Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.

- Bob Keeshan

Children don't drop out of high school when they are 16, they do so in the first grade and wait 10 years to make it official.

- Bob Keeshan

Generosity has built America. When we fail to invest in children, we have to pay the cost.

- Bob Keeshan

A child needs to be listened to and talked to at 3 and 4 and 5 years of age. Parents should not wait for the sophisticated conversation of a teenager.

- Bob Keeshan

The children should never be excluded from what I am doing and should never have the feeling of being part of an audience.

- Bob Keeshan

Let me introduce myself. My name is, uh, Kangaroo... Kangaroo - Captain Kangaroo ... I'm the keeper here of the Treasure House.

- Bob Keeshan

Back in the old days, when I was a child, we sat around the family table at dinner time and exchanged our daily experiences. It wasn't very organized…

- Bob Keeshan

The best teacher is an entertainer.

- Bob Keeshan

One of the big secrets of finding time is not to watch television.

- Bob Keeshan