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Rancho Los Amigos KinderCare | Daycare, Preschool & Early Education in Downey, CA
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AMERICA’S MOST ACCREDITED
We’re so proud!
Nationally only 10% of daycares are accredited – nearly 100% of our learning centers are. That’s a big difference,
and that means KinderCare kids are getting the very best. Here’s why.
SCHOOL-READY
What Learning Looks Like
Our talented early-childhood teachers set kids down the path toward becoming lifelong learners in a positive, safe, and nurturing environment.
Rancho Los Amigos KinderCare Programs
Infant Programs (6 weeks–1 year)
Leaving your baby in someone else’s care is a big step. Everyone at our
centers—most importantly, our naturally gifted infant teachers—will work with
you to make sure the transition goes smoothly. When you step into our infant
classroom, you’ll see how much we want your infant to feel safe, loved, and
ready to explore their world.
Toddler Programs (1–2 Years)
Everything in our toddler classroom is designed for little explorers. That’s
because a lot is going on at this age. When your child is wandering all over the
place, that means they’re learning and discovering new things every day. We’ll
help them explore their interests (and find new ones!) as they play and learn.
Preschool Programs (3–4 Years)
This age is all about expression, when kids really start to form their own ideas
about what they want to play and how they want to create. Every day in our
preschool classroom, your child will explore science experiments, create
artwork, and play pretend—all the skills needed for their big next step:
kindergarten!
Prekindergarten Programs (4–5 Years)
When you walk into one of our pre-K classrooms, you’ll see artwork and
writing displayed around the room.
Labels are everywhere to help kids connect
letters with words. You’ll also see pictures on the walls that reflect the families
in our community. Your child will also deepen their knowledge in language,
math, science, Spanish, and social skills.
Kindergarten Programs (5–6 Years)
Welcome to kindergarten: the gateway to grade school and everything that
comes next! Offered in select centers, our kindergarten programs have small
class sizes and curriculums that mix learning and fun. The basic building
blocks of reading, writing, math, and science are key in kindergarten, so we
make sure they get lots of practice in all of these areas.
Learning Adventures – Enrichment Program
Music Explorers™ (2 – 4 Years)
KinderCare families are already giving a standing ovation to our newest Learning
Adventures program: Music Explorers! Kids will learn to sing, move, listen, play
instruments, and even create their own tunes.
Our original curriculum blends math,
science, social studies, literacy, and mindfulness (think yoga!) for a uniquely KinderCare
way of learning the foundations of music.
Phonics Adventures® (2 – 4 Years)
Learning how to read is a whole lot of fun at KinderCare! We help kids grow to love
books and words (and get ready for kindergarten) in our Phonics Adventures program.
From discovering the basics of vowels to practicing poetry, kids learn all about letters
and sounds in small-group lessons made just for their age group. (Bonus: Kids who
attend our phonics program are more prepared than their peers for school—and we
have the data to prove it.)
Spanish
Spanish Adventures provides young learners with a foundation for later success with
the Spanish language. Music, games, children’s Spanish literature, and other tools give
children multiple opportunities to hear, practice, and see Spanish language to develop
vocabulary and conversation skills.
Curriculum includes lessons on greetings, numbers,
colors, animals, family, body parts, and pets, as well as how to engage conversationally
during common scenarios at home, a restaurant, or at the zoo.
STEM Innovators (3-8 Years)
You’ve probably heard a lot about how important STEM education is for your child, but
what does that really mean? Our STEM Innovators program takes kids’ natural ability to
make sense of the world and applies it to robotics, chemistry, coding, geology, and
more. While your child experiments, they’ll discover how to use technology to do
amazing things!
Our Teachers
We’re the only company in early childhood education to select teachers based on natural talent. Being a great educator isn’t enough though.
KinderCare teachers are also amazing listeners, nurturers, boo-boo fixers, and smile-makers. Put more simply,
we love our teachers and your child will, too.
Meet just a few of our amazing KinderCare teachers!
A KINDERCARE TEACHER WITH
An Artist’s Heart
“My classroom is full of art!” says Mary Annthipie-Bane, an award-winning early childhood educator at KinderCare. Art and creative expression, she says, help children discover who they really are.
We put our best-in-class teachers in a best-in-class workplace. We’re so proud to have been named one of Gallup’s 37 winners of the Great Workplace Award.
When you put great teachers in an engaging center, your children will experience
an amazing place to learn and grow.
Family Stories
Don’t take our word for it. Hear what our families have to say about our amazing center!
Share Your Story
If you have a story about your experience at KinderCare,
please share your story with us
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Who Are KinderCare Families?
They hail from hundreds of cities across the country from countless backgrounds, and proudly represent every walk in life. What our families have in common,
though, is the want to give their children the best start in life. We are so proud to be their partner in parenting.
Hear from just a few of our amazing KinderCare families.
A Globe-Trotting Family Finds A
Home in Houston
Four young children, four different passports, two languages, two full-time jobs…oh, and a few triathlons thrown in for good measure.
Meet the globe-trotting Colettas—a family on the go.
Frequently Asked Questions
What accreditations does KinderCare have?
We are your trusted caregiver. Our centers are state-licensed and regularly inspected to make sure everything meets or exceeds standards, including child-to-teacher ratios and safe facilities.
Our centers aren’t just licensed—most are accredited, too! Find out more.
Do you offer part-time schedules at Rancho Los Amigos KinderCare?
Everybody’s schedule is different. We’re happy to offer quality, affordable part-time and full-time childcare. Drop-in care may also be available. Reach out to your Center Director to learn more.
How does naptime work at Rancho Los Amigos KinderCare?
Our teachers meet every child’s needs during naptime. Our teachers know how to get babies to nap. In fact, they are pros at getting children of any age to nap. Visit our article on “10 Ways We Help Kids Get a Great Daycare Nap” to learn more.
Do you support alternative diets?
We strive to be as inclusive as possible. To that point, we provide a vegetarian option at mealtime, take care to not serve common allergens and can adapt menus based on your child’s food sensitivities. If your child has additional needs, we’ll work with you to figure out a plan.
Are meals included in tuition? Can I choose to send my child with lunch?
We provide nutritious meals and snacks developed by a registered dietician to meet the needs of rapidly growing bodies and minds.
If your child has special dietary requirements and you would prefer to bring in their lunch, please make arrangements with the center director.
Does my child need to be potty-trained?
Every child begins toilet learning at a different age. Until your child shows an interest in toilet learning, we’ll provide diaper changes on an as-needed basis. When your child shows an interest, we’ll discuss how to work together to encourage toilet learning.
Daycare, Preschool & Child Care Centers in Downey, CA
KinderCare has partnered with Downey families for more than 50 years to provide award-winning early education programs and high-quality childcare in Downey, CA.
Whether you are looking for a preschool in Downey, a trusted part-time or full-time daycare provider, or educational before- or after-school programs, KinderCare offers fun and learning at an affordable price.
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Rancho Los Amigos KinderCare
Phone:
(562) 385-79817755 Golondrinas St
Downey
CA
90242Distance from address: 1.
87 miles
Ages: 6 weeks to 5 years
Open:Tuition & Openings
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MLK Jr Learning Center
Phone:
(424) 338-198012029 S. Wilmington Ave
Los Angeles
CA
90059Distance from address: 6.22 miles
Ages: 6 weeks to 6 years
Open:Tuition & Openings
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Cerritos KinderCare
Phone:
(562) 924-871818727 Carmenita Rd
Cerritos
CA
90703Distance from address: 7.
33 miles
Ages: 2 months to 6 years
Open:Tuition & Openings
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Whittier KinderCare
Phone:
(562) 947-710010704 Scott Ave
Whittier
CA
90604Distance from address: 7.58 miles
Ages: 6 weeks to 12 years
Open:Tuition & Openings
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Buena Park KinderCare
Phone:
(714) 994-56104601 Beach Blvd
Buena Park
CA
90621Distance from address: 8.
81 miles
Ages: 6 weeks to 12 years
Open:Tuition & Openings
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County Kids Place KinderCare
Phone:
(213) 699-73402916 S Hope St
Los Angeles
CA
90007Distance from address: 10.02 miles
Ages: 6 weeks to 6 years
Open:Tuition & Openings
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Hope Street Friends KinderCare
Phone:
(213) 229-2804330 S Hope St Suite 3-010
Los Angeles
CA
90071Distance from address: 10.
41 miles
Ages: 6 weeks to 6 years
Open:Tuition & Openings
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Belmont Shore KinderCare
Phone:
(562) 961-88825251 E Las Lomas St
Long Beach
CA
90815Distance from address: 10.89 miles
Ages: 6 weeks to 5 years
Open:Tuition & Openings
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Harbor-UCLA KinderCare
Phone:
(310) 222-4274975 W Carson St
Torrance
CA
90502Distance from address: 11.
81 miles
Ages: 6 weeks to 5 years
Open:Tuition & Openings
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City of Industry KinderCare
Phone:
(626) 965-35501650 Stoner Creek Rd
City Of Industry
CA
91748Distance from address: 13.07 miles
Ages: 6 weeks to 6 years
Open:Tuition & Openings
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Merced KinderCare
Phone:
(626) 918-5608830 W Merced Ave
West Covina
CA
91790Distance from address: 13.
66 miles
Ages: 6 weeks to 12 years
Open:Tuition & Openings
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Greenwood Avenue KinderCare
Phone:
(310) 320-44291520 Greenwood Ave
Torrance
CA
90503Distance from address: 13.68 miles
Ages: 6 weeks to 5 years
Open:Tuition & Openings
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North Fullerton KinderCare
Phone:
(714) 990-69243223 Associated Rd
Fullerton
CA
92835Distance from address: 14.
60 miles
Ages: 6 weeks to 12 years
Open:Tuition & Openings
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West Covina KinderCare
Phone:
(626) 965-96113443 S Nogales St
West Covina
CA
91792Distance from address: 14.94 miles
Ages: 6 weeks to 12 years
Open:Tuition & Openings
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Down syndrome – Kindergarten and child
Those who have never met such people know very little.
It is no coincidence that Internet discussions raise the questions “Is Down syndrome contagious and how can you get it”, “How can Down syndrome be cured”, and the word “down” can often be heard both on the street and on TV instead of the word “idiot”.
Yes, and I myself, until my son with Down syndrome was born, was not interested in this issue, preferring to close my eyes and ears when mentioning various “deformities”. When they told me at the birth table that my child had a suspicion of a syndrome, my first question was: are my dad and I to blame for this? No, there is no one to blame for the occurrence of this genetic failure.
Second question: is it curable? No. Down syndrome occurs at conception, in each cell of the body there is one extra chromosome, and this, of course, is not treated in any way. Therefore, it is more correct to call it a syndrome, not a disease.
Children like my favorite boy are quite common: an average of 1 in 700, and this ratio does not depend on the race, nationality, lifestyle of the parents.
In general, there are a great many genetic syndromes, but Down syndrome is the most common genetic anomaly that is compatible with life.
Of course, while doing a blood test for a karyotype, I cried and prayed to God to take this cup past. But I understood: everything has already been decided. I didn’t even know how Down syndrome manifests itself, it seemed to me that it was “abnormal”, and I couldn’t believe it: after all, I had already seen my son, he is so normal! So cute! And a copy of my childhood photos!
Diagnosis confirmed. I had to cover myself with books and get on the Internet. Wonderful book by Romena Avgustova “Speak! You can do it” with photos and detailed stories about what children with Down syndrome can do and what they have difficulties with helped to look at the problem objectively. By writing to Downside Up ([email protected]), which works with families of children with DS, I received free materials. I looked at the photo gallery of the children on the Cape of Good Hope website and finally became convinced that the devil is not as scary as he is painted!
The doctor’s question whether we would abandon the child sounded wild to us.
We loved our son long before he was born. By the way, I am very glad that the suspicion of diabetes did not arise during pregnancy – I don’t know what I would have done then … And so – here it is, my dear big-eyed miracle, for which I am infinitely grateful to God, my most beloved and dear in the world lump.
By the year we learned to get up in the crib, we recently started walking on our feet – a great holiday! We are also lagging behind in speech development, by a year and 4 months we are still babbling more, we have few words in our repertoire (“give”, “bang” …). Some of our peers with SD already speak about 10 words. But we are ahead of them in the motor plan. In general, everything is individual. Just like with normal children.
(Yes, we call children with a normal set of chromosomes “normal”, not “normal”. We are also normal – we just have our own developmental norms. We also do not use the word “down”: after all, this is a diagnosis. If you, to for example, hemorrhoids, you don’t want everyone to call you that?)
Communicating on the forum of the Cape of Good Hope website, I met mothers and fathers from different countries.
Once again I was convinced that all children are different, each has its own individuality. All children are talented, ours is no exception, they can sing, dance, draw, compose poetry and so on. I read about established adult painters and sculptors, award-winning actors and actresses, Paralympic champions with Down syndrome. Most people with Down syndrome are able to learn how to talk, read and write, cook and clean, and some go to work and earn money. Many people with DS live in harmony with nature and feel great working with plants or animals.
Intelligence in people with Down syndrome can be reduced to varying degrees (some children study in regular schools), it all depends on the degree of manifestation of congenital malformations, and on activities with the child from early childhood. At the same time, people with SD are usually emotionally responsive, they often have developed intuition, and they flourish in an atmosphere of love. My son already knows how to hug and stroke his mother’s hair, he pretends to “feed” me, loves to laugh and jump in the crib (until he lifts his legs off the floor), play, move.
He is a very cheerful and charming kid, passers-by often lisp with him. He is also a very patient, intelligent and in a good way stubborn little man.
Think about how much work a baby with low tone and loose joints needs to learn to sit down, stand up, keep balance in order to take the first step! Our children deserve not only love, but also respect. Not every adult is ready to cope with such loads and, without losing heart, go forward!
Of course, like other mothers, I am often overwhelmed by anxiety for the future of my son. But his birth made me understand very important things. God has no mistakes, a believer will not call our children “mistakes of nature.” It is wrong to value only the outer shell, because all that matters is the immortal soul and love. This does not mean that people with SD cannot boast of intelligence and a sense of humor, often their statements are striking in their accuracy. Simply, they are a little different. And communication with “special” people helps to realize what is really important and what is a husk.
For moms and dads, just like me, I started my site “Sunny Children” – sunchildren.narod.ru There is information about development methods, useful books, reproductions of paintings and poems of people with faces, stories from mothers and fathers, selected publications about the syndrome from the press, photos, videos and much more.
I dream that all our sunny children with Down syndrome grow up in families, and not die quietly in iron cages in orphanages and boarding schools, not being able to develop and enjoy life. To make society kinder to them.
Author — Olga Lisenkova.
In the photos: actors of the Theater of the Innocent
(a wonderful theater that employs people with the syndrome e.
www.teatrprosto.ru)
Robert Downey Jr.: “If you have a mother please call her and tell her that you love her – even if she is not perfect”
Just don’t think that this happened due to treatment in expensive rehabilitation clinics for “star” clients, and he “wrapped” the term in the VIP zone.
In his case, this is not the case.
“No one set me up but myself”
For several years now, the topic has been blazing in social networks – “a toxic mother or a toxic father ruined my life”. Adults write about childhood grievances and traumas, blaming their unlucky parents, more often mothers, for the fact that their life did not work out.
The therapist, after listening to the story of Downey’s childhood, told him: “Listen, you were raised by … wolves.” Downey’s mother, once-famous serial actress Elsie Ford, was an alcoholic – and her fame only made matters worse. She could not help herself and rolled down, taking those whom she loved more than anything in the world – her two children.
The father of the family, Robert Downey Sr., a successful producer and director, suffered from a severe addiction to drugs, but did not admit it. On the one hand, they were like gypsies, on the other hand, they were like superheroes who could not manage either the money or the opportunities that fate provided them, their son recalled already in adulthood.
Bad habits ruined their marriage.
Shared what he loved most
Left – with his father, Robert Downey Sr. On the right – with her mother Elsie Downey. Photo: https://www.pinterest.ru/, jetsetter.ua
Downey remembered the musty feeling of crawling cockroaches in the tiny apartment he and his mother had moved into after their divorce. Broken dreams, a lot of tears, a lot of alcohol.
In addition, Downey Sr. did a monstrous act – he made his son Robert a drug addict. It’s hard to believe, but it was true – it was the father who offered the boy the first joint. By the age of eight, the child became addicted. The house was full of alcohol, “and marijuana was a staple food, sort of like rice.” They took illegal substances together.
But Downey remembers other moments too – how his father helped him overcome childhood fears, how he “voiced” their beloved dog, and they laughed together when he stirred iced tea with the handle of a hammer. The past cannot be canceled – now, from the position of an adult, Robert Downey Jr.
says that his father simply shared with him what he loved most of all – without thinking about the consequences.
Less than zero
Still from the 1988 film Johnny Be Good0005″), dir. Bud S. Smith. Robert Downey Jr. as Leo Wiggins
, Downey began acting at the age of five – in his father’s films. In his youth, his career developed rapidly. Everyone admired the talented guy and anxiously followed his experiments with alcohol and drugs.
In 1987, Robert played the role of Julian Wells in Less Than Zero, based on the cult novel by Bret Easton Ellis. Downey’s character, a drug addict, a walking nightmare, gets into debt, degenerates and eventually dies: “At first, it seemed to me that this character was something that happened in my life, but in a much exaggerated form. But one day I realized that in reality I had long overtaken my Julian.
He played powerfully, to goosebumps – they started talking about him as the most gifted actor of his generation. For his role in the film “Chaplin” he was nominated for an Oscar.
In 1993, Downey married Deborah Falconer and had a son, Indio. Robert vowed to quit drugs. He even dug a real grave and buried the costume in which he played the drug addict in Less Than Zero, a symbol of his desire for self-destruction.
Down the stairs
Still from the 1987 film Less Than Zero, dir. Mark Kanevska. Robert Downey Jr. as Julian Wells. Photo: https://vocal.media/
But it didn’t work out – he got into heroin. “This garbage tore me apart and finally hobbled me.” He got acquainted with dark personalities and got into fights. He was found lifeless, curled up in a dump in the slums, resuscitated, and he, having come to his senses, escaped through the bathroom window and hitchhiked home. He was pulled over for speeding and found driving in what his mother gave birth to and hallucinating. The wife could not stand it and left, taking her son with her.
“Heroin becomes part of the identity of an addict,” says expert Jonathan Caulkins of the nonprofit RAND Research Center in Santa Monica.
– Giving up a habit is tantamount to giving up one’s identity. It’s like death.” Downey was clearly not ready for this. Later, he will say that he no longer had euphoria, there was a feeling that life was rapidly rushing towards the finale, in fact, it was no longer there: “It’s like your arm was cut off, but the phantom limb is still twitching.”
I will never talk about the worst thing that happened to me in prison
Robert Downey Jr. with first wife Deborah Falconer. Photo: br.pinterest.com
After a series of arrests and refusals to rehab, he was sent to the Drug Addiction Treatment Center, which is also a state prison in Corcoran, California. This is a special men’s prison with a special program for drug addicts.
There was a maximum security prison in the neighborhood, where especially dangerous criminals were kept. There were rumors that the guards, under pain of execution, forced the prisoners to fight. When sentencing, Downey begged not to be sent to prison, but the judge decided otherwise: “We tried rehabilitation and in your case it did not work.
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The first day in prison shocked him. He asked to be put in solitary confinement, but he was refused. There are security guards around, but this is a false sense of security. You never know if your bunk neighbor will wander off and break your neck in your sleep. Because of his celebrity status, he was constantly picked on by inmates. Downey was forced to fight, woke up several times in a pool of blood. “I will never talk about the worst thing that happened to me in prison.”
But in a strange way, beautiful words that were an empty sound in the wild – death, rebirth, redemption – here, behind the prison walls, began to take on meaning.
You had everything and you ruined it, man!
As Chaplin in the 1992 film Chaplin, dir. Richard Attenborough. Photo: filmpro.ru
The Oscar nominee worked in the cafeteria for eight cents an hour delivering food, washing dishes and cleaning pizza pans.
One day a giant sack of slop burst: one hundred liters of slop immediately spilled all over the kitchen.
.. Perhaps it was then, floundering in the smelly slush, that 35-year-old Robert realized that he had reached the bottom. Or maybe it was when the inmates taunted him, “What’s wrong with you, Downey? You had everything! And you ruined everything, man!
Just recently, showing off a little, he tried to explain his condition to the judge: “It’s like I have a shotgun in my mouth, my finger is on the trigger, and I like the taste of gunmetal.” And now he himself found himself in the heart of a disgusting cliché about a broken life.
“I was dragged to the bottom by my rage, wild rage”
Still from the 1995 film Restoration, dir. Michael Hoffman. Robert Downey Jr. as doctor Robert Merivel
He wrote to his younger sister Alison from prison about his newfound experience, that everything was not in vain. Prison is a stop; you stop running through life at insane speed and you can think carefully. “I believe that if the stop occurs due to imprisonment or illness, this is God’s way of giving a person true freedom – the opportunity to catch up, to deal with their inner demons.
I was dragged to the bottom by my rage, wild rage.
Downey prefers not to discuss her recovery in great detail, saying only that overcoming addiction was not the most difficult part of recovery. In prison, he realized: the main thing, of course, is to “get out of the cave” of addiction, but if after that you do not change internally, then you risk stepping on the same rake.
Downey believes that what helped him get out of hell was that, fortunately, he never thought that the world owed him something: “I don’t want to blame anyone – no one has ever set me up, except myself.” Moreover, Downey did not consider prison too harsh a punishment for himself and is sure that this is the safest place on Earth for people like him – there you feel safe from yourself, your addictions.
Mom was the mirror in which I recognized myself
Robert Downey Jr. with mother Elsie Downey, wife Susan Levine and wife’s mother. Photo: businessinsider.com
He always admired and envied her determination in the fight against addiction.
In 1990, she realized that she had had enough, underwent treatment and stopped drinking forever.
For him, she became a role model, as an actress and as a woman who gained sobriety and remained so to the end. As the journalists wrote, his mother’s life, with its vicissitudes, was like a disturbing mirror in which he was forced to look and recognize himself.
As soon as finances allowed, he moved her to Los Angeles, closer to him. In recent years, she was seriously ill, but remained herself.
After another operation, she could not speak because of the tracheal tube, but she made faces, trying to cheer up her son. After her death, Downey admitted: “I was eager to achieve the success that eluded her, but my own addiction got in the way. My ambitions, perseverance, loyalty, “moods”, grandiosity, periodic passive aggression and my faith … this is all of her … without her, nothing would have happened. If you have a mother, please call her and tell her you love her anyway, even if she’s not perfect.
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“I remember that I have plans for Christmas and pour myself strong black tea”
Robert Downey Jr. in 2019. Photo: film.ru
It was more difficult with my father. They had to turn to a psychoanalyst for help. It all ended in tears and hugs – already old, his father told him that he would never forgive himself for the pain that he had caused his son. And Robert said, “I’m not a victim, dad. I don’t blame anyone.”
Robert Downey Jr. has been sober since 2004, married for many years to producer Susan Levin, who agreed to marry him on the condition that he never return to drugs. Sometimes at dinner he has a desire to drink wine, but – “I remember that I have plans for Christmas, and pour myself strong black tea.” Downey is engaged in martial arts, it helps him control his dark side.
“I’ll help you and you help the next guy”
As Sherlock Holmes in “Sherlock Holmes” directed by Guy Ritchie, 2009, 2011 Photo: wallsdesk.com
Once Alone the man said to him: “If you take responsibility for your life, with all its trials and pain, “embrace your cactus”, you will find meaning.