You go through the Civil Rights struggle, everybody knew the songs - 'We shall overcome.' Everybody would sing it. Music helped us. James Brown, 'Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud.' They helped black people figure out how… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
Boys want to grow up to be like their male role models. And boys who grow up in homes with absent fathers search the hardest to figure out what it means to be male. — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
I want my kids to graduate from high school. But that's not enough. I also want them to go to college. Why? Because rich… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
Many schools today are sacrificing social studies, the arts and physical education so children can cover basic subjects like math, English and science. — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
If you raise a child, there's no time, you can't be a great parent. — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
Let's stop teaching to the middle and start teaching to the student. — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
Video games offer violent messages, and even the sports video games include taunting and teasing. — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
There's not a day that goes by that I don't draw on my undergraduate background in psychology. — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
Convincing people to give your way a try will work if you neutralize - and sometimes you have to cauterize - the ones who… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
When kids know that you refuse to let them fail ... they don't give up as easy. So sometimes they don't have it inside,… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
Kids who are poor often have families that have not really been kept informed about... how important it is to read to your child,… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
I believe that for lots of churches and religious institutions, their main focus on the development of faith among parishioners needs to spread to… — Geoffrey Canada Copy Share Image
![“When kids know that you refuse to let them fail ... they don't give up as easy. So sometimes they don't have it inside, [but] they're like,'You know, I don't want to do this, but I know my mother's going to be mad.'That matters to kids, and it helps get them through.” quote by Geoffrey Canada](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8f7/geoffrey-canada-11965_children_when-kids-know-that-you-refuse-to-let-th_627702.jpg)
