Why does everyone want to parent our children????

As long as you can provide for your child then there is no need for the government to bud into your business. I don't know where you got this idea that they would? you have some strong misconceptions of how government works.

Hi bjc66bjc, I am very grateful that your government has concern with children and how they want to make sure that they will raised properly, unlike on our country. Children are left alone, growing on the streets,hungry, uneducated. Maybe you should look on it on the positive side so you wont get annoyed by your government;)They just want the best for your kids.

hi bjct66bjc I really agree. Most parents know their own children much better than school teachers or nurses or social workers. the idea of taking that child's lunch from the c hild and then feeding her that gross chicken parts chicken nuggets. have you ever read what is actually put in those things? I read an article on the net by Web Md and it made me queasy just reading it. those are made of'animal parts, some gross animal parts and are the left overs of weiners and franks. some were found to have residue from floor sweeping in them.yuck no thanks no nuggets for me.I say Government back off.let the parents parent their own children.

I agree with you. For the majority of us parents we do just fine taking care of our children! I am sick and tired of the schools and government taking over our kids. We are their parents for a reason. We can handle caring for our own children. This is why I am worried about putting my children in school. Hopefully private schools are better with this, if not my children will be home schooled. If I was that mother I would be going to that school and flipping out! And I would not be paying for that lunch either since the girl had a lunch that they got rid of.

I hadn’t heard about this until yesterday when my daughter told me that the school lunch people didn’t let this kid eat a home packed meal. The kid had to eat the school’s food and then they billed the parents for the food that was eaten. I wonder what was wrong with a turkey and cheese sandwich, apple juice, banana and chips? This is forced behavior modification by the government. I can understand the school serving whatever food they deem appropriate, but if a kid brings good food from home, I don’t see how they can take the food away from the kid and force the child to eat the school’s food. What’s even more a slap in the face is to charge the mother for the food they forced the kid to eat! I wonder if this has to do with Michelle Obama advocating for a change in the diet. The old food pyramid has been made obsolete. I think we need to NOT vote people into power in government who will take our power of common sense away as parents.

I agree with you, most people make very good parents/grandparents and do know how to take good care of their children and thus don't need help or rather "intervention" from the school/government, etc. We know what is good for our kids and we can look after them very well. However, I really appreciate the government or the appropriate authorities intervening in those rare and extreme cases where children are suffersing at the behalf of their parents. It is nice that these kids are given the appropriate care they require....

You just don't understand that there are people in the government who have spent years in school studying child behavior and they understand more than you every could. You have people who have never had children but have read extensively about how to raise children. Just look at history when you had parents in the 1800's when a child was working on the family farm once they could walk those children ended up leaving home and expanding this country. The parents who raised children in depression with no help from the government and all they could produce is the "Greatest Generation". When we finally became reasonable and started to listen to the experts in the 1950' we produced the students who challenged everything and produced one of the largest terrorist populations in this country with the radical movement of the 60's and 70's. When President Johnson started the war on poverty and we finally started ot listen to the government and let them help raise our children look what we have. We have more single Moms, more people receiving government aid (welfare and food stamps). It took a couple of generations but we now have a large portion of the population that feels entitled and that the government owes them. And you want to change that. I suppose you want your children to be hard working productive citizens. I suppose you are even one of those parents who teach and expect your children to show respect to others. You are trying to ruin what years of expert and government workers have set up. Well all I can say to you is go for it and God Bless You and your children.

You would surprised at how many parents don't have a clue. Latch key kids that might as well not have parents. And teaching their kids anything very far from reality. They don't know what is going on in their children's lives. makes it very hard for responsible parents that care.

trust me its going to get a lot worse! they will control every aspect of our lives, not just our children. but yes, people seem to think they know whats best for your children, even if they have never met them. they have taken away our rights as parents and all we can do is sit back and watch. it doesnt matter to them that we brought our children into this world, looked after them, fed them, clothed them, comforted them and spent endless hours teaching them to learn to count. it doesnt matter because in thir minds, our children belong to them. in their minds, we all belong to them!

that's right. Although there are several parents don't know how to take care their children but they will learn how to treat their own children because they have much love than others. They have blood relation among them, that can't be rejected by anything. this blood relation give them strong connection from their heart. Further, each parent has their own way to treat children that they think it can give the best lesson for their children. And whenever their way in raising their children don't give good result or hurt their children, they will change their way and they will blame their own act more than anybody cos parent really love their children with no charge.