Quote

Giving children a fair chance to achieve their dreams and reach their potential is everyone's responsibility.

Parents are key when it comes to keeping kids off drugs. Good parenting is the best anti-drug we have.

I feel responsible; I feel I've got to do something that will leave the kids a place where they can live healthy, safe, productive, creative and prosperous lives.

The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus.

We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well as for themselves.

Sometimes, when I hear people without experience of addiction blame addicts for their behaviour, I feel like saying to them: 'You simply don't understand - how can a child be held responsible for doing such a dreadful thing to himself?' But then again, at other times I have to acknowledge: it was done wilfully.

Obviously, I feel a great sense of responsibility being a good parent and raising my children. I don't take that job very lightly. Who they are, what they become and what they contribute to the world is very important to me.

I think we have a moral obligation to our children that can be easily summarized: number one, protect them from harm.

I know I have a responsibility as a role model to children and I try to fulfill that.