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

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...

Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States...

Far less wealthy industrialized countries have committed to end child poverty, while the United States...

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.

If you as parents cut corners, your children will too. If you lie, they will...

If you as parents cut corners, your children will too. If you lie, they will...

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'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...

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,...

Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?

Whoever said anybody has a right to give up?

You really can change the world if you care enough.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

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...

If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort...

If we think we have ours and don't owe any time or money or effort...

If you as parents cut corners, your children will too. If you lie, they will...

If you as parents cut corners, your children will too. If you lie, they will...

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...

The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by...

The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by...

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...

We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at...

We are willing to spend the least amount of money to keep a kid at...

Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he...

Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he...

There is this difference between the two temporal blessings - health and money; money is...

There is this difference between the two temporal blessings - health and money; money is...