A bill proposed by Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. would force parents to attend government-run parenting classes in New York. If parents don’t attend, their kids would be held in the 6th grade.
“Imagine treating every parent in New York as though they are on probation,” states Walter Olson, from the Cato Institute’s Center for Constitutional Studies.
Olson says the bill would force parents to “show up and be re-educated” and “lectured about the shortcomings of how they are raising their kids and be inoculated with whatever the fad of the year is.”
New York parents will be forced to return to school for government-run parenting classes if state Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., D-Bronx, has his way.
Diaz is sponsoring legislation that would require the parents of elementary school students to attend four “parent support programs” before their children are allowed to enter seventh grade.
Diaz tells U.S. News mandatory courses are necessary because many parents do not attend optional parent-teacher conferences.
“Voluntary is what we have now, where we require parents to voluntarily meet with the teachers and come to parent-teacher meetings, and as you know they don’t come,” he says.
The bill would require the New York State Education Department to establish 12 parenting courses – of which parents would select four to attend. Diaz envisions the classes helping parents deal with issues such as sexual orientation, bullying and suicide, and the bill specifically mandates a course on physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Employers would be required to provide one day of paid leave annually to allow parents to attend.
[READ: Mysterious Polio-Like Illness Strikes Kids in California]Diaz says parents who feel capable of raising their children without state-provided instruction shouldn’t be upset by the proposal.
“We are not saying they are irresponsible,” Diaz says. ”We are trying to expand their skills. Especially good parents would not miss an opportunity to expand their parental skills and get involved with their children’s psychological problems.”
The senator, an evangelical minister who sometimes bucks his own party – including offering feisty opposition to a 2011 bill legalizing same-sex marriage, says his legislation has several supporters in the 63-member state Senate. It currently has one co-sponsor, but Diaz says he has commitments from other senators and will release their names “when the time comes.”
Diaz has introduced the bill before. It was defeated in the state Senate’s education committee during the last legislative session. A committee hearing has not yet been scheduled for the latest edition.
Diaz declined to speculate on why the bill failed in the past.
Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Constitutional Studies, blogged about the bill earlier this month and tells U.S. News “people see this not just as bossy, but as sinister.”
“Imagine treating every parent in New York as though they are on probation,” he says.
Olson says the bill would force parents to “show up and be re-educated” and “lectured about the shortcomings of how they are raising their kids and be inoculated with whatever the fad of the year is.”
“If you thought the public reaction to the soda ban was big,” Olson says, “wait until you see the public reaction to telling people the government knows better than they do how to raise their kids.”
Diaz says he doubts a large number of students would wallow in sixth grade as a result of parents flouting the law.
“I don’t foresee that because parents sacrifice for their children, they don’t think, ‘I’m going to let my children get held back,’” he says. “A good parent would never miss the opportunity to help their children. This is a free opportunity, a free education.”
p**s off
If people need classes for parenting……
Perhaps they need to be told not to make babies in the first place.
No, actually this would be an excellent program!! here is a perfect example of Why… http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/bronx-teens-highest-rate-teen-pregnancy-nyc-city-health-department-article-1.1709511
why is everyone hating parenting classes, may be you learn something new. I say give it a try before it is accepted or rejected .
Parenting classes leads to better parents i hope.
If this is a success use it in other cities as well.
What if the parent has to work two full time jobs to put food on the table? The NANNY STATE FROM HELL>>>>>>>>.
What if the parent has to work two full time jobs to put food on the table? The NANNY STATE FROM HELL>>>>>>>>.
What if the parent has to work two full time jobs to put food on the table? The NANNY STATE FROM HELL>>>>>>>>.
Why doesn’t our current Senate, our House, our Media, the NSA, the CIA, FBI, and Interpol know who created, supported, and funded the violence in the Ukraine? I guess they don’t have the internet.
http://reclaimourrepublic.wordpress.com/2014/01/22/video-soros-supported-protests-turn-violent-in-ukraine-eu-v-russia/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/24/george-soros-hillary-clinton_n_4157242.html
http://freebeacon.com/politics/nbc-soros-a-silver-sponsor-of-icg-dinner-honoring-hillary-clinton/
http://chickaboomer.com/2012/12/hillary-to-head-prestigious-george-soros-foundation.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEcyBRQpSWg#t=17
http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/11661/how-close-hillary-clinton-george-soros-hes-her-election-night-buddy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLN9yN2cTAQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3YZVxtYVLA
http://www.wnd.com/2013/07/rand-paul-suspects-hillary-lied-under-oath/
http://www.wnd.com/2013/03/new-scandal-threatens-obama-hillary/
Americans died, Hillary Clinton, Barrack Obama, Susan Rice, our current Senators and Representatives, and our Media lied.
We should kill aid and military and arms and money and any other shipments to Palestinian, Egypt, Iran, and every nation in the Middle East, end our stupid War on Terror that is costing us trillions of dollars, completely remove our military and our CIA from Iraq and Afghanistan, end the sanctions against Russia. We do not have any money to do these things and we do not have the money to keep financing the overthrow of governments all over the world. End the military build up in Europe. NATO and the United States should quit trying to be the police of the world. NATO should shut down, it is only a War Machine and it is not needed. Practicably all the violence in the world is NATO’s violence or violence or terrorism funded or supported by our CIA. or the United States. Shut down the National Endowment for Democracy and any other groups like it created by the State Department to work with the CIA to bring down governments like the one in the Ukraine and in Venezuela who the leaders in the United States feel are not friendly enough with the United States.
Each nation in NATO should leave NATO, each nation in the EU should leave the EU. The EU was just as guilty in the War on Terror and just as guilty as the United States in the Ukraine. NATO has become a War Machine and nothing more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Endowment_for_Democracy
In 1983, the House Foreign Affairs Committee proposed legislation to provide initial funding of $31.3 million for NED as part of the State Department Authorization Act (H.R. 2915), because NED was in its beginning stages of development the appropriation was set at $18 million. Included in the legislation was $13.8 million for the Free Trade Union Institute, an affiliate of the AFL-CIO, $2.5 million for an affiliate of the National Chamber Foundation, and $5 million each for two party institutes, which was later eliminated by a vote of 267–136. The conference report on H.R. 2915 was adopted by the House on November 17, 1983 and the Senate the following day. On November 18, 1983, articles of incorporation were filed in the District of Columbia to establish the National Endowment for Democracy as a nonprofit organization.
Those that have been employed by the CIA are eligible to apply for position with the Department of State.
Who was behind the violence in the Ukraine?
It looks like Interpol, the CIA, the FBI, the Justice Department, and our intelligence agencies do not have the Internet or they would let our Senate and House know who created, supported, and financed the violence and terrorism in the Ukraine and we could end the Sanctions against Russia and NATO and the United States could quit trying to start World War III.
The EU and the United States.
Fire Barrack Obama, Joe Biden, Eric Holder, John Kerry, and every one of Obama’s Appointees, today.
Elections are coming.
Each of our current Senators and Representatives gave us the stupid War on Terror and have done nothing to stop this.
No Incumbents. They have not fired Barrack Obama and Eric Holder.