Spunky Homeschool

They Admit It!

Mar. 20, 2006 at 10:53 PM

Homeschooling

The schools are fretting over a "new breed" of parent. The educators call the children the Millenial Generation. - those who are born after 1982 and have overly involved parents. The parents of these children are those who seek to interact and get involved in their children's lives and education. The schools are bothered to the point that their goal has become to separate the children from their parents and  "put parents in their place: Outside Class".
To handle the modern breed of micromanaging parent, educators are devising programs to help them separate from their kids -- and they are taking a harder line on especially intrusive parents.
Never mind the modern breed of micromanaging schools and experts, that want to teach and monitor everything from our children's eating habits to their sexual habits. We're supposed to accept their intrusive control and believe they have the best interest of the child at heart.

Educator and author Rosalind Wiseman calls parents who try to set the agenda for schools "queen bee moms" and "kingpin dads." What's ironic about Ms. Wiseman is that she is the co-founder of the Empower Program, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating teenagers about violence. So it's alright for a complete stranger to fret over my children but I'm supposed to back off or be labeled a "Queen Bee". Sorry Ms. Wiseman you've got it all backwards. It is you and your social engineers who need to quit attempting to parent our nation's children and resenting the involvement of those whom God has entrusted to their care. It is the parents of this nation who need to collectively say to our nation's schools and the "experts" who want to raise them for us - BACK OFF! They are NOT your children!

I hope parents will finally see that our nation's government schools are a conduit for social engineering meant to replace the parent with the state as the primary influence in children's lives. For those who have eyes to see and ears to hear let them understand before it's too late.

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posted by jacobsacademy on Mar. 21, 2006 at 10:59 AM

This one threw me for a loop.........had to blog about it -

Thanks for putting this out there, Spunky.

Harriette

posted by nitrocat on Mar. 21, 2006 at 5:33 PM

Articles and posts like this leave me in a stunned silence.
But not for long! (my poor husband will probably get to hear the rantings later.)

Stacy

posted by gottsegnet on Mar. 21, 2006 at 8:38 PM

That was definitely my principal when I taugtht. She did NOT think the parents had anything of value to say...ran over them in PTA meetings, set up policies to make the school as unwelcoming as possible and shoved their concerns regarding IEP's and such under the carpet. After all, she had the degree. They only had, well, you know where kids come from. It was such a drastic split from what I was trying to accomplish...I worked for the parental involvement office and helped with the parent curriculum to teach parents that they played a vital role in their child's education. I was part of a team striving to break down the barriers the parents of our students felt in approaching the school...and helping them view themselves as their child's first and most important teacher. One of the topics was particularly intriguing to me...it was on helping your child develop the skills necessary to read. Presented to illiterate, uneducated, Spanish speaking parents. Assuring them that they were key to their children's future...moreso than the educated teacher in the classroom.

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