show me your Civic lessons of today
and I will show you your Civic Leaders
of Tomorrow
show me your history lessons of today
and I will show you your political
Leaders of Tomorrow
show me the loving bonds between your
families today
and I will show you the patriotism and
moral Clarity of your nation tomorrow
good afternoon
excellencies distinguished delegates
ladies and gentlemen colleagues and
Friends
I would like to welcome and thank all of
you for joining me here today
I'm honored to serve as first lady of
the United States and I look forward to
sharing with each of you my sincere
hopes for all that we will able to do
together to promote peace human rights
and human dignity
leaving no one behind especially not our
children
the most important and joyous role I
ever had is to be a mother to my young
son
and what could possibly be more
essential Focus
in everyone's life
then that of loving educating and
bringing up our next Generation to be
happy productive and morally responsible
adults
together we must acknowledge that all
too often is the weakest most innocent
and vulnerable among us our children who
ultimately suffer the most from the
challenges that plug
our societies
whether it is drug addiction bullying
poverty disease trafficking illiteracy
or hunger
it is the children who are hit first and
hardest in any country
and as we all know the future of every
nation rests with the promise of their
young people
if you look at the present state of
children in any society
we will see the future that our world
can expect tomorrow
show me your Civic lessons of today
and I will show you your Civic Leaders
of Tomorrow
show me your history lessons of today
and I will show you your political
Leaders of Tomorrow
show me the loving bonds between your
families today
and I will show you the patriotism and
moral Clarity of your nation tomorrow
our choices on how we raise and educate
our children
will in fact provide the blueprint for
the Next Generation
if we do not Advocate a love of country
to our children
and the generations to come
then why would our children grow up to
fight for their countries
founding principles and moral truths
if we do not teach our children the
importance of helping those less
fortunate
wherever they may be then why would they
become caring adults who dedicate
themselves to charity
if we do not ensure that our youth
redefine their nation of community to
reach beyond their own backyards
their own schools and their own town
halls they're not then why would we
accept to see a new generation of
Leaders with a moral conscience that
includes all of humanity
when we join together as parents caring
for children whether whatever they live
in our own families across the street
across the nation or across the globe we
claim our responsibility to the Next
Generation to ensure they are prepared
to accept the torts of leadership for
the World of Tomorrow
and make no mistake
this will always begin with us
coming together to embrace parenthood's
Noble calling
nothing could be more urgent nor worthy
a cause than preparing future
generations for the adulthood with true
moral Clarity and responsibility
to achieve this we must come together
for the good of our children
because through them our future will be
defined
therefore we must teach each child the
values of empathy and communication that
are at the core of the kindness
mindfulness integrity and Leadership
which can only be thought by example
by our own example we must teach
children to be good stewards of the
world they will inherit
we must remember that they are watching
and listening so we must never miss an
opportunity to teach Lives Many ethical
lessons along the way
as adults we are not merely responsible
we are accountable
I hope you will join me in recommitting
ourselves to teaching the Next
Generation to live by and honor the
Golden Rule
to unto others as you would have them
unto you which is my Paramount in
today's society
and our focused as first lady
it reminds our generation's moral
imperative to take responsibility
for what our children learn
we must turn our Focus right now to the
message and content they are exposed to
on a daily basis through social media
The Bullying The Experience online and
in person and the growing Global
epidemic of drug addiction and drugged
overdose
no children should ever feel hungry
stocked frightened terrorized bullied
isolated or afraid with nowhere to turn
we need to step up come together and
ensure that our children's future is
bright
in the coming months I hope to reach out
to each one of you here today
to call upon you for your support and
guidance and look forward to joining you
in collaboration to support and educate
our next generation
I'm asking leaders on social media who
started market for their products and
platforms his children
as well community and educational
leaders to join me in this fight for the
hopes and dreams of our children
with all my heart I want to thank you
each one of you for being here today
and tell you how much I'm looking
forward to working with you on behalf of
our children
God bless our children God bless our
Nations and God bless the United States
of America
thank you
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thank you
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