The issue of parents’ rights is a hot topic in public education. It comes up during political campaigns and debates covering everything from COVID-19 policy to what gets taught in school, including discussions of sexuality.
Straight Arrow News contributor Star Parker argues that as we head into the 2024 presidential election, the fight for our classrooms is vital. She explains how parental rights groups like Moms For Liberty deserve to have a say in shaping what their kids learn.
For most children right now is the best time of the year — it’s summer. But before you know it, a new school year will begin. And while a new year often means new opportunities, there are far too many parents who have to worry about what this year will bring for their children. Because the challenges facing our kids today are vastly different from the ones we faced when we were children. There used to be established trust between schools and homes, parents and teachers. We used to all agree that topics of sex and other adult content had no place in the classroom. Now it is a battle to reach that once-shared understanding.
And even though children may have the summer off, that doesn’t mean that the movement for parental rights has the summer off. One group that is fighting this battle is Moms For Liberty, a group of parents that initially formed to counter the COVID school closures that were decimating the education of a generation. Yet, just recently, the Southern Poverty Law Center weighed in on Moms For Liberty, and the movement for parental rights. They labeled this organization, Moms For Liberty, as an anti-government extremist group. For the Left, that is actually not the worst label they’ve used for parents in recent memory, considering the fact that President Biden and the Department of Justice had labeled many parents fighting for the same rights as domestic terrorists just two years ago.
This battle is precisely the reason why this coming school year, one that will go straight into an election year, is so pivotal.
