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Father Doesn’t Know Best Anymore
November 20, 2009 by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 07:00 AM
MSN is polling its readers as to whether or not they think parents should be able to negotiate no-homework contracts for their children. Only 20% of respondents think that parents know what’s best for their children. The remaining 80% of respondents say that the rules should be the same for all students. This implies that most people believe that remote bureaucrats - who have probably never even met the children for whom they are making policies - are going to make better decisions than parents who know and love their children intimately. To us, this shows a touching (but naïve) faith in authority.