Quintilian Quotes

There's no question that a great teacher can make a huge difference in a student's achievement, and we need to recruit, train and reward more such teachers. But here's what some new studies are also showing: We need better parents. Parents more focused on their children's education can also make a huge difference in a student's achievement.

Parents should continue to become more involved with their communities, and more involved in their children's education.

All the time a person is a child he is both a child and learning to be a parent. After he becomes a parent he becomes predominantly a parent reliving childhood.

My father once said about being a parent that it is the only thing you do that requires a very long period of learning, and at about the time that you are becoming competent, you don't need the skills anymore. Notwithstanding this modest assessment of their parenting skills, they were wonderful parents.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

The only group in America that deserves to scrutinize what we are doing... are parents.

The government cannot overcome bad parenting. What our leaders can do is publicly condemn irresponsible parental behavior in vivid terms.

I do feel a lot of times like I'm out of my league with my kids in terms of what my responsibility is.

Nobody's gonna be a perfect parent, you know? We're all doing the best we can.

I want to be an involved parent in my daughter's life and do the things that other parents do, like go to the PTA meetings.

Parents can only do what they think is best, with the experience they have. The learning curve for every parent is that there's a limit to how much they can shield children from.

Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.

When it comes right down to it, developing a critical sensibility about parenting isn't really about disapproval; it's about honing your own sensibilities, figuring out how you want to parent.

No matter what, it is very tricky and difficult just to be a good parent at all. I have a lot of help. And for that I'm very grateful.

Parents, you know, can be terrible.

There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood.

I'm worried about parents who aren't parenting.

As a nonparent, I stand in awe of parents.

Parents are the designated caregivers and are best suited for being able to raise children.

It's the best thing in the world, the most challenging thing in the world, being a parent, and one of the first lessons I learned was to ask for help.

Mothers play an important role as the heart of the home, but this in no way lessens the equally important role fathers should play, as head of the home, in nurturing, training, and loving their children.

All parents are concerned about their children's well-being. As a parent of three kids, I'm very concerned about their well-being.

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.

This whole head of the home thing has been blown way out of proportion. Some guys just take it way too far. Some parents take it way too far. Yet children need guidance. They need a parent to help and guide them. They also need a friend. They need a confidant.