I think my mother... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected.

She later became a "liaison officer between the museum staff and outside producers and directors shooting footage at the museum" helping coordinate the Sesame Street special Don't Eat the Pictures. Although Kennedy is often incorrectly referred to as "Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg" Caroline Kennedy did not change her name when Caroline Kennedy married. She has also acted as a spokesperson for her family's legacy and co-authored two books on civil liberties with Ellen Alderman.

At the time of her father's presidency Caroline Kennedy was a young child; after his assassination in 1963 her family settled in the Upper East Side of Manhattan where Caroline Kennedy attended school. D.