i became a better parent.y youngest son, who is 18 years younger than peter, and i was then 40 when i had my youngest son, i was better able to understand parenting and the weight of it. i think when i had peter i couldn't hardly take care of myself, and so my parenting to peter was much more inconsistent than i like to go back and think about, because i feel so badly. if life would only give me if i could go back, i wouldn't do anything else except go back and redo some of my years with peter and maybe a little with eli, my second son. but that's not what life gives you. what it gives you is the room to grow and to recognize and to come to your children and go, "whoops." tavis: that's what grandkids are for. >> that's what grandkids are for, yes. tavis: you've got a couple of those now. >> yes, yeah. so i get better at parenting, but it did how i was parented certainly affected me greatly, and my constant drive to survive and get better drove me to eventually become a better actor and a better parent. tavis:

we are parents, just two of 149 million american parents.parent is also defined as a point of origin. my wife and i have spent much of the past month rededicating ourselves to the task of being the best possible parents for our surviving son nate. what we have recently come to realize is that we are not done being the best possible parents we can be for ben. not by a very long measure. if there is something in our society that needs to be fixed, clearly healed or resolved, that resolution needs a point of origin. it needs parents. i would respectfully request that every parent in this country who hears these words simply pause for a moment and think. ask yourself what is it worth doing to keep your children safe. what is it worth to you? what is it worth doing? what is worth doing? >> one month after the mass shooting at sandy hook elementary school, today some of the parents who lost their children that day spoke publicly for the first time. they announced the formation of a new group and a campaign to contribute their leadership to what th

i am also a parent at creative arts. i am also here about the proposal to co-locate gateway middle school with its 300 students on our campus. and to ask you to direct your staff to take the proposal off the table. as i think you all know we have had some challenges recently, particularly with last year's fire, and the aftermath of that. but we have a really resilient community. and we have managed to weather the challenges pretty well and we're really looking forward to next year when the repairs from the fire and the construction will be over and things will settle down. but if an additional 300 students are shoehorned into that campus there will not be any settling down. when i try to contemplate 300 additional middle schoolchildren, all i can envision is pandemonium. i can't imagine any children would get enough time outside if there were an additional 300 children on the campus. part of the reason my family choose this particular school it's a small k-8 and my daughter thrives in the close knit community. and i am w

children do not pass before their parents. we began to see that the school, the high school in los gatos, led by a very strong, great principled people, brought in an organization to help and after all i should preface in 2009 was a brutal year for los gatos high school, they lost two other students shortly before jill died. the school and principal brought in a counseling group called cassie, counseling and support services for youth, embedded counseling. and their job was to change the culture, very much what we've heard today, change the culture to get rid of the stigma of mental health and understanding that a lot of these kids feel anxiety and stress, they need someone to talk to. they just don't have the perspective that an adult has. >> one of the things that struck me was the boys were interviewed, they knew they were in trouble, but i didn't hear them say i'm sorry, i shouldn't have sent the picture on. >> the three boys were arrested and they complied with a vuft stis program and part of that program was to write a l

i want to thank the parents, all the parents involved individually. but in particular the parent groups whether it's the pac, our own pac or advocates, parents who contribute and challenged the school board was really important for us to be able to step up and say yes, we are hearing certain things and we want to respond to. it so thank you parents. students, again, these accomplishments wouldn't have happened without the students also caring and wanting to improve themselves. and we're just so fortunate to have these 55,000, 56,000 students ready and eager to learn and hopefully we'll present them the opportunity to learn. again, i have had the opportunity for eight years to really see the faces of the brightest and best and the leadership of our students, the people that students who sit on our board of student delegates, including windy and megan. i have seen some remarkable students come through here as student delegates and if i had more time i would rattle their names off as accomplishments and the student advisory council has grown from struggl

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parenting, it's a responsibility. parents have to parent. but there is no legislation to keep a kid from playing video games in this country. christie wants to, if he wants to be in the big leagues when it comes to politics, this is the issue. he should look to his counterpart across the river in new york as an example. >> forget the extremists. it's simple. no one hunts with an assault rifle. no one needs ten bullets to kill a deer. and too many innocent people have died already. end the madness now. pass rm, safe gun control in the state of new york. >> some governors just can't say it. this is a leadership moment for all people in elected office in this country. we are at a crossroads. which way do we turn? it's no time to change the conversation and start picking on the first amendment and say, well, it's the entertainment industry. the entertainment industry has been around for a long, long time. governor christie, it's the guns. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question, will the nra and republicans bl

parents did.there isn't enough parking at the school so buses were provided for the parents, too. just after 4:00 p.m., ella returned home. her first day back turned out to be just fine. >> good? really good? >> yeah. >> reporter: sandy hook elementary is open once again. ga gary tuchman, cnn. >> coming up, an adoption battle that centers on a little girl named veronica. the two families who love her and who want to raise her are soon going to find out if the u.s. supreme court will even weigh in on their fate. >>> a "360" follow up. tomorrow could be a turning point in a story we've been following for months. it's a heartbreaking adoption battle. and it's centered around this adorable toddler named as veronica. the south carolina couple that she's known as mommy and daddy for most of her life is fighting to get her back. they petitioned the u.s. supreme court to overturn the ruling that took her away from them and gave her biological father custody of little veronica. and now veronica lives in an

parents did.here isn't enough parking at the school so buses were provided for of the parents, too. just after 4:00 p. mrk, ella returned home. her first day back turned out to be just fine. sandy hook elementary is open once again. >> and gary tuchman joins me live now from newtown, connecticut. so, gary, how did the day go? what was the atmosphere like for everybody at the school? >> reporter: well, it certainly was an unusual day, ashleigh. it was very emotional. the children walked in and hugged their friends. it was wonderful for the pants to see their children see their friends. there was increased security and we did a story a few weeks ago about the comfort dogs, the golden retrievers brought here by lutheran charities that children can pet to make them feel more comfortable and the comfort dogs were in the school, too. all in all, it was something that had to be done and it was certainly very emotional. one thing i want to add, tomorrow here in newtown, former congresswoman gabby giffords

i'm a parent, proud parent of my three kids who go to creative arts. i got one of myself kids on the honor role but i'm here to talk about the coexist annual bringing. >> >> gateway middle school elementary school to the schoo. i feel it's a bad idea. it wouldn't work for either school. the campus is too small than comparable schools. it would mean over 700 kids which makes no sense especially when there are more schools with more space and less kids. i think a lot of parents already talked about how much the school's been through already and how a lot of kids have to eat on the black top which i don't think is good, but i think it's important to know my main issue is the safety and the academics. i run a violence prevention program that has been in the school district for 18 years now. we started at balboa before they reconstituted the schools and one of the reasons it was bad because of the emersion of the schools not knowing who is moving who and the neighborhood caused a lot of the problems and i think making an impact and making it effective is re

regretablely, i have had too many conversations with parents, including some of the parents that were featured in the movie --. >> (inaudible) collaborative. it's like an underground railroad because nobody, no one has suffered like we have. the white house summit, both of them, i knew what was going to be said because we all, we are each other's advocates. we are brothers and sisters in grief. we know what it feels like to have our children destroyed over things that we love and cherish about them. >> right. you referenced again what i referred to often as the appalling silence of good people that, as you recall, were dr. king's words from the birmingham jail. i've seen that all the time, people who are i think in their core good people who don't know what to do who tend to send the paradigm that boys will be boys and girls will be girls and we're trying to shift that paradigm. and that's why in okahenapen we have an accountability document that calls for --. >> (inaudible) with the idea, like i said, there is not a state going that we don't have a parent that has a dead child. we ar

the parents is absent and in jail, then that parent is incapable -- >> right. >> -- of fully engaging in a meaningful way. you understand that i raised my children on welfare. food stamps, what used to be afd c and child care grants that helped me to put -- get great care for my kids. today because i was an involved parent because i had an education and went back to get an education myself, i have a child who is a senior at brown university who is going to graduate with honors. a son studying architecture in california who is going to graduate with high honors. it's not simply about whether or not abuse is present but whether or not a parent has, you know, has the means to make that investment. but it goes further than that. you know, i can talk all day about whether or not republican policies are going to be the right fit for fixing poverty in this country. but the fact of the matter is both parties are on the hook for what has been a disastrous social engineering project that's happened in our communities over decades. >> but, goldie, what is your reaction to this individual who is

so one day, i lost the parents raised me and the parents born. tavis: so you think you are going to be with your parents, and when you get there, they have been placed on another train. what happens? >> there was a lot of chaos. a few hours later, i was taken to a dormitory, which was an old student dormitory, emptied out. it looked like a garbage can, literally. there, i found my little sister, who was only four years old. tavis: let me back up a bit. this is pbs, and this is a very learned audience, but not everyone knows what the mauer revolution was. -- the mao revolution was about. the cultural revolution. >> yes. mao lost the power it a few years before the cultural revolution to to the famine he created, and cultural revolution was his way to regain the power, of using stalin's method, and he turned the country upside down and told us that we did not need to go through formal education. we all needed to learn from farmers and workers, and that was how we would get reeducated. it was the biggest persecution of educated families. tavis: so a

the second conversations will be with parent representatives from the second district parent teacher association. we recognize the importance of including our community partners in the implementation process of restorative practices. to leverage resources that are at the schools, and to bring restorative practices in schools across this district. thank you. >> hi, i have a son at john colonel, and i want to talk about community briefing. pac begins ongoing (inaudible) to bring ssfusd. to both inform community, parents, partners about district activities. second to bring more transparency and accountability to fully -- sorry. policy makers. so the ongoing series we address major districts and -- initiatives -- sorry, initiatives and provide an opportunity for community members to ask questions and give ideas about strengthening and implementation of these capabilities. on january 15, 2012, the pac will host our next community briefing with christina wong, a special assistant to the superintendent, who will provide an overview of the plan and service supporting english language learns

becomes not only -- parents and chinese parents here. many language parents here. some school -- go to the outside center and [inaudible] yeah. and two year they go outside. meet the people at the

we know we node more parents' help.ordable that target this population, we need tone gauge these parents this focus groups. how can we best help you to help your child. have we done that? i don't know, because the parents have invested. when they invest in a program they help it to work. jaime: it sound like wayne, win representative campfield are you thinking about any of the money that you save and investing in parents who can then invest in their kids? actually my program, every penny that is saved goes back into the same program to help other people who are towing the line. honestly i can't disagree with a whole bunch of what the other woman said. the thing is, we have a lot of parents who couldn't get a flip. we can't get them on the phone, they don't show up to any parent-teacher meetings. we have to find some way to motivate those parents to say, wait a second, maybe it's important if i talk to the teacher once a year at least tow see how my son or daughter is doing. jaime: dr. roberts should this be a model then

becomes not only -- parents and chinese parents here. many language parents here. some school -- go to the outside center and [inaudible] yeah. and two year they go outside. meet the people at the school and [inaudible] thank you. you have the budget i know march 2 but this time you take the time, one month. okay. the budget for the translation service for the parents. they will thank you -- thank you. >> commissioner murase. >> yes, i had a couple of questions. just this guide is so very useful and important because we take pride in the multitude of languages that our school offers but it gets very confusing. my first question is is it only available in english and my second question is where can people go to get this guide? >> that guide is in chinese as well as in spanish and it's epc has them and distributes them -- >> [inaudible] >> oh we do? yeah. do we have these? here we go. so we have them in arabic. >> spanish. >> spanish, korean and to gala. >> [inaudible] >> so it's available in english, chinese, spanish, vietnamese, and to gala and the way it's distrib

guest: what parents can do is parent. i recommend that parents go to the entertainment ratings board site. there is not a summary of the plot and what they're credited with it did. -- now a summary of the plot and why they are rated up with corporate he went to look at games, -- rated. you want to look at games and see if they fit your values. host: troy is our last call. on the republican line. guest: most kids who play these games now, they play online. they are not isolated back in the 99 eighties and 1990's. -- like back in the 1980's and 19690's. they talk on microphones to which other. -- to each other from house to house. guest: again like grand theft auto, they're not getting children in the game. that would make the fantasy yucky. the caller makes good points about that. i hope i do not come across as being too pro-game. the rest been so much anti-game out there. -- there is been so much anti- game out there. a survey in 2004, i ask them what they would do if they could not play video games. some of them would sa

as a rule i come here to meet the parents of other children suffering from auster genesis imperfecta and list. god when our daughter was born we had no idea of what would become of her doctors predicted a very poor outlook but they said the child was unlikely to be able to walk and faced a very bleak future. dr natalia below has spent years treating children afflicted with the disease she was the one who came up with the idea of setting up an association of parents with such children. by the time this is in clinical psychology realized that some simple methods could make life much easier for those parents. i need to meet if i knew that sharing my knowledge with others wouldn't be much of a burden to me. so i volunteered to had their so see. it . every two months of course since the operation we're going to remove the costs today. i want that i can see only a part of this bone this is all they've removed it. all together. it was almost ten to right angle. and had to be fixed somehow you. understand from my contact with children and their families but most parents need support and enco

as a rule i come here to meet the parents of other children suffering from genesis imperfecta first and last. god when our daughter was born we had no idea what would become of her doctors predicted a very poor outlook but they said the child was unlikely to be able to walk and faced a very bleak future. dr natalia below has spent years treating children afflicted with the disease she was the one who came up with the idea of sitting up in the socio of parents with such children. by the time this is in clinical psychology realized that some simple methods could make life much easier for those parents. but i did to meet if i knew that sharing my knowledge with others wouldn't be much of a burden to me. so i volunteered to had their so see. every two months of the operation we're going to remove the costs today. i want to i can see only part of this bone this is all they've removed. all together. it was almost center right angle. had to be fixed somehow you. understand from my contact with children and their families but most parents need support and encouragement. because i noticed childr

the second conversations will be with parent representatives from the second district parent teacher association. we recognize the importance of including our community partners in the implementation process of restorative practices. to leverage resources that are at the schools, and to bring restorative practices in schools across this district. thank you. >> hi, i have a son at john colonel, and i want to talk about community briefing. pac begins ongoing (inaudible) to bring s

if they sense that the parents are also on a comfortable but i didn't i mean psychologically. our bush bush bush. world more or. less a push against. her but don't overdo it go it would be gentle. chill you through with the salt. and all the rice do the same with the other hand do you need to rest against it closer to those now it's like a yoga exercise. when the child was born i couldn't understand was wrong with her she was like jalen her burns were soft and flexible. we didn't tamper with hellenes they just fixed and each time he got thread chert she was in plaster for six weeks at a time she was simply fall down and break its. muscles don't support her spine. by half hour walk is not to make her spine show through the process of compression. i did exercises with her. so i think she feels more comfortable when by her side. what's most difficult is making her realized that she must help herself by getting stronger through exercise but if. you grace. the board with the warmest of the children taint in the courtyard bowl it's good they keep playing their arms length then i can