Marian Wright Edelman Quotes

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

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

This bringing up of children is so blithely undertaken by many of us, and the vast majority have had no training. It is one of those professions that every woman thinks she can undertake, so nobody really prepares for it.

Nobody can raise your kids like you can yourself.

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

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

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

Different parents have different standards for their children.

As a nonparent, I stand in awe of parents.

I want a certain thing for my children. I just want to be in their life. I don't want nannies raising my kids.

Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their families' well-being.

The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching.

I am basically in awe of every family's ability to make decisions for their kids.

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

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

I do recognize the most valuable work being done across the country is that work being done inside the four walls in our homes. And let us not forget how important the work of the mother and father are to raising responsible citizens.

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

Parenting is the most important job on the planet next to keeping Gary Busey off the nation's highways.

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

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

I'm not a goody-two-shoes. I'm just a father with four children.

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

It took a long time for me to get into 'I'm taking care of kids,' and what that means.

Like some people they're into nannies and the whole social life and they don't spend time with their kids. I'm always with my kids.

Being a parent is a huge responsibility. Your child becomes the centre of your world.