The old notion that children are the private property of parents dies very slowly. In reality, no parent raises a child alone. How many of us nice middle-class folk could make it without our mortgage reduction?

Quote by Marian Wright Edelman

Topics: Parents Quotes

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life,...

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life,...

Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that...

Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that...

Service is what life is all about.

Service is what life is all about.

You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can...

You just need to be a flea against injustice. Enough committed fleas biting strategically can...

You really can change the world if you care enough.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need...

The challenge of social justice is to evoke a sense of community that we need...

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you...

You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you...

If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an...

If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an...

People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and...

People who don't vote have no line of credit with people who are elected and...

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference,...

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference,...

No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give...

No one, Eleanor Roosevelt said, can make you feel inferior without your consent. Never give...

Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.

Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.

My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important...

My faith has been the driving thing of my life. I think it is important...

If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.

If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can...

Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can...

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world...

Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world...

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference,...

We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference,...

Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates...

Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates...

Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of...

Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of...