Foster Friess Quotes

I believe it's in the best interests of a child to be in a stable environment.

Not all children have the anchor of a strong family.

Family was real important in putting me on my path. I'm so blessed to come from a home with a mother and a father.

I believe that you need your parents the most. That's the most important thing.

What I do say is, yes, children may be resilient and they have been able to deal with all sorts of difficulties they have faced, but the bottom line is this: I believe very strongly children need a mother and a father in the home.

If your family loves you, you're fine. What you can't grow up without is love.

It is a truism that children need more of Mother than of money.

The fate of a child is in the hands of his parents.

We don’t want a village to raise a child. We want a family.

Awareness has changed so that every act for children, every piece of legislation recognizes that children are part of families and that it is within families that children grow and thrive—or don’t.

Frankly, one of the problems we have in the country is we're not forming enough families. And that is hurting our economic work, and it's hurting our economic projections, because the best place for a child is within a strong family unit.

As a parent, I know I speak for millions when I say that every child deserves to grow up in a stable, loving home.

Growing up, my dad and my mom were there for my sister and I.

Throughout my work with family and child support organizations, one thing that has stood out to me time and again is that getting early support for a child who is struggling to cope is the best possible thing we can do to help our children as they grow up.

I grew up in a loving household.

A loving family matters. So do male role models.

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

You do need parental guidance and I was in a great position with both my mum and dad. They split when I was a baby but even though I stayed with my mom they were both very much involved in my upbringing.

By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving home the message that social programmes should promote family stability and avert breakdown.

A loving family provides the foundation children need to succeed, and strong families with a man and a woman - bonded together for life - always have been, and always will be, the key to such families.

I think I've actually had a pretty standard upbringing. My parents are really normal, so I've always had them around to keep me grounded.

I think people need to commit to one another before they commit to bringing children into the world because that's the optimum arrangement for children, not to take anything at all away from women who have to rear their children by themselves.

To grow up knowing you're loved is astounding. It's a huge gift to a child.

I had phenomenal parents. They kept me very grounded, and I lived a normal life.