Contributed by Marilyn Bennett
Those who have never had children think they know it all, just as those of us who have had children once thought that we knew it all.
Having the responsibility of bringing up children makes even the slowest of us Grow Up. Since every child is a separate individual it takes someone who knows them and loves them to understand how to help them make the right choices. Normally speaking, the best person to make those decisions for their child is the parent. That is not to say that the parent is always right, but certainly, he or she will make a better decision than a bureaucrat who lumps all the children into groups that have been predetermined by "Intellectuals"
Thank God, parents are beginning to wake up and realize what their children are learning. It is important that the parents understand what is being taught to their children. This doesn't mean the parents are necessarily correct when they object to a particular lesson. However, it is incumbent upon the school to be respectful of the concerns of parents and be willing to make accommodations for children to be removed from learning subjects that are problematic to the parents. It is not easy being a parent in this age of the internet and schools which seem to be unconnected to the concerns of the community. I am really glad more parents are becoming aware of what is going on in our schools.
Education does a lot in determining moral values, appearance, and the future role of citizens. So parents are understandably concerned when they see such things as “white privilege” and “critical race” doctrines like the 1619 Project and “gender identity” theory being taught in their child's school.
It probably was a good thing when the schools went to remote learning during the pandemic as it gave parents a look into wha twas happening at the school. The education system may need some huge changes as they seem to have forgotten their mission. They should get back to teaching writing, reading and arithmetic and stop propagandizing our children.
We now have leaders who think the average person should have no say in his or her life choices, or those of their children Case in point is the Governor who didn't think parents should have any right to question teachers about their children's education. It is unbelievable that school boards are trying to wield such power over parents. We have to be very careful in our Local Elections.
The "Crazies" are taking over many of our communities because we have not been paying attention. Children are told that they should be able to make their own decisions no matter what their parents think. Children are being taken from their parents because the parent won't let them have surgery or take meds to change their sex. Adults are told that teachers should have more rights over what to teach the children than the parent who dearly loves this child. This is backwards from the way life has been lived for thousands of years.
It bothered me at the way the Federal Government decided to sic the FBI on parents whose only faults were being super concerned about their children. This is totalitarianism at its worst. It doesn't even matter what the parents are upset about, they should be given a respectful hearing. Certainly, if the parents do something illegal at these meetings, the local police should be called. To send the FBI out after these parents is wrong no matter how rowdy they get. We must all be willing to go out to School Board meetings even when the government is calling us terrorists. We have to stand up and stand out, or who is going to do it? If we wait for the other guy to stand up for us, we may be too late.
Are Parents Necessary? No one is better suited to bring up a child than a loving parent. The parent knows the child better and is more invested in what that child is taught than anyone. Let's let parents be parents and teachers stay in their historical station of teaching the child what he or she needs to learn in order to succeed in this country. Let the Federal Government stay out of our towns, as we have local authorities that are perfectly capable of handing the disruptions at local School Boards without calling parents terrorists. Yes, Parents Are Necessary!
I would like to end this with a quote from Rod Serling's 50's TV show "The Twilight Zone" as this seems to be where we are heading.
You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. Where doctors must conform to the elite ruling class or be vaporized. That's the signpost up ahead - your next stop, the Twilight Zone!"