C. Everett Koop

There are many stressed single parents who may be working two jobs in order to keep the family together. ”

When a child shows up for school, and is not physically and mentally ready to learn, he or she never catches up. ”

If you have a kid who goes to kindergarten and doesn't know what a circle is, doesn't know what red and green are, and doesn't know what right and left are, by the time he learns those things, the rest of the class is far ahead of him. ”

There have been some good studies done in California with Hispanic parents where in the course of a year, they have changed their entire nutritional intake for the better. The kid becomes, in a sense, the bridge between the educational process and the home. ”