I Have Always Believed That I Could

When I Fight About What Is Going On In The Neighborhood, Or When I Fight About What Is Happening To Other People’s Children, I’m Doing That Because I Want To Leave A Community And A World That Is Better Than The One I Found.

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 School, I Found Myself Spending Much Time In Parent Groups Worrying About Alcohol, Unsupervised Parties, And Parents Not Being Parents. We've Got To Send Messages To Our Kids About What Is Important.

Investing In [children] Is Not A National Luxury Or A National Choice. It's A National Necessity. If The Foundation Of Your House Is Crumbling, You Don't Say You Can't Afford To Fix It While You're Building Astronomically Expensive Fences To Protect It From Outside Enemies. The Issue Is Not Are We Going To Pay - It's Are We Going To Pay Now, Up Front, Or Are We Going To Pay A Whole Lot More Later On.

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.

Education Is A Precondition To Survival In America Today.