Who Are These Kids? My Kids!!!

Ok, I've just got to blog on this one. I've left my link on Facebook for each parent to make up their own mind, but this is my blog and I'm going to spill how I feel about this. Besides, I don't think I'll sleep tonight until I get this off my chest.

I only found out tonight that President Obama will address all of our children in school next Tuesday, September 8 at 12 noon. I could post any one of a thousand links, but you can google it and you'll find all the information you need from every perspective. At first I was slightly irritated, and concerned. After some prayer and thought, I am still irritated, concerned, and now outraged, and in complete disbelief at the audacity of this man.

Now, this is not politically motivated. Whether I am Democrat or Republican, for or against Universal Healthcare, is not the issue. The issue is that I have been entrusted with children, by their creator, God Himself. I have been given the responsibility to keep them safe, loved, and to grow them into law-abiding, God-fearing citizens. In order to do this, I pre-read everything they read, pre-watch everything they watch, and closely monitor anyone they spend their time with. But now, a man whom I do not trust, wants free access to my children. To say to them whatever he chooses. And he wants to do this in the evening when I am with them and can make choices for them. NO! He is going to access them while they are out of my care and in the care of the school.

This is what I find an outrage. This is a blatant disregard for my rights as a parent to discern what is best for my children. If he were to tape this speech and make it available to preview, I would preview it and then allow or disallow my children to watch it. I do not allow just anyone to speak their thoughts and ideas freely to my children, least of all someone I distrust and have numerous fundamental differences with. There are major issues of morality and ethics that are in direct conflict with our views.

I find the entire prospect a direct violation of my rights as a parent. I have sent an email to our school principal asking if this telecast will be shown in our school. If it will indeed be shown, I will remove my children during any discussion and viewing time. I will not rob my children of the entire instructional day, but they will not participate in this blatant attempt to indoctrinate them. I will stand up against this shift to socialism as long as I still can. This is not about who our President is, this is about how much government we are going to allow in our lives. I, for one, will stand up now and say something and not wait for the government to grow in power to micromanage every detail of my life.

If you agree with this and have school-aged children, do something about it! If you disagree, well be glad this is the United States of America and we are all still allowed to disagree. It is that simple. I am one parent who lays her head on the pillow each night and prays to God to help me make the best decisions for my children and for them to grow up to be people He and I can be proud of. Parenting is the toughest job in the world, and is a job I take very seriously. As tough as it is though, I'd like to do it without the "help" of the President.