“Because they have given life to their children, parents have a most serious obligation and enjoy the right to educate them; therefore Christian parents are especially to care for the Christian education of their children according to the teaching handed on by the Church. (Canon Law 226: 2)

“Since they have conferred life on their children, parents have the original, primary, and inalienable right to educate them; hence they must be acknowledged as the first and foremost educators of their children. (Pontifical Council for the Family: Charter of the Rights of the Family Article 5)

“The right and duty of parents to give education is essential... original and primary... on account of the uniqueness of the loving relationship between parent and children; it is irreplaceable and inalienable and therefore, incapable of being entirely delegated to others or usurped by others." (Familiaris Consortio, #36)

“I truly admire parents, the mothers and fathers who take on this great commitment and give their children not only food for their bodies and physical well-being, but also all the necessary formation for their minds and instruction in the Catholic Faith, which before being a doctrine, is the lived example of parents themselves. You are the most perfect model of teachers because you live what must shape the lives of your children.” (Bishop Karl Josef Romer of the Pontifical Council for the Family)

“Parents are the primary educators in the faith” (General Directory of Catechists: Parent as Catechist: Archdiocese of Boston)