Thad Cummings August 22, 2018 #14 (S2) Leona Carter on Compassion as the Qualified Parent Thad Cummings August 22, 2018 #14 (S2) Leona Carter on Compassion as the Qualified Parent Today we get to talk with author and speaker Leona Carter on her book "Because I Said So". As a mother of 8 (yes, 8!) we will discuss what compassion looks like in raising a child and how we define the term "qualified parent".