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Eric Adams: “Don't underestimate the power that we're teaching children…”

Featuring: Eric Adams, Democratic | Mayor of New York

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Inaugural Soul Words Podcast: A Deep Dive with NYC Mayor Eric Adams on Education, Spirituality, and Public Policy

Published | Video Starts at 26:09

Where can government, if at all, do anything to foster that or at the very least not to hinder it? Yes. Right. You said something there. Okay. Foster non hindering. Don't underestimate the power that we're teaching children how to breathe. You know, there's a great book that's called Breathe, I encourage everyone to read. It is probably one of the best books I've ever read because we don't realize that we have never been taught how to breathe. (26:09–26:15)

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