I learned recently from newspapers that taxpayers, as I have predicted, have had to take over the role of parenting. And as much as I regret the abuse of the freedoms the founding fathers granted us in the founding documents, it is too bad we are unable to put blame where it is due. But parents have Americans over the barrel, since authorities cannot find a way to deal with irresponsible adults without harming children.
COLUMN: Educating children requires help from parents, schools
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 | 12:01 p.m. CDT;
updated 9:41 a.m. CDT, Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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