Some public schools try to turn children against their parents with scary classroom stories or lessons about child abuse. Public school authorities have increasingly decided that they are children's first line of defense against child abuse. This new attitude falls under what is now known as "protective behavior curriculum."
The assumptions behind this curriculum are that every child needs to be warned about and prepared for possible dangers of verbal, physical, and sexual abuse because allegedly every child is a potential victim, not only of strangers but of his or her own family.
Increasingly, school authorities instruct teachers to ask children questions about their parents' behavior and actions toward them at home. The questions amount to asking kids to spy on their parents and report incidents that make them feel "uncomfortable." Some school authorities use such tales by children to investigate or file charges of child abuse against parents who often did no more than yell at their children or spank them lightly.
In effect, to allegedly protect children, some school authorities now consider all parents as potential abusers, use children to invade parents' privacy, or make kids afraid of their parents. Often, children are disturbed and emotionally traumatized by the insinuations school authorities put into their heads.
The following incident described by Charles J. Sykes, in his book "Dumbing Down Our Kids," illustrates this disturbing anti-parent campaign by many public schools across the country:
"I first became aware of the protective behaviors curriculum when a mother called me to tell me of an experience she had with her daughter. Her child, an elementary schoolgirl, had come home in tears. When she saw that her mother was home and waiting for her, she rushed to her in relief. AI wasn't sure you'd be here, she told her mother. Her mother reassured her that she would always be there for her. In school that day, her daughter told her, her class had discussed "bad" touching including spanking.
"In the course of the discussion, children had been encouraged to share with the teachers and classmates whether they had ever been touched in that way and the girl had said that her mother had spanked her. The children were also told that people who engaged in bad touching would be taken away and put in jail. For the rest of the school day the girl was terrified that her mother who had spanked her would now be taken away and locked up for her bad touching."
Parents, it might be wise to periodically ask your children if their teachers ask them personal questions about your family or how you discipline your children. Turning children into spies against their parents or making them afraid of their parents is not what parents pay school taxes for.
Joel Turtel is an education policy analyst, and author of "Public Schools, Public Menace: How Public Schools Lie To Parents and Betray Our Children." Contact Information: Website: http://www.mykidsdeservebetter.com, Email: http://www.mykidsdeservebetter.com, Phone: 718-447-7348. Article Copyrighted ? 2005 by Joel Turtel. NOTE: You may post this Article on another website only if you set up a hyperlink to Joel Turtel's email address and website URL, http://www.mykidsdeservebetter.com
executive chauffeured services Bradford .. Madison to Airport carHow to Get Your Child to Love Reading was conceived... Read More
Some years ago when touring the Scottish Highlands, a man... Read More
Pool safety should be on the minds of every parent... Read More
Imagine a child who lacks ownership of his own life,... Read More
Do you have a high maintenance child?"Thank goodness my second... Read More
Every parent wants their child to develop positive character traits.... Read More
So, the thing is? I am feeling a little guilty.I... Read More
A growing body of scientific evidence shows that the way... Read More
Whether we realize it or not we teach our children... Read More
Assuming there are no serious motor problems present, what can... Read More
There's a new kind of fun and calm out there... Read More
Not so long ago a dad-to-be would pace up and... Read More
It can be said that any man who procreates is... Read More
There may really be a real monster under your kid???s... Read More
This time, I would like to talk about a subject... Read More
Looking back through my files I've come across several great... Read More
If you had to spend 4 or 5 hours in... Read More
Parents play a critical role in their child's success. These... Read More
On a bright Sunday morning, a couple of weeks ago,... Read More
1. You reheated the same cup of coffee three times... Read More
Why Me?"We should certainly count our blessings, but we should... Read More
It is human nature to feel competitive and envious toward... Read More
Last week in my newsletter, I mentioned that... Read More
Learning responsibility is an ever widening and lifelong process.As thinking,... Read More
The legend and myth of the Tooth Fairy is a... Read More
O'Hare Chicago prom limo ..On a bright Sunday morning, a couple of weeks ago,... Read More
Home schooling. What is it? What does it mean to... Read More
Here are some tips that I have picked up from... Read More
Attention all parents of teen-agers. Here is an important, groundbreaking... Read More
An Awesome Dad in by no means perfect. But that... Read More
Children think money grows on trees. Maybe not literally, but... Read More
I really like all natural remedy for Attention Deficit Disorder... Read More
Does the homework battle so typical with your hyperactive or... Read More
It can be difficult on all family members to have... Read More
The First Reason: For one thing, child development experts are... Read More
Once, as a Learning Support Teacher, I made my way... Read More
4 traps to avoidTrap 1 - Parents need to realize... Read More
Parents play a critical role in their child's success. These... Read More
Many children who suffer from the psychological effects of child... Read More
There is a front line and a back end to... Read More
Potty training fears, often called toilet terrors, are common among... Read More
Question 1 "How do I get more time to play?"... Read More
Let's face it: raising children can be quite the adventure.... Read More
You no longer have to use Ritalin or other stimulants... Read More
In today's mental health system there is a pattern of... Read More
It used to strike me as odd - but really,... Read More
O.K. So now you have taken the step of having... Read More
Not so long ago a dad-to-be would pace up and... Read More
From the book Spider's Night on the BoomI've only begun... Read More
We need a grass roots campaign targeted towards parents to... Read More
Parenting |