The Jewish Home | JULY 21, 2022
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Notable Quotes “Say What?!”
It’s probably the hardest thing for us as parents, you know, with myself and my wife. My wife grew up in rural Brazil, the furthest state south, Rio Grande do Sul, very small kind of farming town, very simple girl. I grew up in a – I would say – middle class family in California. My dad worked his [tail] off for our family. My mom stayed at home, took care of us kids. I saw my mom work every day to make food for us at night and, you know, wash our clothes and know they supported us by coming to all our games and you know, it was amazing… [Now] we have people that clean for us. We have people that make our food. We have people that drive us to the airport. If we need that, you know, we get off a plane and there’s people waiting there for us and we get ushered in. And it’s just, that’s my kids’ reality, which is the hard part to say, “Guys, this is not the way reality really is, you know?” Maybe I have a New York nose— I’m not smelling the filth. The number one thing I smell right now is pot – like everybody is smoking a joint now, you know? - NYC Mayor Eric Adams talking about the filthy smell in New York City
I must say, in my view at the local, state and federal level, these governments across the country and leaders, mayors and governors, city councils have abdicated their responsibility in fighting crime and addressing mental health. - Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz in a video posted on Twitter, after the company announced the closure of 16 stores in Democrat-ran states, due to safety concerns
Starbucks is a window into America... We are facing things in which the stores were not built for... We’re listening to our people and closing stores, and this is just the beginning. There are gonna be many more. – Ibid., at an internal company meeting
– Tom Brady, in a recent podcast talking about his primary challenge as a parent
And what can we do about that? I think we can try to create experiences that are more along the lines of what most kids go through, even though they’ll still have experiences that a lot of kids never do have. - Ibid.
There’s a lot of things I’m still learning as a parent… You just hope you can show them enough things to realize that when they are doing things that are selected for mom and dad to make our lives more convenient, that that is a treat. – Ibid.
