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Parents need a bill of rights to protect children from government

Every problem, every challenge we face, each starts with public education.” — George H. W. Bush

Our colonies were founded by enlightened men who fled societies that forced aristocratic social dictates on them. They wanted a better life for their families where they could pursue freedom of speech, religion, occupation and education.

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After fighting the bloody American Revolution for independence, they feared a band of powerful plutocratic federalists would deprive them of their newly gained rights and freedoms. They refused to ratify the Constitution without a guaranteed “bill of rights.”

The Age of Reason was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. One of the most salient precepts debated was: At what age or time does a child cut the umbilical cord and become a “free thinker” and responsible for their actions?

In every U.S. state, there are laws that make parents liable for the actions of their children — legally and financially for their mischief and the selective crimes they commit. Therefore parents have a moral and legal obligation to teach their children how to act within a society until they are age 18.

Kids enter pre-kindergarten at age 4 and graduate high school at 18. For 14 years, teachers influence them most at schools they attend, eight hours a day.

If we look at the academic and social curriculum force-fed to them today by school boards and teachers, that’s why most parents are mad as hell.

Although the 10th Amendment

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