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

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...

Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help...

Never work just for money or for power. They won't save your soul or help...

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...

Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for.

Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for.

We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities...

We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities...

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,...

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...

You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a...

You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a...

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come...

A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come...