Parenting Quote by Joseph Addison

"The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home"

Joseph Addison, Writer

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This thought-provoking quote is attributed to Joseph Addison, a renowned writer from England. Explore 69 more inspiring quotes by Joseph to discover their perspective on parenting, life, and more.

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Joseph Addison (May 1, 1672 - June 17, 1719) was a Writer from England.

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Ernest Istook, Politician

"Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk"

Carl Jung, Psychologist

"Parents should be the most important examples for their children"

Christy Turlington, Model

"Teach love, generosity, good manners, and some of that will drift from the classroom to the home, and who knows, the children will be educating the parents"

Roger Moore, Actor

"The parent knows instinctively that if they're working and setting an example for their child that means that child is more likely to be in school, more likely to stay out of trouble and more likely to complete their education"

John Engler, Politician

"The Internet is just bringing all kinds of information into the home. There's just a lot of distraction, a lot of competition for the parent's voice to resonate in the children's ears"

Phil McGraw, Psychologist

"Children from a given family background, when put in schools of different social compositions, will achieve at quite different levels"

James S. Coleman, Sociologist

"It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn"

William Godwin, Writer

"Make no mistake about it: Next to parents and families, our teachers are the most important influence in our children's lives"

Kenny Guinn, Politician

"The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching"

Gilbert Highet, Writer

"It is commonly agreed that children spend more hours per year watching television than in the classroom, and far less in actual conversation with their parents"

Paul Weyrich, Critic

"A child's learning is a function more of the characteristics of his classmates than those of the teacher"

James S. Coleman, Sociologist

"Education makes children less dependent upon others and opens doors to better jobs and career possibilities"

Solomon Ortiz, Politician

"Families homeschool for different reasons, in unique situations, using a variety of methods"

Lisa Whelchel, Actor

"Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern"

R. Buckminster Fuller, Inventor

"One of the many interesting and surprising experiences of the beginner in child analysis is to find, in even very young children, a capacity for insight which is often far greater than that of adults"

Melanie Klein, Psychologist

"If we talk about literacy, we have to talk about how to enhance our children's mastery over the tools needed to live intelligent, creative, and involved lives"

Danny Glover, Actor

"No skill shapes a child's future success in school or in life more than the ability to read"

Bob Riley, Politician

"The motives of these parents vary, many parents don't like the curriculum being taught to their kids, or are wary of the threat of peer pressure or the presence of drugs or violence lurking in too many of our schools today"

Ernest Istook, Politician

"Schools are successful only insofar as they reduce the dependence of a child's opportunities upon his social origins"

James S. Coleman, Sociologist

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