Our children, just like our neighbors, may not choose to be like us in the end, but our commitment to freedom and independence requires us to ensure their rights.
Sarah J. Reynolds
Opinion contributor
“Parents’ rights” have been widely discussed in local, state and national debates around education in recent years. Here in Indiana, Attorney General Todd Rokita’s office has released a “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” which specifies that parents “have a constitutional right to direct the upbringing and education of (their) child in the manner (they) see fit.”
Many of these bills and discussions, however, crucially forget that the higher obligation in education is not to the parents but to the children themselves.
