Youth Role Model Pillows

'I'd like to run for class president but I don't want to put my family through a background check.'

'I guess there are lots of rotten jobs, Gramma...I hope I don't have to clean the taco hut forever.'

'I made my own list of My World's 100 Most Powerful Women!'

"I don't know...sometimes I think I don't spend enough time with them. What kind of role model am I?"

'Well, Scout Smith, escort the little old lay across the street.'

"I'm less a role model than a cautionary tale."

'I hate it when they emulate their major league heroes.'

"They're being very good. They're playing superheroes!"

"And the way you kids kick ass today will speak volumes about the leaders of tomorrow you will be."

Statue of Female Executive

Regardless children just want to fit in.

"Gracie, Frida Kahlo was a controversial figure... She was a strong independent woman...but she also had the courage to be different and unique."

Mentoring Unit: 'Go on! You can do it! You can be a mentor!'

"I'll give you a cookie if you promise to paint me as a pillar among women in your future memoir."

"My name is Jose Hernandez, and my story begins when my parents moved from Mexico to the United States to work the fields. I would find my own special calling."

"I don't want to be a king like Dad - I want to be a pirate like Grandpa!"

'Except...That.'

'...Just like Daddy!'

"I'm Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor!"

Lucy Bronze

Hall of Fame

"If he can run for mayor, I bet I can be mayor some day too!"

"Why are you smiling?"

"A school's purpose is to excite, engage and stimulate its students' minds...or so I'm told."

'Who wants to play celebrity rant?'

"Why do you always get to be the gay icon?"

'I had everything going for me, but I could never find the right person to inspire me.'

"There! I have enough reserves to seriously consider retirement. All my years of hard work have paid off! This Halloween pushed me over the 50-pound mark."

"Ladies and gentlemen, the fabulous Harry Styles."

"I'm class president. I need a really big airplane."

"My teacher noticed you weren't at parent teacher night. She wanted to ask you why I never take an interest in anything."

'In the off-season I generally do some hunting and fishing, help out in my father's auto showroom, have knee surgery, and work out in my hometown youth center.'

"Mom, a boy in my class today, called you a super chick! What's that?"

"I think Jennifer Lopez gets a bad rap. She's a smart, ambitious woman who works hard, respects her roots, and follows her heart! She deserves all her fame and glory!"

"My cousin Nilda is coming over...the one who put three children through college. And my friend Yolanda...who vowed to never fight with her sister-in-law. And Miss Talamantez...a nicel ady I met at the market who has her own business! We call ourselves th