Parents are rightly concerned about what school teachers are telling their children. But often the concerned and active parents misunderstand the real problem, and all the problems. We often do not recognize the extent of the evil found in public schools today.

The following recently appeared in a social media posting. We’ve sanitized it, but apparently it is from New York State.

Mom leaves angry note in daughter’s lunchbox for teacher: ‘That’s silly’

An angry mother has taken matters into her own hands after her young daughter came home from school complaining about a comment her teacher made about her lunch.

C., who posts on social media under the name @xxx.xxx, took to TikTok to reveal her 3-year-old daughter had arrived home one afternoon saying her teacher told her to eat her “good” foods before her “bad” foods. This meant the toddler had to eat her sandwich and cucumbers before her cookie, which C. explained goes against what she tries to teach her little girl about food neutrality.

Here’s the story: My three-year-old came home from school yesterday, telling me that her teacher told her that she had to eat all of her “good” foods before she ate her “bad” foods. She couldn’t have her cookie before eating her sandwich and cucumbers. In this moment, I felt a little frustrated by the antiquated instruction from the teacher, but I responded saying, “Well that’s silly. There are no good foods or bad foods. Food is just food!“ I will say, this was not my internal dialogue growing up, but because of the information that I have from so many great accounts created by moms and experts, in the field of childhood and nutrition, I am armed with better responses, knowledge and practices for my kids. Three years old. At three years old someone has told her that foods are good or bad. I am so proud that she had sensed something was off – to know that was not right enough to tell me about it. We talk about it all the time at home… If you only eat carrots or broccoli your body won’t have protein it needs to grow strong muscles. If you only eat chicken, your body won’t have enough energy to do things like run and play all day long. We need little bits of everything to make sure that we are able to learn and play and grow all day long. So to the accounts that make sure we have the words, knowledge and confidence to write the note and practice it at home, I thank you, thank you, thank you. It has changed our family for the better. What you do and what you share is so important to young families. 

From social media, source and names redacted

First, we need to note that this woman C. is obviously caring, loving, and trying to do her best for her child. We do not fault her for trying to raise her little girl well.

But as lovers of liberty, we need to look at this.

First, as Americans, as lovers of liberty, we are embarrassed, saddened and distressed that these States’ economies have been so trashed that the mother of a three-year-old is (a) forced to work outside the home to make a living, and (b) has been caught in the trap of schooling so badly that a three-year-old is sent to school for an entire day. We would be upset even if it were just a half-day: three-year-olds need to be with their mothers and siblings, not in an institutional setting. While it is reasonable to assume that where this little girl is incarcerated for most of a day is a government-run, tax-funded (public) school, this would be bad even if it were a private school or a daycare center. Children are resilient and many may overcome the negative effects of such imprisonment, but not all do.

Indeed, children are more likely to thrive growing up in comparative poverty than being indoctrinated until they turn 18 in institutions.

But we point out more: professional teachers have no more business teaching 3-year-olds good nutrition (and thereby denigrating her parents) than they do teaching the children to worship the state. Or trust strangers (including especially the ones in blue and black uniforms and/or clerical collars). That is the critical role of parents and family: whether family by physical blood or by faith. And when teachers are unfortunately sometimes necessary, what and how those teachers teach children should be under the control of parents. As close supervision as possible!

Of course, this is a situation which the professional teachers (especially those in unions and the products themselves of government-run, tax-funded institutions) find intolerable. Again, a situation we find sickening.