Educating Parents to Do What?

As of Thursday, February 14, 2013

Hilda Mitchell’s column “Toward a Kinder Generation” (Feb. 6) comprised logic and reasoning right up until she called on Michelle Obama to harness her “dedication to family” into educating parents.

President Barack Obama has spent his entire presidential career lamenting the existence of the middle class and poor as a direct result of those “haves” who just will not pay their fair share and pull their full load.

Through community organizing-type gesticulating and language, he has convinced his voting base through envy, resentment and jealousy that the undeserved “haves” possess more at the expense of the “have-nots.”

Paralleling Mitchell’s suggestion of how politicians’ roles in law enforcement, or the lack of it, may affect the growing presence of anger in the populace, just how angry do you suppose the president’s class warfare rant du jour makes a percentage of the cross section of the country?

There is no question that a two-parent household is a preferable model in which to raise and nurture children, but the current administration and its accompanying government policies foster a dependent populace and one-parent families.

Does anyone wonder why the mother mistreated her child? Maybe she did it out of frustration with a dependence on government subsidy that relegates her to a “waiting room of life.” How might that dependency translate into dissatisfaction with one’s self to the point of uncontrollable anger?

Addressing the “educating parents” part of the article and the hoped-for first lady’s role — educating parents to do what?

Is it not President Obama who has promulgated as the law of the land the distribution of free birth control for girls as young as 14, as well as the morning-after pill and unfettered abortion — a recipe for a solid family foundation and responsible parenting, yes?

Jane Fagan

Pinehurst

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The_AnonymusProfit 3 months, 1 week ago

Jane I can see your right wing Christianity bubbling to the surface, you no what, your the reason people hate Christians.

Do us all a favor, educate yourself or please put down the pen.

Pappy 3 months ago

Jane...a very well written and thoughtful letter...and to AP...stuff it...she has a right to her opinion and I didn't read the word "God", church or Christianity in her letter...but what if she had ?? God may be the only way out of this mess...on second thought GOD is the only way out of this mess !!

mymindwanders 3 months ago

Thats not what i got out of taps statement. Last i checked sarcasm was funny, tap is not...

Themis 3 months ago

Christians make easy targets, they always have; as has the Jew. Since the Roman emperors burned them at the stake or fed them to the lions ,Christians have been targets for what they believe. Christianity is by far not a perfect religion as there is not one. Even a non-Christian that could follow the ten commandments would do well throughout their life despite what beliefs they held. She is entitled to speak or write as she sees fit; as unfortunately ,everyone is entitled to blast her for what she says. It is America!

carlj1161 3 months ago

I agree, she has the right to her opinion and state it respectfully, which I believe she has. But cut the crap and call the article for what it is. Another article bashing the Obama's. I read nothing else into the article other than that.