"Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts."

Marian Wright Edelman, American Activist

Family, Children, Experts, Forget, Parents

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"Parents have become so convinced that educators know what is best for their children that they forget that they themselves are really the experts."

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