You can't tell parents to teach children the value of work when we don't have jobs and the jobs we have don't pay a decent wage. You can't tell children to achieve and then let them go to broken-down schools with teachers who don't care. We need a consistency of values in our public, corporate, and private lives.
Marian Wright EdelmanWhen I fight about what is going on in the neighborhood, or when I fight about what is happening to other peopleโs children, Iโm doing that because I want to leave a community and a world that is better than the one I found.
Marian Wright EdelmanThe crisis of children having children has been eclipsed by the greater crisis of children killing children.
Marian Wright EdelmanBeing considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.
Marian Wright EdelmanUnderstand and be confident that each of us can make a difference by caring and acting in small as well as big ways.
Marian Wright Edelman