Chris Gardner is a father, an ambitious businessman, and a multi-millionaire, but his life wasn’t always a glowing portrait of stability. In his late twenties, Gardner found himself homeless on the streets of San Francisco with his infant son. The father and son were forced to move from place to place seeking shelter wherever they could. They spent many nights in a church-operated homeless shelter, but on nights when the shelter was full, Gardner and his son found refuge elsewhere, including spending the night in a subway bathroom. Through it all, Gardner said, his top priority was to be a good father to his son. Gardner never knew his real father, and his step-dad was unkind to him.  “I made the decision at 5-years-old that when I had children, my children were going to know who their father was,” Gardner said. “And that no one would ever treat my child as I was being treated.” Gardner’s luck changed when he applied for an internship with a stock brokerage firm. He secured a spot in the Dean Witter Reynolds training program. Gardner knew nothing about the business, but he was determined to do whatever it took to succeed and impress his employer. This ambitious spirit was not a new mind-set for the young man. As a young child, his mother encouraged him that he could do anything he wanted to in life. “I chose to embrace the spirit of my mother,” Gardner said, “who though she had too many of her own dreams denied, deferred, and destroyed, she still instilled in me her child, that I could have dreams, and that I did have a responsibility and the power.” Once, as a young boy enthralled by professional ballplayers that made millions, Gardner was encouraged by his mom that he too could make that much money one day

UNDERAGE PROSTITUTES In Houston we find 12 and 13-year-old prostitutes waiting outside in the dark at the Treasure's Topless Bar -- for males who have just had a feeding frenzy with porn.  While the HPD Vice are  arresting prostitutes,  what about the sex predators? Further on Mar. 25, even another 13 year old accused of a serious crime was arrested at a local Dallas nightclub where she was allegedly bringing other young girls to dance and prostitute. It was in Club Metropolis that police say the 13-year-old girl lured other girls, enticing the teens with the promise of money, and even forcing some of them to dance and sell their bodies for sex. Teen prostitution is a big problem. "It's a really horrendous affair," explained Lt. Chess Williams, with the Dallas Police Dept. Dallas police say there are hundreds of teenage prostitutes on the streets because there is a big demand. Recently, they found a 12-year-old girl dancing naked at a nightclub. "I can't believe that a 13, 14, 15-year-old child knowingly injects herself into a world of prostitution," said Lt. Williams. But it happened, and the 13-year-old in this case may have talked another school friend into prostitution. Police won't say what school, but they're not surprised. "One of the remarkable things we learned through all of this is there is a tremendous amount of money in all this, so a huge demand for young girls in prostitution world," stated Lt. Williams. Police say the young girls aren't acting alone. They say some of the same people who are pimping out the adult prostitutes are the ones exploiting young girls. This 13-year-old and others like her may be runaways, whose childhoods were stolen for profit.  Again, what about arresting the males who are using the underage prostitutes? 

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