Cosby says parents have to become more involved in their children’s lives.
“Parenting is in the home,” he says. “You’re supposed to go and see the teacher of your child. You’re supposed to check on your child’s homework. Now, there may be some exceptions to the rule for why someone couldn’t but there’s no exception to the rule if I say to you: ‘Don’t you have a cousin, an aunt, somebody you can trust to talk to and look at your child’s homework while you’re running down three jobs,’” he says.
“The fact that you’re holding down three jobs and your health is not that good and you don’t have enough money to pay your bills, isn’t that even more of a reason to try and make sure that your child goes for an education to get into some kind of career? It’s not a guarantee that your child won’t be laid off. Excusionists say that I’m saying, ‘You’re broke because you’re too lazy.’ No, I’m saying: ‘Get up. It’s not the time to give up.’”
