OU professor: Youths' attraction to Sanders shows education failure

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Don't think I'm against home schooling, as I'm not at all. I just don't like the helpless attitude crying about how bad schools are. Sure they're bad, but parents still have the ability to have majority control over the direction of their kid's lives is my point.

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Don't think I'm against home schooling, as I'm not at all. I just don't like the helpless attitude crying about how bad schools are. Sure they're bad, but parents still have the ability to have majority control over the direction of their kid's lives is my point.

Parents like you, and others here, who are having this conversation, yes.

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The automobile made it possible for the Father to take a job in the neighboring town for more money than he was making on the ranch, farm or in small town close to home. Then he spends many, many hours a week in his vehicle traveling to the job. This is time that he has no influence over his childrens development. By the time he comes home he is tired, possibly he sits down and eats dinner, listens to FDR on the radio and goes to bed. Weekends he is busy mowing the lawn and the constant upkeep of the house. He is still not spending much time interacting with his family even when he is home. Obviously now we have two income families and the state babysits the kids for their parents. Who by now spend little to no time with their kids. With the shift to cities and subdivisions eveyone can see that "the Jones' " have a nice car or two as is now the case, they have a fancy boat, rv, etc. They know " The Jonses' " have a big screen tv and go to Mexico on vacation every year. Now its time to work even more to keep up. So now Americans have a child and let the government raise that child from birth to adulthood and have the nerve to ask "why" is society so screwed up. No matter how screwed up you are as a parent, you are still the best person to raise your children. (with some exceptions of course)

No, Im not saying living in the city or living in the burbs is bad. Im saying if you do, you have to work even harder to be a good parent and actually interact with your child. Knowing what your child is doing, who they are interacting with, what they are thinking is of the utmost importance. Not just providing food and shelter.

I feel there's a lot of truth in this post. The first part happened with my young family. I'd leave the house in the morning before my son woke up, commuted 2 hours per day and often didn't get home until 8pm or later, hoping to get home in time to put him to bed. My wife's situation wasn't as bad but both of us were too tired to consistently prepare healthy meals or have quality interactions with our son. This was probably the driving factor for us to move out of California (couldn't afford to live close to work). Now I get home around 5:00 and have real quality time with my son every day.

Anyway I learned that being a good parent is a lot of work, and you can't do a good job at it if you're spending so much time/energy at the job or commuting.