You inspire your own child. Sometimes we have good intentions for our kids and end up pushing them too hard and they dont end up doing what they are meant to be doing. We have some really, really good advice for you if you think your child is sort of going that direction as a performer. Were going to have a couple casting agents on in a little bit to say what you are doing right and what you are doing wrong and it should be the child actually that determines i remember hearing about tiger woods dad. When he was a little boy, he held the golf club at age 3. He hit one ball and it went right in the hole. And he wanted to hit another one. He said tomorrow we hit another one. He said i want to hit two more. He said tomorrow we hit two. So instead of something to look forward to. He leaned in and instead of getting burned out on it even then. I did everything wrong apparently. All right. So jimmy fallon was talking about us yet again. Gosh. Anyway anything to do with that stuff. Its a pros and cons segment. Lets see what he said. Tonight well be taking a look at the pros and cons of shark week. Pro sharks can smell a drop of blood from over a mile away. Con, kathie lee and hoda can do the same thing with merlot. That is a gift. Its an amazing gift. So i just sent over baby gifts to jimmy. To winnie . To winnie rose. I bet shes adorable. Congrats to him. We had pictures taken yesterday. Yes, we did. Youre right. Our least favorite thing to do in the world and pretty much everybody knew it at the time. We have an entire today show staff as you know and cast. And its a lot of people. So thats us. But there were actually all seven of us. There we are. We were outside on the plaza snapping pictures for promos. And i leaned on al roker. Yes. That was a fake smile. Thats real. That was real. So i dont know why we showed you that. Probably bored you as much as it did us. You know who is not bored right now because hes in a little trouble. Hes darn american ugly tourist. This 55yearold american tourist who shall remain nameless. Probably because we dont know his name. He was at a museum in florence. Right before him was the statue of the virgin mary. A 600yearold statue of the virgin mary. Thats an old virgin mary. He decided it would be a good idea to highfive the virgin mary. Or maybe compare his hand to the virgin marys. While doing it, the pinkie snapped off. The pinkie snapped off of the virgin mary hand. People are livid. They are outraged. And they are taking umbrage all over italy. We should point out that the finger wasnt marble. It had snapped off before. It was a plaster replacement. The museums director said the fundamental rules for visiting a museum have been forgotten. It is do not touch the works. Okay. So anyway, its happened before. I guess at the met museum here in 2010. A lady tripped. She was walking and she fell into a picasso. Hey it happens. Sixinch gash. It happens. That was an accident. She wasnt planning on it. He did something you shouldnt do. So i dont think she just fell down and gashed it. Can you imagine . Wed love to know, talk us to on facebook and let us know if theres anything youve ever done that you just went, oh, my god id love to know. Have you . Of course not. You know what is more fun than anything else . What . One ton of fat. 15 tons of, a ball of congealed dont you love that word . Congealed fat has been removed from a london sewer. So this is what it looks like. You know when you pour grease or something down the sink because you are too lazy to put it in a can and throw it in the garbage . Yes. In london, all of this congealed together. Everyone is dumping of grease. And it turned into a big blob the size of a double decker bus. They dubbed it the fat burg. Its blobby and oozy and it reminded us of the blob. Remember . Thats the first horror movie i ever saw. 1958. Take a look. Every one of you watching this screen, look out. Because soon, very soon, the most horrifying monster menace ever conceived will be oozing into this theater. I want to see it. The blob. Where is it . It was coming under the door. It crawls. Run, run yeah it comes under the doors. Oh, yeah. Oh, it creeps. It eats you alive. Stampede. Before long the nation and then the world thats when movies were movies. You remember when jaws was really scary. It seems kind of dumb now. Mechanical. But when you saw it then, i remember how terrifying it was. Now everything looks so much more real. Christine, my dear, dear friend, is to this day terrified of birds because of the movie hitchcock movie the birds. You could see that happening. Yes. Thats scary. Yeah. It is scary. All right. Do you want to live until you are 120 years old . The Pew Research Center asked more than 2,000 they need to change their name. Sorry. We decided since theres so many things we have to apologize for during the show. Many things to apologize. We have a button. Every time you push it, its a different version of im sorry. Im so sorry. Sorry. I apologize. Im so sorry. Sorry. My bad. Sorry. This was my favorite, i think. Id like to take a brief moment to offer my apologies. So were going to keep this button here. This will be here for all time. And we want two more. We want one that has applause because we often need that. We want one that laughter. And we want one that has flatulence. Well just keep i will be the happiest woman happiest talk show person ever. Excellent. Okay. So we asked you, do you want to live to 120. 69 of the people said they did not want to live to 120 years old. Yeah. Well, first of all, nobody knows anybody really that old. And so it just and nobody wants to, lets be honest. But i dont want to live to 70 if im not healthy. Its all about your health. If youre still kicking it. As long as the lord has me here. If im sick and burdened and i cant enjoy the beautiful things in life that then i would rather go a better place. I wouldnt want to outlive where theres no blob. I dont think id want to outlive everybody from my era who understood my movies my music, the things i loved careful. You want to discuss things with people. You know, we we have to quit today. We have to quit talking early because we have got a room full of little kids who have got a lot to say. Were excited to meet them. This one has a Youtube Video nearly 7 million hits. Shes only 13 years old. Is she the next big thing . A Live Performance from madi lee. Shes not the only young star here today from a pintsized preacher to a budding chef. Inspiring kids who are making a difference. And we are drinking star trek wine in honor of the children. 50 years since star trek. Yeah, we didnt think that through. Weel be right back. Wait, wait. Sorry if you have been wondering where all the inspiring role models are fur your kids, you are about to meet three young people making a difference. Michael stoltenberger. We are already in love with him because he says were 21. Hes a 13yearold. Hes raising money to help the victims of the boston bombing. As a quadruple amputee himself he knows firsthand the challenges many of those victims are facing. 19yearold jordan summer is the president of miss amazing pageant. She created it to help women with disabilities and girls with disabilities realize their potential. And hannah chung is a Diabetes Awareness wong . What is it . Chuong. Dont confuse us. Where is my sorry button. Michael, lets start with you. You have your tshirt on that says mikeys run. When you were younger, 8 years old, you had an illness and lost some of your limbs. Tell us about what happened. When i was about 8 years old, like you said, i have an immune disease called cgd. I dont know the full name, its complicated. Meaning like soil or dirt gets in my blood stream, oxygen will stop flowing through my body. I had dirt under my finger nail and started scratching it and the dirt got into it and basically the blood stopped flowing to my hands and feet and they turned black. After seven weeks in the hospital, i was released. And then a month later they had to amputate my hands and feet because they were no longer working. Ive never heard of that. Its very rare, isnt it . My brother has it, too. But, like, they already knew about it for him because it happened to me first so they were able to stop it. You do all kinds of things. Besides charming women. Yes, we know youre good at that, honey. You have prosthetic legs and you have this great run that helps benefit other amputees, right . Yeah. Were really happy for all the things youre doing. Lets move on to miss jordan. Miss amazing. You did a beauty pageant yourself as a child. Ive been doing beauty pageants since the age of 7. It wasnt something that i did like every two weeks. I wasnt obsessive about it. Once a year. You were no honey boo boo. Pageantry has taken an odd turn, but, yeah, its just something i did once a year just to meet friends, public speaking skills, interview skills. Yeah, its just been a really beneficial thing. I wanted to provide that opportunity for girls with disabilities. It must be so uplifting for them. Tell us what that feels like to watch one of those pageants. When i first started the miss amazing pageant, i was 13 so i didnt realize the kind of impact it would make. Now what keeps me going, keeps me inspired is just the girls who just completely transform or have that nice moment to realize their abilities instead of disabilities. Feel valued for who they are. Thats what everyone needs. Look how cute hannah is sitting in her little chair. Its your turn. What do you do thats amazing . You have had diabetes since you were a little girl. Since i was 3. Yeah. What are you doing to raise awareness . Well, were doing walks. Diabetes walks over the brooklyn bridge. And my cousins held a lemonade stand. Great. To raise money. Im not sure how much money they raised. We hear so much bad news about kids today. Some of the ones that are just doing all kinds of bad things. What advice would you give a kid today who wants to make a difference with their lives. If you try your hardest, you can do it. It only takes one person to make like a huge difference. Just find the right people. Find the right people to help you, and you can make a bigger impact than you ever expected. What do you think . Mainly, value your youth. Its the time when you dont have the responsibilities. Which i had. You can just experiment and find where you feel inspired, where you feel comfortable, where you are really, truly happy without all the strings attached. Hannah, all of you kids are doing great, great, great work. Were so proud of you. Really proud and so delighted you are with us. Thanks for coming to see us. Thank you. We only had to say sorry once. Excellent. They say every child has a talent, but you just have to give a little nudge. Some advice on how to inspire your kids to find their own specific passion. This kid is passionate when hes at the pulpit. What . A pintsized preacher. Samuel green. But first, these messages. Instead of refueled and focused, youre foggy and sluggish. Its that 2 30 feeling again. So how do you get your clear, alert feeling back . Have a coffee. Then another . Do this instead. Take one 5hour energy. In minutes foggy and sluggish is gone. Hello clear and alert. 5hour energy. Take it after lunch. Be clear and alert for hours. With hotwires low prices, we can afford to take more trips this year. Hit the beach in florida. And a reunion in seattle. When hotels have unsold rooms, they use hotwire to fill them. So we got our fourstar hotels for half price men hotwire, hotwire. Com. This is for you. [ male announcer ] bobs heart attack didnt come with a warning. Today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. If youve had a heart attack, be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. Breakfast together can be a. Bit of a dance. Wont touch stop. Eggo time. [ female announcer ] but eggo waffles can win over the pickiest of eaters. Cant touch this. [ girl ] leggo my eggo™. So many wonderful kids today with strong and passion and talent. As parents we often wonder what our children will grow up to be and do and what we can do to nurture those talents or help our kids find them. How do you raise inspired kids . Here with some advice are psychologist michelle borba, and bruce feeler, the author of the secrets of happy families. Its feiler. Once named father of the year, by the way. Congratulations. I was, actually. My kids dont respect it, but it did happen. Michelle, i mean, every parent, obviously, wants their kid to flourish. Sometimes you see something that seems like your kid is good at. What should you do to sort of encourage him or her to the most important thing is were going to tune into our kids and let them lead us. You are really looking to see, where is that childs passion lie . The new research is really showing us the right conditions and the right parenting, we can really help stretch our kids to all of them shine a little brighter. Thats what its really all about. Not having them win the pulitzer or the championship. Its not that they become celebrities. So that they become the finest Little People they can be. And what you are doing is youll look a little closer to figure out where his natural interests are. Listen. These particular children, im sure while they were watching a tv show said im really upset about what happened in oklahoma. Tune in to that. And then you can always ask a teacher at a parent conference, what are his strengths . What are his talents and then assess. A passion becomes an obsession with a child who is really talented. You cant stop them from doing it. Were going to have a little girl on in a little bit who cant stop singing and a little boy who cant stop preaching. They were born to do it. You have to be careful about pushing them. Kid are funny. When you push them, they dont want to do the things they are meant to do. You cant decide when your child is im going to raise a talented child. You have to make sure that your expectations are right. And some fabulous new research has been tracking these kids to discover, first, we have to be a champion. Weve got to be a cheerleader. And support our own children. But second of all, the first teachers are absolutely critical for a child who is really talented. They have to be one who is child oriented and also fun. Unfortunately sometimes thats not the case. You want a child who is well rounded as well. That means not only talented but a kid who is empathetic and can feel what is going on. There are a lot of things parents can do. You mentioned my book the secrets of happy families. I spend a couple of years traveling around looking at families that work to see what i could learn. The single most surprising thing i learned is if you want to have inspiring children, tell Inspiring Stories about your own family. Kids who know more about their Family History have a higher belief that they can control the world. Just makes sense. And a greater sense what if you dont have a great family story . Even better. Thats the point i want to make. You dont just want to tell the positive stories but maybe the not so good. By being open, this has changed how i parent because i think my instincts were to only tell positive stories to kind of protect. Now when you talk about pain, they become they get out of themselves and they relate to it. As you all know, i spent a year fighting cancer in my leg. I was on crutches. And what that did, i was worried it would traumatize my children. Instead, they went running to the kid with the amputated leg on the playground or look at the rabbit in the kids book that had crutches and they would reach out. So telling your own stories of your own struggles will actually help your children to become more empathetic. Thats so smart. Meredith viera once said, her husband has m. S. , how has that affected your family . She said i raised more caring children. Thats what it gave me. It stretches their empathy. And thats what you have here, three children who have such heart. Heart is what opens it up. Otherwise were sort of basically selfish. We come out of the womb, me, mine, down, no. And we have to teach them, im sorry. My bad. Weve got to go. We could talk about it forever. We have some great kids. Thank you. Great to see you. Her parents helped nurture her dreams of making it big. Shes well on her way. Tween singing sensation, madie lee is here to sing for us. And the 8yearold who can get an entire Church Congregation on their feet. Preacher samuel green is here. Were back with more of today and a special show for anyone hoping to raise responsible and inspired children. Were about to meet one young lady who is both of these. Madi lee has been belting out songs since she first learned to talk. Now at the ripe old age of 13, shes a bona fide internet sensation with tens of thousands of dedicated fans who cant get enough of her music. Check it out. I want to fight i think i could understand her Youtube Videos have been viewed nearly 7 million times. She covers popular songs from taylor swift, one direction, justin timberlake. Shes here with her mother. Congratulations. Youve been singing ever since you can remember, right . Yeah. I was reading where your brother would cry and youd have madi sing and what would happen . He would stop. Immediately. Id say, madi, sing something. Do you or your husband have musical ability . Total fluke. You sang at one of the ball games in cleveland. Youre from cleveland. You sang god bless america. What does that feel like to sing in front of a crowd like that because a lot of the stuff youve been doing is on youtube. It was really amazing and the crowd was really great. It was just a lot of fun. So who has inspired you, honey . Taylor swift, you like her. Who is the best singer in the whole world do you think . Well, taylor swift, of course. And lea michele. So you like glee and all that. Do you see a career in broadway or singing popular songs . What do you think . Well, i hope one of those happens. Something with singing. Well, you will, i think. Youll sing a little bit of a taylor swift song for us. Which one is it . We are never getting back together. Take it away, madi. I remember when we broke up the first time saying this is it ive had enough because we havent seen each other in a month when you said you needed what then you come around again and say i miss you and i swear im going to change it lasted for a day i say i hate you we break up you call me i love you ooh this time im telling you im telling you we are never, ever, ever getting back together we are never, ever getting back together you go talk to your friends talk to my friends talk to me we are never, ever, ever getting back together like ever madi lee. Nice job. Thats so good. You were born for it. Thank you so much. Thank you, mom. You should be so proud of her. All righty. Does your child have a voice like madi or do they want to be the next big tv star. What you need to know to help them land that first gig right after this. Congratulations. That was so great. Check it out a new way to clean, from windex. Get outta here [ female announcer ] introducing the windex touchup cleaner. 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