Feds invite parents to help raise their children

Draft Policy Statement on Family Engagement From the Early Years to the Early Grades, states: “It is the position of the departments that all early childhood programs and schools recognize families as equal partners in improving children’s development, learning and wellness across all settings, and over the course of their children’s developmental and educational experiences.”

the federal government believes that its role is equal with the role of parents

According to William A. Estrada, the director of federal relations policy for the Home School Legal Defense Association “That one sentence unmasks the federal government’s true philosophy behind decades of federal involvement in welfare, kindergarten through 12th grade education spending and and policies, programs like Head Start, and now the push to create universal early education for young children from birth through age 5: the federal government believes that its role is equal with the role of parents”