Mission:

To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, community and place of worship. To raise the standard of home life. To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth. To bring into closer relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth. To develop educators and the general public united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social and spiritual education. (From the Mission statement of the National PTA)