The Editors at the New Hampshire Gazette enjoy commenting on letters to the editor and getting in the last word from their leftist viewpoint. Their comments in response to my recent letter to the Editor about the recently defeated NH Parental Rights Bill included,
“First, Republicans propose a law that requires teachers to rat out their kids.
This is actually impressive, in a depressing kind of way. We would not have guessed that anyone in the state GOP could read German well enough to crib from an East German law book.
The Stasi, it is said, had one secret policeman for every 166 East Germans. That’s not good enough for our local branch of Authoritarians International, though. The’ll see your one in 166 and raise it to one in 30.”
Since the government requires that children attend school, and since most people have no alternative but to send their children to government schools, it seems to me that government schools should be required to answer questions from loving parents who try to understand changes in their child’s behavior. So, I readdressed this topic and the Editors’ comments to which I appended the following note to the Editors:
“Note to Editors: I see my letters amuse you. Your commentary amuses me too since your ad hominem attacks and irrelevant comments don’t refute the facts that I present. It’s good for your readers to see facts and different opinions. So, I’ll keep sending letters as long as you print them.”
I submitted the letter below. It is probably too tame, but they do control what they publish and they have the opportunity to comment. We’ll see if they publish this letter, and look forward to seeing their comments.
“To the Editor:
Parents try to protect their children because children are vulnerable to, among other things, human predators. Children become increasingly vulnerable as they age because parents have decreasingly control of the adults that interact with their children.
Children have been harmed by teachers, coaches, medical professionals, Pastors/Priests, Scout Leaders, and others who often start by befriending children.
Many children are harmed in school, e.g., some are blamed for other people’s actions; some are confused by premature introduction to pornography, sex, and/or gender; some are told not to trust their parents; and hundreds of children are sexually exploited in schools annually ( https://tinyurl.com/2p89at3y).
When parents see their child’s behavior change negatively, most parents want, and try, to help their child. Experience teaches us that the sooner a problem is addressed, the sooner the suffering ends.
Shouldn’t parents have a right to learn what a school system, or any organization entrusted with their children, knows about their child? The Editors of the New Hampshire Gazette apparently say “No”. They say it’s, “ratting out”, ala the East German Stasi, the child to tell parents if their child’s behavior change is due to gender confusion or transitioning. ( https://tinyurl.com/263u66ad)
The Editors apparently don’t care that parents worry and children’s problems worsen. I do.
Most students who are bullies, cheats, thieves, inattentive or disruptive in class, have an improper relationship with an adult, or victims of bullying probably don’t want their parents informed. Is it “ratting out” students to tell their parents about these problems too?
Is information kept from concerned parents to help children or to protect adults?
Parents, not teachers, will spend their lives trying to repair a child’s problems. Is providing honest answers to parents’ inquiries “ratting out” children or helping to protect children and get their problems resolved?
