ED BURNS (CO-CREATOR): You can rescue a child, but you can’t rescue the children, and that’s the difference. Opportunity is a much better word than hope. If a child sees the opportunity and you can direct the child toward the opportunity, then the kid’s okay. Hope is like a dream. That’s what I used to say to my kids. “Don’t believe in hope. Believe in yourself. You got to put the energy in to get the energy out.” Hope is just like something that the fairy godmother’s going to come down and sprinkle on you. That’s not the way it is for these kids. You got to work for it, then it’ll come to
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