{"id":1728729,"date":"2022-11-07T17:47:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T22:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1728729"},"modified":"2022-11-07T17:47:50","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T22:47:50","slug":"i-never-dreamed-this-would-be-necessary-defending-parents-rights-to-parent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-never-dreamed-this-would-be-necessary-defending-parents-rights-to-parent\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Never Dreamed This Would Be Necessary\u2019: Defending Parents\u2019 Rights To Parent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-never-dreamed-this-would-be-necessary-defending-parents-rights-to-parent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1728729&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>One Georgia mother <a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/article\/georgia-school-fires-teacher-expressing-concern-about-childrens-book?utm_source=dailywire&#038;utm_medium=oped\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">found out the hard way<\/a> that raising concerns about the content and age-appropriateness of a picture book shown to young children at school was forbidden.<\/p>\n<p>Lindsey Barr, who was also a substitute teacher for the Bryan County School district, expressed concerns over drawings in that picture book, which was going to be presented to students \u2014 including her own young kids \u2014 at McAllister Elementary School in Richmond Hill during a read-aloud story time.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after voicing her concerns over the book that contained several illustrations of same-sex couples parenting and expecting children, the school principal fired Lindsey, and she was locked out of all substitute teaching jobs in the entire district.<\/p>\n<p>Lindsey was punished simply for expressing her viewpoint, fired from a job at which she had excelled. And sadly, her story is not unusual. Across the country, many parents who dare ask questions about school curriculum or an administration\u2019s policy are being shut out of the conversation or censored.<\/p>\n<p>Which is why I joined the fight.<\/p>\n<p>I never dreamed this would be necessary, but today\u00a0I serve as the director of Alliance Defending Freedom\u2019s Center for Parental Rights, which exists to protect the\u00a0 fundamental right of parents:<\/p>\n<p>to discern what their kids need as the ones who know them bestto know what their children are being taught in schoolto be informed if their child discusses a potentially life-altering decisionand to be free to offer a dissenting opinion when a school district enacts a policy that is harmful to their children<\/p>\n<p>Who would have thought we would have to defend in a court of law the rights of moms and dads to be involved in their kids\u2019 education?<\/p>\n<p>But we can\u2019t even keep up with the requests for legal help. Our team is inundated with stories of parents whose local public schools have withheld vital information about their child or dismissed valid concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Carlos Iba\u00f1ez and his wife immigrated to the U.S. from Panama and moved to the Charlottesville, Virginia, area because they wanted a better life for their family and for their children to benefit from the opportunities available in America. But after a troubling incident his daughter had at school where she was shown a video in class that told her that students of color (like her) could not live in a nice house, she was upset and confused by the message.<\/p>\n<p>The Iba\u00f1ezes voiced their alarm to their daughter\u2019s teacher, but they were brushed off. They were understandably upset that their concern about the effect such racist ideology had on their daughter was being ignored.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why Carlos and his wife \u2014 along with a group of other religiously, ethnically, and politically diverse parents \u2014 decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/case\/ci-v-albemarle-county-school-board?utm_source=dailywire&#038;utm_medium=oped\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">file a lawsuit<\/a> against the Albemarle County School Board for enacting racially discriminatory policies and indoctrinating students in a harmful ideology.<\/p>\n<p>In my case, public schools served me and my family well. My mother was a public-school teacher, and I attended public schools all the way up until law school. So did my husband, and it\u2019s one of the reasons we\u2019ve chosen to send our kids to public school. There are scores of good public school teachers who are doing their best for the kids under their instruction.<\/p>\n<p>What we\u2019re seeing in Bryan County Schools in Georgia, Albemarle County in Virginia, and across the country are parents who are upset and frustrated because they too believe in public education and see room for improvement in some areas but are being excluded from helping to make it better. They want to work with their schools, but many officials are rejecting their efforts and ignore their concerns.<\/p>\n<p>And they aren\u2019t getting much support from the government either. Only <a href=\"https:\/\/parentalrights.org\/states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">15 states<\/a> have statutes that define and protect parental rights.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s not one right way to raise a child, and every kid is unique. That\u2019s why every parent fundamentally has the right to direct the upbringing of their child, and that includes engaging in mutually respectful dialogue with the people who are around their child at school.<\/p>\n<p>As more and more parents like Lindsey and Carlos bravely speak out, we are seeing some school boards lean in. Others are being made to listen, whether through elections or lawsuits. Parents have the constitutional right to express their dissent when policies and curriculum are compelling their kids to accept harmful ideologies regarding race or gender.<\/p>\n<p>People have different opinions on where public education is failing, but one thing is certain: Kids bear the brunt when superintendents and school boards usurp the role of parents. For the good of students and the public school system, school officials must recognize and listen to parents\u2019 concerns. Their roles are complementary, not incompatible.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kate Anderson is senior counsel with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adflegal.org\/?utm_source=dailywire&#038;utm_medium=oped\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alliance Defending Freedom<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ADFLegal\">@ADFLegal<\/a>) and directs its Center for Parental Rights.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One Georgia mother found out the hard way that raising concerns about the content and age-appropriateness of a picture book shown to young children at school was forbidden. 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