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.

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."

'Except...That.'

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

'...Just like Daddy!'

"I'm Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor!"

Hall of Fame

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

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

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

'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."

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

"I want a cool piercing like you, Grandpa Moby!"

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

"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