It's like this. Kids are first and foremost the responsibility of their parents. My kids are my kids. I am ultimately responsible for them. They are not your kids. I do not cede my rights to you, or the state.
We, as people in a society, have a duty to look out for, and look after, other kids as they engage in our lives. This is part of the social norm. This is natural. This is what we are supposed to do.
But at the end of the day, the kids are not the children of the community or of the state. My children share my last name. Their last name is not ".gov".
As a Christian, we are taught that we should always come to our neighbor - or neighbor's kid - in need. We are part of a larger community and we have a responsibility, mandated by God - and that supersedes the state, to be kind and help others and their children.
And yet, my kids are my kids. Not yours. Not the state's. So if I raise them a certain way, with certain beliefs, and I teach them conservative values and to reject liberalism, that is none of your business and not for you to interfere with ever. The same goes for my friends that raise their children with liberal values that reject conservatism. How they raise their children is not up to you nor the state.
We are parents. This society has descended to the dismal state it is in now because too often people avoided their parental responsibility and allowed the state, through the school systems, to be the baby sitter, the belief shaper, and the model for their behavior.
And look what we have. Violence, addictions, strife, and the list goes on.
It is as if all these adults running around acting this way did not have parents tell them "no". It is as if they modeled their behavior all their lives on their peer group instead of their parents and other adults.
The problem you see, is that is what really happens when you avoid your parental responsibility and allow your child to be babysat by the state via the school system. When you shun your parental involvement in their lives, why do you expect them to behave with maturity? After all, they learned how to cope with life from other children all their lives.
And now we have "journalists" - if you could actually call them that anymore - telling us that our children are not really ours, they belong to the community. They not only do not see the problems, but actually want to expand the problem.
Why? Why would they do this?
Personally I believe it is their own frustration. And I will call it for what it really is. It is liberal frustration.
It is not a secret, nor can it be denied, that for the most part, the mainstream media and the state-run education system has an overwhelming liberal bias. I am sure that will irk a few people, but you know it's true. If it were not true, more liberals would be slamming the media and the educations system over their conservatism. But they don't because they are in liberal agreement.
So the liberal media, and the liberal educators, are frustrated that their message of liberalism is not more widely accepted. When they look around, they see conservative families and conservative adults reinforcing conservatism in their children. They don't like that.
Those that want to control society don't want obstacles in their way. And simply put, parents with ideologies different than theirs are obstacles in their path to domination.
So what better way to eliminate the obstacles of conservative parents than to try to further the notion that the "community" and the state know what is better, or even best, for your children.
And this approach will win some followers. Why? Because once again, the state will start offering more "free stuff" to lure parents into handing over more control of their children.
I assure you this is not conspiracy theory rantings. This is my concern and observations from every day life. This issue is very apparent to me primarily because I love my kids and I fully accept the responsibilities of being their father.
Furthermore, I have always watched the "community" through the school systems openly attack my children's conservative values, beliefs, and ideas. My two oldest children (now adult) have numerous tales of being targeted because they did not go along with the liberal rants of a teacher or school administrator.
Sure, I want the community's members to look out for my kids when they are engaged socially with them. That is part of the common role of members of any society, we look out for one another. Likewise, I will look out for your kids as well. I would not let them walk headfirst into real danger.
But otherwise, no Mr. and Ms. Community, you cannot have my children. Not now. Not ever. They are mine to love, to raise, to train, to teach, to encourage, to reprimand, and... and everything. They are a part of me.
So Melissa Harris-Perry, others at MSNBC, others at any media outlet, and all you educators, I have a message for you.
You are wrong.
For background information on this note, reference this article.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/04/09/critics-slam-msnbc-hosts-claim-that-kids-belong-to-community-not-parents/
Copyright 2013, Kevin Farley (a.k.a. sixdrift, a.k.a. neuronstatic)
We, as people in a society, have a duty to look out for, and look after, other kids as they engage in our lives. This is part of the social norm. This is natural. This is what we are supposed to do.
But at the end of the day, the kids are not the children of the community or of the state. My children share my last name. Their last name is not ".gov".
As a Christian, we are taught that we should always come to our neighbor - or neighbor's kid - in need. We are part of a larger community and we have a responsibility, mandated by God - and that supersedes the state, to be kind and help others and their children.
And yet, my kids are my kids. Not yours. Not the state's. So if I raise them a certain way, with certain beliefs, and I teach them conservative values and to reject liberalism, that is none of your business and not for you to interfere with ever. The same goes for my friends that raise their children with liberal values that reject conservatism. How they raise their children is not up to you nor the state.
We are parents. This society has descended to the dismal state it is in now because too often people avoided their parental responsibility and allowed the state, through the school systems, to be the baby sitter, the belief shaper, and the model for their behavior.
And look what we have. Violence, addictions, strife, and the list goes on.
It is as if all these adults running around acting this way did not have parents tell them "no". It is as if they modeled their behavior all their lives on their peer group instead of their parents and other adults.
The problem you see, is that is what really happens when you avoid your parental responsibility and allow your child to be babysat by the state via the school system. When you shun your parental involvement in their lives, why do you expect them to behave with maturity? After all, they learned how to cope with life from other children all their lives.
And now we have "journalists" - if you could actually call them that anymore - telling us that our children are not really ours, they belong to the community. They not only do not see the problems, but actually want to expand the problem.
Why? Why would they do this?
Personally I believe it is their own frustration. And I will call it for what it really is. It is liberal frustration.
It is not a secret, nor can it be denied, that for the most part, the mainstream media and the state-run education system has an overwhelming liberal bias. I am sure that will irk a few people, but you know it's true. If it were not true, more liberals would be slamming the media and the educations system over their conservatism. But they don't because they are in liberal agreement.
So the liberal media, and the liberal educators, are frustrated that their message of liberalism is not more widely accepted. When they look around, they see conservative families and conservative adults reinforcing conservatism in their children. They don't like that.
Those that want to control society don't want obstacles in their way. And simply put, parents with ideologies different than theirs are obstacles in their path to domination.
So what better way to eliminate the obstacles of conservative parents than to try to further the notion that the "community" and the state know what is better, or even best, for your children.
And this approach will win some followers. Why? Because once again, the state will start offering more "free stuff" to lure parents into handing over more control of their children.
I assure you this is not conspiracy theory rantings. This is my concern and observations from every day life. This issue is very apparent to me primarily because I love my kids and I fully accept the responsibilities of being their father.
Furthermore, I have always watched the "community" through the school systems openly attack my children's conservative values, beliefs, and ideas. My two oldest children (now adult) have numerous tales of being targeted because they did not go along with the liberal rants of a teacher or school administrator.
Sure, I want the community's members to look out for my kids when they are engaged socially with them. That is part of the common role of members of any society, we look out for one another. Likewise, I will look out for your kids as well. I would not let them walk headfirst into real danger.
But otherwise, no Mr. and Ms. Community, you cannot have my children. Not now. Not ever. They are mine to love, to raise, to train, to teach, to encourage, to reprimand, and... and everything. They are a part of me.
So Melissa Harris-Perry, others at MSNBC, others at any media outlet, and all you educators, I have a message for you.
You are wrong.
For background information on this note, reference this article.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/04/09/critics-slam-msnbc-hosts-claim-that-kids-belong-to-community-not-parents/
Copyright 2013, Kevin Farley (a.k.a. sixdrift, a.k.a. neuronstatic)
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