Kindness with Kid of the Year, Orion Monaco Jean
At Home with Linda & Drew Scott
Drew Scott
4.6 • 656 Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Orion Jean is an 11-year old who, in July 2020, was selected as the National Kindness Speech Contest Winner. Upon winning, he created his own "Race to Kindness" events to help spread kindness around the world, including collecting 100,000 meals for food-insecure families, and collecting 500,000 books for kids in book deserts!
For leading this next generation by inspiring with kindness and action, TIME has named Orion 2022’s Kid of the Year.
We’re honored to welcome Orion, and his mom and dad, Kherri and McDonald, to chat about putting thoughts into action, parenting and the importance of teaching kindness and how a little gesture can go a long way.
Connect with Orion:
Instagram: @Orion_Monaco_Jean
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A Kids Book About Leadership
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| 0:00.0 | I'm learning every day how to be a better leader. |
| 0:02.6 | And from the very beginning when I won the speech contest, |
| 0:06.0 | I knew that now on this platform, I had people who were watching me |
| 0:12.0 | and kids who were seeing what I'm doing. |
| 0:15.0 | And I realized that with that, I had the power to influence children |
| 0:20.0 | and hopefully even adults. |
| 0:22.2 | And I want to be able to inspire the next generation and the current generation every day to |
| 0:28.6 | leave with kindness. |
| 0:30.0 | And I hope that's what this book was able to accomplish. |
| 0:35.0 | Hello. |
| 0:36.3 | Welcome to At Home. |
| 0:37.5 | This is a place where we explore all the nooks and crannies of what makes us feel at home. |
| 0:41.4 | The good, the meh, and the messy. |
| 0:43.6 | We've been together over 10 years and we still have a lot to learn about each other. |
| 0:47.7 | I've been with myself for a long time and I still haven't figured myself out. |
| 0:52.0 | It's a process. |
| 0:53.2 | Well, there will be heated debates. |
| 0:54.8 | Yeah, because Drew has very strong opinions about everything, |
| 0:59.4 | like leaving the toilet lit up. |
| 1:01.3 | Well, hey, we'll just bring in experts to help us solve those. |
| 1:03.5 | What about you, though, leaving hair dolls in the shower? |
| 1:05.5 | Ew. |
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