wrote:

This is something we don't hear enough about. That is, how exactly are
adults to balance the need to protect kids - since most molesters are
not strangers - with the undeniable need to teach kids to be respectful
and obedient, even to those teachers they hate and consider to be
generally unfair, since kids very often can't understand
teachers'/adults' rules anyway?

Obedient? To whom? The only need for *true* obedience is when
children are very young, and for safety issues. To me, obedience is an
absolute - "Do as I say" - mentality. I want a kid who can think for
himself, TYVM.



I'd love to know if any conservative child experts have addressed this
in detail. Certainly, Dr. John Rosemond hasn't, SFAIK - and I'd
certainly think a smart man like him could. Especially since he has no
outdated qualms (unlike Dr. Laura) about putting a four-year-old in an
after-school program so Mommy can work outside the home. (DL was
furious when he said that, in July 2000.)

I'm sorry for your children, if you think the philosophy that a parent
is the best caregiver for a preschooler is "outdated". As for Rosemond
and Schlessinger -

Blech!. Phheeeew!

-L.