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Parent Quotes by Marian Wright Edelman
- Just because a child's parents are poor or uneducated is no reason to deprive the child of basic human rights to health care, education and…
- When Jesus Christ asked little children to come to him, he didn't say only rich children, or White children, or children with two-parent families, or…
- The old notion that children are the private property of parents dies very slowly. In reality, no parent raises a child alone. How many of…
- The outside world told black kids when I was growing up that we weren't worth anything. But our parents said it wasn't so, and our…
- If parents snicker at racial and gender jokes, another generation will pass on the poison adults still have not had the courage to snuff out.
- To all those mothers and fathers who are struggling with teen-agers, I say, just be patient: even though it looks like you can't do anything…
- Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts.
- You didn't have a choice about the parents you inherited, but you do have a choice about the kind of parent you will be.
- I worry about the kids who have too much. As a parent living in a so-called good neighborhood with children who went to private high…
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