[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 46 (Thursday, April 23, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H2241-H2242]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT LEADS TO A BETTER AMERICA

  (Mr. NEUMANN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NEUMANN. Mr. Speaker, it is a very special day here in 
Washington, D.C. I rise to extend a special welcome to a group of 
students that are out here, about 100 students from the Juneau School. 
It is a school where parents are actively involved. There are students 
here from Juneau, Hustisford, and Dodgeland, and we would like to 
express a special welcome to them this morning.
  I think it provides an opportunity to talk about the fact that where 
parents are involved in the school and where parents are actively 
involved in their kids' lives, America benefits.
  When we look at a school with students like what we have here this 
morning, where the parents are actively involved in the lives of these 
kids, we find that there is a dramatic drop in the probability of these 
students being involved in crime. We find a drop in the drug use rate. 
We find a drop in teen pregnancies in their future. We find less teen 
smoking. All the problems do not go away, but we sure recognize and 
understand that when the parents are actively involved in their kids' 
lives, like what happens at the school that is out here today, that 
certainly leads to a better America for all citizens.

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