{"id":461803,"date":"2021-04-29T14:50:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T18:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=461803"},"modified":"2021-04-29T14:50:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T18:50:47","slug":"walsh-biden-says-your-3-year-old-should-be-in-a-government-school-dont-listen-to-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-biden-says-your-3-year-old-should-be-in-a-government-school-dont-listen-to-him\/","title":{"rendered":"WALSH: Biden Says Your 3-Year-Old Should Be In A Government School. Don\u2019t Listen To Him."},"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\">30<\/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%2Fwalsh-biden-says-your-3-year-old-should-be-in-a-government-school-dont-listen-to-him%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=461803&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4103.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The problem with State of the Union addresses \u2014 or \u201cspeeches to a joint session of Congress,\u201d which is the same thing \u2014 is that they are always dull and pointless and forgotten by everyone 35 minutes after they conclude. They make no difference, leave no lasting mark, and achieve nothing. It is an occasion for our political elites to engage in empty, self-congratulatory pageantry, sort of like the Oscars but for presidents. Not incidentally, they also tend to be as boring as the Oscars and to generate about the same level of viewer enthusiasm \u2014 enthusiasm which hovers somewhere in between dazed, confused, and catatonic.<\/p>\n<p>Credit where it\u2019s due, Biden\u2019s speech did at least manage to up the ante and be even more grotesque and depressing than the average speech of this sort. Last night, Biden delivered his address to a half-empty room of socially distanced, fully vaccinated politicians in masks. It all looked quite creepy and dystopian, like a masquerade ball from hell. If congressional Republicans had any sense or backbone, they would have refused to participate in the farce. Instead they sat there, masked and obedient, clapping on cue.<\/p>\n<p>The speech itself was lengthy and drawn out, but also moved quickly from one topic to the next in a mostly disjointed fashion. Biden kicked things off by claiming that the January 6 riot was the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War. Some might say that 9\/11 was at least slightly worse than a crowd of people briefly breaching the Capitol. In one case, 3,000 people were slaughtered. In the other, the only person directly killed in the melee was one of the people in the crowd, who was shot dead while unarmed by a still unnamed Capitol Police officer. Indeed, some might say that there have been countless attacks and tragedies between 1865 and 2021 that were far worse in scope, scale, and body count than January 6. But Biden\u2019s speech was based in a reality that is not the one we all live in. Speaking of which, he also pledged to cure cancer and promised to devote trillions of dollars to an infinite array of programs and causes. This is not a serious man, it was not a serious speech, though his agenda (or the agenda of his handlers) does pose a serious threat.<\/p>\n<p>But the most frightening part of Biden\u2019s rambling, half-whispered diatribe, came at the very beginning when he unveiled his $1.8 trillion \u201cAmerican Families Plan,\u201d which is supposed to guarantee paid leave, free community college, free daycare, and free backrubs for every man, woman, and child in the country. It also includes an item long on the leftist wish list: universal pre-school. Here is how Biden pitched that element of the plan:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"8\">\n<p><em>12 years is no longer enough today to compete in the 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0Century.\u00a0That\u2019s why the American Families Plan guarantees four additional years of public education for every person in America \u2013 starting as early as we can.\u00a0We add two years of universal high-quality pre-school for every 3- and 4- year-old in America.\u00a0The research shows that when a young child goes to school\u2014not day care\u2014they are far more likely to graduate from high school and go on to college.\u00a0And then we add two years of free community college.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In fact, as publications from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/education\/archive\/2014\/11\/the-case-against-universal-preschool\/382853\/\">The Atlantic<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/posteverything\/wp\/2016\/02\/04\/democrats-love-universal-pre-k-and-dont-seem-to-care-that-it-may-not-work\/\">Washington Post<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/education\/report\/research-review-universal-preschool-may-do-more-harm-good\">Heritage Foundation<\/a> have all argued, universal preschool does not live up to the promises that Biden makes for it. In the long run, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/education\/report\/research-review-universal-preschool-may-do-more-harm-good\">studies<\/a> show that \u201cfree or subsidized preschool may worsen behavioral and emotional outcomes.\u201d But the real problem is deeper and more fundamental than that.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Biden says that if we get children into the government education system starting at the age of three, they will be better able to \u201ccompete,\u201d and their prospects of going to college will improve. This is an idea rooted in a materialistic, utilitarian view of the human person. People are not people so much as cogs to be molded into the correct shape and fit into their appointed place in the machine. The strategy doesn\u2019t even really achieve that desired end, but that\u2019s almost beside the point.<\/p>\n<p>What sort of parent is worried about their 3-year-old \u201ccompeting\u201d? My youngest son is 4 and I have never once given even a moment\u2019s thought to whether I am currently equipping him with all of the tools he needs to compete in the global marketplace. He\u2019s a child. His job now is to be a child. My job is to see to his basic needs while attending also to his moral, spiritual, and emotional formation. At no point have I considered what his college application might look like, or how his professional resume is coming together. I am concerned with teaching him things, but for children at his age \u2014 \u201cpreschool age,\u201d as we call it now \u2014 the best way for them to learn is not by sitting in a classroom but by playing and exploring. It is harmful to a child\u2019s development to place competitive pressure on them too early. Young children should feel only the mild pressure to clean up their toys and finish their broccoli. They shouldn\u2019t be thinking about their future SAT scores.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, I am approaching this from the standpoint of a parent. I love my children and want them to be happy and grow into good and well-adjusted human beings. The government, for all its Nanny State talk, does not love my children or yours and does not care about any child\u2019s spiritual and moral growth, emotional development, or anything else. The government sees your child as property to be owned and used. Its objective is to ensure that your child adopts the \u201ccorrect\u201d values and viewpoints, and ultimately becomes the sort of person that it wants and needs him to be. That objective is better served and can more effectively be fulfilled if children are sent into its clutches at the youngest possible age.<\/p>\n<p>Kids once began school in kindergarten, then there was pre-k, then pre-pre-k, and now pre-pre-pre-k and pre-pre-pre-pre-k are being proposed. Yet the fact remains that 3 and 4-year-old children \u2014 only a few years separated from the womb \u2014 do not need to be in a formal learning environment. What is best for any child that age is to be at home. But the government is not concerned with what\u2019s best for your child. They have their own agenda. And parents should be extremely skeptical of it.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The problem with State of the Union addresses \u2014 or \u201cspeeches to a joint session of Congress,\u201d which is the same thing \u2014 is that they are always dull and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277017,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-4103.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"WALSH: Biden Says Your 3-Year-Old Should Be In A Government School. 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