John Henrik Clarke Quotes

There is but one way to eliminate juvenile delinquency - that is by providing each child in America with competent parents.

I think too often in our society parents, who may have good impulses, overreach and try to mold and shape and direct their child.

It's difficult to keep that perspective, I think, as a parent: to know your boundaries as to what's good parenting or just projecting your own expectations on your kids. That's the hardest.

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

There is no job more important than parenting. This I believe.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child's success is the positive involvement of parents.

Education begins at home. You can't blame the school for not putting into your child what you don't put into him.

Parents are supposed to instruct their kids. It doesn't mean they necessarily have that gift of teaching.

There is a lot of parenting that's completely out of your control, but I think we live in an era right now where we think if, God forbid, you couldn't talk to someone, you would flip out - you know what I mean?

It's interesting as a mom to reflect on your own parenting skills. The core of our beliefs may stay the same, but our perspective changes over the years and evolves with each child that comes through us.

As a parent, when I fail to listen to my kids, when our kids stop bringing us our problems, we have all failed as parents and as leaders.

Work at our responsibility as parents as if everything in life counted on it.

I think the best way it happens is if parents say, this is important for educating my child.

While having two biological parents at home is, the statistics tell us, best for children, a single-parent household is almost as good.

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.

If you're the parent, be a parent. You know what I mean? I'm a parent. I have daughters.

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

Different parents have different standards for their children.

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

The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home.

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

Most children turn out badly because they have the wrong parental image. This doesn't mean their parents are criminal. It means they are boring and cruel.

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?