Other People's Kids
The harmful untruths of the "parent's rights" movement.
“The quote from a horrific leader should put parents on alert. If the government has control over our children today, they control our country’s future. We The People must be vigilant and protect children from an overreaching government.”
-Moms for Liberty of Hamilton County
“You really can’t teach history without teaching the ideology”.
What does “parent’s rights” mean?
Recently, I wrote about the silliness of “parent’s rights” propaganda. As I close out sixteen years of teaching, there’s a lot more to say about why these arguments hurt so deeply.
On “Co-Parenting with the Government”
It’s time to pick a school. You can follow the crowd or follow your heart, and pick a school that empowers them to be them… -Connections Academy, by Pearson (online advertisement) Differenc…
First, while individual proponents might have a wide range of preferences, beliefs, and perspectives, here’s a summary of what “parent’s rights,” seems to mean, as a general platform in America, in 2023:
Schools that receive government oversight and funding are corrupt, while schools that receive government funding without oversight are “the free market” and therefore better.
Parents who want t…
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