Denzel Washington Quotes

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

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

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

I think people nowadays do tend to blame their parents for everything.

My mother used to pitch to me and my father would shag balls. If I hit one up the middle close to my mother, I'd have some extra chores to do. My mother was instrumental in making me a pull hitter.

The mother may be doing ninety percent of the disciplining, but the father still must have a full-time acceptance of all the children. He never must say, "Get these kids out of here; I'm trying to watch TV." If he ever does start saying this, he is liable to see one of his kids on the six o'clock news.

Mama and Papa are more to blame (for delinquency) than the kids; parents should stay home and raise their children and spend less time in taverns.

There are a lot of things my mother taught me and helped me and disciplined me and made sure I stayed on the right track. And there are a ton of things that only my father could have taught me.

It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters.

No man is responsible for his father. That was entirely his mother's affair.

You were born to lead as mothers and fathers, because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family.

Parents, you know, can be terrible.

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

A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.

Parents who neglect their children, who don't know where they are, who don't know what they're doing, who don't know who they're hanging out with, you're gonna find yourselves spending some quality time with your kids, in jail, together.

It amazes me that parents are allowed to raise kids. There's so much power and often very little accountability.

I remind everyone: Whether you school them at home or send them to school, you as a parent have the responsibility to make sure they learn and behave. Teachers and principals may help, but parents are the ones who must accept responsibility.

My father wasn't really involved and my mom is the light in my life.

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.

Good families are generally worse than any others.

While not impossible, it is especially challenging for teenage parents to develop bonds with their children. A high percent of them were themselves children of teenage parents and have never experienced appropriate parenting.

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

I owe a lot to my parents, especially by mother and my father.

When you have children, your perspective on the parent-child relationship alters.

I was raised mostly by my mom.