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 proper nutrition.

Why are guns the only unregulated consumer products in America? We regulate toy guns and teddy bears, but we do not regulate a product that kills 4,600 children a year.

No time is ever wasted if you have a book along as a companion.

If things are too easy, life is a whole lot less interesting.

It really takes a community to raise children, no matter how much money one has. Nobody can do it well alone. And it's the bedrock security of community that we and our children need.

It is time for every one of us to roll up our sleeves and put ourselves at the top of our commitment list.

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.