Pauline Black: What would you most want to leave your children?

The question

What would you most want to leave your children?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

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I don’t have children. I will leave my nieces money because girls need money of their own. Anything to make women independent.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 April 2025 source ↗

Others on this question

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Katie Melua

A healthy planet.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2023 source ↗

Lee Child

More than I can, sadly. I led the softest of lives in the softest of times, and my daughter will face sterner challenges.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 June 2025 source ↗

Derek Sivers Founder of CD Baby; author of Anything You Want

The rest should go to music education, since that’s what made such a difference in my life. I created a charitable trust called the Independent Musicians Charitable

Recorded Essay on sive.rs, Derek Sivers, 4 December 2009 source ↗

David Vélez Co-founder and chief executive of Nubank

Queremos crear un ambiente familiar en donde no todo sea fácil, en donde no todo les caiga del cielo, sino que puedan construir su propio camino y tengan ese sentido de desesperación y esa hambre. Eso significa también que todo ese dinero no se les va a dejar a ellos. Se les dará muchísimo amor, como les damos, y muchas oportunidades de educación y de desarrollo, pero todo ese dinero no es para ellos.

Recorded Vicky Dávila, interview, Semana, 1 October 2022 source ↗