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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.

-Marian Wright Edelman

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I Worry About The Kids Who Have

Marian Wright Edelman

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.

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