Melinda French Gates expressed her concerns about the potential entitlement of her children due to their immense wealth. To combat this, she emphasized instilling deep values and ensuring they understood their privilege. She enrolled them in local schools and engaged them in community service, reflecting on her own middle-class upbringing. French Gates aimed to involve her children in the community, exposing them to different realities through various experiences, including working with the homeless. Her actions were rooted in the belief that grounding them in these values was essential for their development.
"I wanted them to have deep values. And I wanted them to know they were lucky," French Gates said in the interview, part of the publicity tour for her new book: "The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward."
French Gates, who divorced Gates in 2021 and stepped down as cochair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation last year, said she enrolled her children in local schools instead of homeschooling them.
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