I Didn't Really Give Them Anymore Than

So On The One Hand In School You're Teachers Are Constantly Telling You That You Can Be Whatever It Is You Want To Be As Long As You Put Your Mind And Heart To It, And Yet At The Same Time I Was Also Getting The Clear Message Of, Well, What Can You Do Really?

I Used To Go To This Store Called Draeger's And You Had A Little Bit Of That Same Feeling Because This Was A Store That Offered You So Many Varieties, Things You'd Never Contemplated Before, You Know Like 250 Mustards And Vinegars And Over 500 Different Kinds Of Fruits And Vegetables, Or Over 2 Dozen Different Types Of Water.

You Get To Decide How You're Going To Look And What You're Going To Be When You Grow Up And When People Learned That My Parents Actually Had An Arranged Marriage People Thought That Was The Most Horrific Thing On Earth. I Mean How Could Anybody Allow Their Marriage Of All Things To Be Prescribed By Somebody Else?

When I Was In Russia I Found That I Thought I Was Going To Give These People That I Was Interviewing A Whole Bunch Of Choice In Terms Of What They Could Drink While We Were Chatting.

In America We Tell Our Parents To Bring Their Child Home And Put Him Or Her In A Crib; As They Get Older, Children Sleep In They Own Room Not In Mom And Dad's Room. What Are We Training Them For? It's Independence, Because That's What Being Empowered Is All About.