Jared Allen

And so I say that to say when I was young, I mean, I didn't even have kids at this time.

I was in Kansas City.

I was in my early 20s.

I read an article that said your children will have a 70% less chance of poverty

for just two parents being present, being there.

You could be crappy parents, but if two parents are there, right, your child will have a 70% less chance of growing up in poverty.

And I don't know why that struck me in that moment.

I didn't have kids.

I was reading, I was like, oh my gosh.

And then the article continues to talk about now

if both parents are active, right?

If you're present, you're active, now you're a good parent, right?

Now, you know, all parents are going to have, you know, struggles.

And that stuck with me.

And so, you know, when we decided to have kids and, you know, AIM decided to stay home and be a stay-at-home mom, which is the greatest gift you can give your children, right?

And then when I retired, I knew it was like, everybody's like, oh, what are you going to do?

Are you going to do media?

And I'm like, no.

Like, my kids were at that age already.

they were, you know, excuse me, they're like kindergarten.