the future, not live in the past. I would rather teach them to imagine than to remember.”

~ Shimon Peres,
a.k.a Szymon Perski
President of Israel (2007-2014)
‘Israel’s First Social Media President’
Prime Minister of Israel (11.4.95 – 6.18.96) and (9.13.84 – 10.20.86)
Polyglot, Songwriter, Poet, Author
Founder, Peres Center for Peace (1996) a.k.a. Peres Center for Peace and Innovation (2016)
Co-Founder of Kibbutz Alumot, Legion of Honor Commander (1957)

Hope for My Children

“My hope for my children must be that they respond to the still, small voice of God in their own hearts.”

~ Andrew Young
Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia (1982–1990), United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1977–1979), U.S. House of Representatives (1973–77), Founder – Andrew J. Young Foundation (2003), Civil Rights Leader, Clergyman & Author

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Born Geniuses

“All kids are born geniuses but are crushed by society.”

~ Michio Kaku
Theoretical Physicist, Author, Public Speaker, Futurist, Co-Founder – String Field Theory

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What Parents Have Taught Them to Do

“Is is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make the successful human beings.”

~ Ann Landers a.k.a. Esther Pauline “Eppie” Lederer,
Advice Columnist

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The Life We Can Make for Our Children

“Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.”

~ Sitting Bull
Hunkpapa Lakota Leader

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The Torah-True Home

“Though civilization depends upon it, raising a family in accordance with God’s Biblical blueprint is becoming ever more challenging. The love, the stability, the harmony, and the tranquility of the Torah-true home cocoons parents and children alike in a nurturing, secure environment. My friends Larry and Tiz Huch provide much-needed advice in their new book (Releasing Family Blessings) for all those struggling against the odds to build beautiful families.”

~ Rabbi Daniel Lapin
Rabbinic Scholar, Author & TV Host

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Listening Parents

“Your job as a parent is to listen. And to dole out as much love as you can; that includes tough love.”

~ Christie Brinkley
a.k.a Christie Lee Hudson,
Super-Model, Actress, Artist,Author & Entrepreneur

Home: Looking, Feeling & Smelling Good

“I want my home to look good, feel good, and smell good. I want it to be inclusive, to reflect the people who live there.”

~ Cindy Crawford,
Entrepreneur, Model,
Actress, & Television Personality

~ Image via Pixabay

Seeing All of Nature

“We feel we have to put concrete on every inch of land. It disturbs the ecology, and it takes away the experience of a child going out into the woods and seeing all of nature.”

~ Esther Rolle
Actress & Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Special (1979)

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Thinking Forward in Faith

“To think forward, in faith, keep your focus on God’s plan for you and your family.”

~ Marilyn Hickey,
Founder – Marilyn Hickey Ministries International
& Today with Marilyn & Sarah

The Heavenly Dad’s Blessing

“You have a heritage of Blessing from your Heavenly Father; speak it over yourself and your children.”

~ Marilyn Hickey,
Founder – Marilyn Hickey Ministries International
& Today with Marilyn & Sarah

The Role of a Domestic

“I’m glad to take on the role of a domestic because many of your Black leaders, your educators, your professionals came from domestic parents who made sacrifices to see that their children didn’t go through what they did.”

~ Esther Rolle
Actress & Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Special (1979)

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Fathers & Their Children

“I told them [the producers] I couldn’t compound the lie that Black fathers don’t care about their children. I was proud of the family life I was able to introduce to television.”

~ Esther Rolle
Actress & Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Special (1979)

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Little Eyes are Watching

““Watch what you say and do because little eyes are watching you.””

~ Reba McEntire,
Singer, Songwriter, Actress, Record Producer, Grand Ole Opry (1986),
Grammy Awards (3X), & Country Music Hall of Fame (2011)

Maternal Health Advocates

“I became a global maternal health advocate the day I became a mother.”

~ Christy Turlington
Supermodel, Charity-Founder & Campaigner – Every Mother Counts & Filmmaker

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Heavenly Dad, Earthly Dad

“I believe the heart of the Heavenly Father is reflected in the heart of the earthly father.”

~ Nathan Lorick

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Dad’s Guidance & Protection

“When my father didn’t have my hand, he had my back.”

~ Linda Poindexter

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A Father’s Words

“A father’s words are like a thermostat that sets the temperature in the house.”

~ Paul Lewis

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The Quality of a Father

“The quality of a father can be seen in the goals, dreams and aspirations he sets not only for himself, but for his family.”

~ Reed Markham

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Who Taught Me to Value Myself?

“It was my father who taught me to value myself. He told me that I was uncommonly beautiful and that I was the most precious thing in his life.”

~ Dawn French

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