Ben Marcus Quotes

If a child goes the wrong way, it is not the child who is to be blamed; it is the parents who are responsible.

Liberals don't think parents can be left to their own devices when it comes to raising our children.

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

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

Different parents have different standards for their children.

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

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

If you bring a child into this world, whether it's planned or an accident, you'd better make sure you can care for it. You have to be around. You make time. It's as simple as that.

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

I think parenting is a huge responsibility. It was in my time when I was growing up and there still continues to be that responsibility.

I always feel like the odd mom out, because trust me when I tell you I'm on my girls. And every time I am, I know from the outside it looks like I'm an overbearing, controlling parent. But I don't think we have any responsibility to anybody else but our kids and ourselves.

Most American children suffer too much mother and too little father.

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.

You need a whole community to raise a child. I have raised two children, alone.

The child supplies the power but the parents have to do the steering.

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

Yes, we can make prudent choices as parents, but we can't create an environment where there's zero risk for our children. Not only is that impossible, I don't think it's desirable, either.

We need to stop the erosion of parental authority.

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

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

We take our children everywhere we go. I don't believe in having them and then leaving them to someone else to bring up.

It's unfortunate when kids get hurt, but I wish parents would monitor what their kids are doing and watching. It's common sense, really.

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

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