I want to judge the nannies that's around my child. I don't want to pay for a nanny that I never MET, that I never got a CHANCE to interview. That's not the life I want for my child. I want to be involved 100 percent in all DECISIONS MADE. This my flesh and blood.

One TEST of the correctness of EDUCATIONAL procedure is the HAPPINESS of the CHILD.

CHILD abuse and neglect offend the basic VALUES of our state. We have a responsibility to provide safe settings for at-risk children and facilitate PERMANENT placement for children who cannot return home.

There is no FRIENDSHIP, no LOVE, LIKE that of the PARENT for the CHILD.

Everytime a CHILD SAYS 'I don't believe in fairies' there is a a LITTLE fairy somewhere that FALLS down DEAD.

I'm somebody who, as a child, had a lot of insecurity about stable housing, where I was going to be living, if I was going to have a ROOF over my head, all those types of THINGS. And I know the impact it can have on you psychologically and EMOTIONALLY.

Every CHILD should have a caring adult in their lives. And that's not always a biological parent or FAMILY member. It MAY be a friend or neighbor. OFTEN times it is a teacher.

There's NOTHING more haunting than the CRY of a CHILD that cannot be RETURNED with food - the most fundamental expectation of every human being.

People change with time. There are things that happened to a PERSON in his CHILDHOOD and years later they seem to him alien and STRANGE. I am trying to decipher that child. SOMETIMES he is a stranger to me. When you think about when you were 14, don't you FEEL a certain alienation?

I FIND it FASCINATING how hip hop as a culture mirrors every mythology from the beginning of mythology. The CONCEPT of the SINGLE mother and CHILD - the Madonna concept. Hip-hoppers were raised in that.

My parents got divorced when I was 2, so I have this weird THING where I have 8 brothers and SISTERS, but I am ALSO an only CHILD.

I'm literally fighting for the equality of every MAN, woman and child regardless of race, RELIGION, color, CREED, and SEXUAL orientation and here to spread a MESSAGE of peace, love, and positivity.

My MOTHER brought me numerous times to visit Orton as a CHILD, and I have VISITED the gardens with my children many times. Orton is a gem on the Cape Fear RIVER and I am excited about our RESTORATION efforts to bring it back to its original landscape.

I feel so blessed that I grew up in the age of the independent woman, the SURVIVOR. I had Destiny's Child telling me I didn't need a MAN to feel good about myself, and I WANT to CARRY on that message.

My mom is a TOTAL free-spirited HIPPIE FLOWER child. Always has been.