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President Obama urges parents to “read to their child”

"In the end, there is no program or policy that can substitute for a parent – for a mother or father who will […turn off the TV, put away the video games,] read to their child. I speak to you not just as a President, but as a father, when I say that responsibility for our children’s education must begin at home. That is not a Democratic issue or a Republican issue. That’s an American issue."

Speech by President Barack Obama to the Joint Session of Congress, Feb. 24, 2009.