From the Fox News Podcast Network, I'm Dana Perrino, and everything will be okay.

Hello and welcome back. Last week we heard from Jean Becker.

There are a few people on earth who knew former President George H. W. Bush and former First Lady

Barbara Bush, better than Jean, and she shares some excellent advice imparted to her over the years

by the 41 family. One of my favorite pieces of advice she shared was to be willing to stand

your ground once in a while. This week my guest is someone who has had to stand her ground

a time or two, and a lot of the time it was on the world stage.

I can point to one specific thing my dad did with me that helped me have the career I have today.

When I was in third grade, he assigned me to read the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post

every day before he got home from work. I loved assignments. I had to choose two articles to

discuss with him before dinner. He would ask me lots of questions about why I made my selections,

what I thought of the stories, and then he'd debate other points of view that should be considered.

Of all the things that helped in the communications business, this was probably the most important.

For those of you who are contemplating or experiencing parenthood, I'd say it's something worth

considering, even in our digital age.

Condoleezza Rice is the former US Secretary of State. The first African American woman to

fill that title. She also served as a national security advisor, both of those roles under President

George W. Bush. Condoleez has written several books and now serves as the Director of the Hoover

Institute at Stanford University. Most importantly, she is a daughter and today will focus on how her

father influenced her life and shaped her into the woman she is today.

Secretary Rice, although I know you asked me to call you Condi, I have a hard time doing that

because of the respect. But I'll try. Condi, tell us about your father's childhood, his upbringing.

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