The Role Of A Lifetime

There is so much to learn in raising a family. So where are you going to find out how to do it, especially if you didn't benefit from proper role models? When I went to college at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in the 1960s, you could graduate with a degree in home economics. It was eventually disbanded largely due to politics and the power of the women's movement. I'm happy to see that "home ec" is currently being revived at some colleges.

I've reached an age when I start getting those questions—What do you want for your children? What do you see as your legacy? Oh, oh, mortality! I have good role models in my father and mother. Basically, you want to try to leave this earth having given more to it than having taken away. That makes you a good citizen of the planet. If I can pass this on from generation to generation, that's as close to immortality as I can hope to get.

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