Do parents even have a chance?

[keithinscho]

Run for POTUS your country needs you Nick. Desperately

[pjcifulleli]

A 'TIME COMMITMENT' to children is so critical!

[HoneyBee]

Finally someone said it. Thank you Sir for speaking the truth.

[jeffekkel]

Actions speak louder than words.
Trust me, our little ones are watching us and learn!
Be a good example folks.

[lexingtonthelion]

I recently came around to the idea of having children after embracing Christianity. The world doesn't seem so bleak when you hope in Christ, so I'm no longer dead set against bringing children into the world. It's very "convenient" that so soon after that change of heart, I started seeing your videos in my feed. I can't help but feel like the Lord wants me to learn from you. You've given me a lot to think about in the two weeks I've been subscribed, about fatherhood and life in general. Thank you.

[cabledad]

My mom was a SAH mom when I was growing up (mid 1970s). Something happened and my mom went to the school to discuss it with them. In the course of the conversation, the teacher told my mom "we know your kid, better than you do. You only see your kid for a couple of hours each day, by the time you get home from work. We have him all day long". Again, my mom was a SAH mom, needless to say, she blew up on the teacher and told them that she was home when we got home. Than the teacher got pissed that my mom was a SAH mom, because if she had to work, why didn't my mom.

The amount of SAH parents has been rapidly declining since that time. This has only empowered & emboldened the schools system to she children as "their kids" and are attempting to raise them as they would their biological kids. Several years later (high school), my mom told me the challenges to raising kids because the schools were, and still are, trying to impart their morals & values in the classroom which can run counter to the parents M&V's. This has been going on for 45+ years now.

[chthulu]

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
-C. S. Lewis

[timdeilly]

“We thought we were just sending them to school.”
Excellent point.

[Wanda]

Nick, so, so true. It means your influence and teaching begins at birth. Instilling your values starts by having a strong relationship so that they look to you for Truth and how to defend what they believe. BTW...at 76 and as a grandmother, we can have a very important influence on our grandchildren. It is an awesome responsibility and a joy!

[sigma]

Too many parents think that teaching morality is "Wrong" somehow.

Teaching morality, and most of all how to think, immunizes anyone (Child that is.) against a bad philosophy or idea, even if it has good intentions.

[elizabethnisotis]

You are so right. It’s hard to compete with what they see and hear away from home. Spending real time beyond the “dinner” table is essential if you don’t want to lose your kids. Your best bet is to home school and socialize with value minded others. Join a home schooling group and get real benefits from everyone involved. You have to be willing to contribute to the schooling, too. A friend of mine contributed the physical education by teaching the kids to ride horses. She taught them health too, right along with teaching the kids how to care for the horses and how to take care of the horses health. Several of the kids she teaches have gone on to ride in competitions. If the other parents want to learn to ride along with their kids, she instructs them too. Every parent contributes towards the education of the kids in their home schooling group. The field trips they take are phenomenal! Great bunch of kids, too Age ranges from middle school to elementary now. They are making true life long friendships and memories.

[bearg-ma]

Well spoken. I drove carpool...you get incredible insight being that chauffer. I learned which kids to steer my kids to hang out with and which ones to not.

[TheEagleChristian]

Dear Former Senator Freitas, we can't help but wonder if parents even have a chance in today's world. After all, with your expert guidance, we've learned that our children are better off fending for themselves in a Hunger Games-style free-for-all. Who needs healthcare, education, and a safety net when we can just toss our kids into the wild and hope for the best? Thanks for reminding us that the role of government is to sit back, watch the chaos unfold, and then shrug when things go sideways. Parents everywhere salute your visionary leadership.

[davidthomas]

Dude, I am getting old but you are the most eloquent speaker and I strongly urge you to seek higher office?

You are so spot on it’s amazing. I wish I had your gift.

[karenesty]

Conditioning is a slow but constant process - then add peer pressure - a perfect combination to mold a child's mind. Parents teach your children well to be critical thinkers.

[salemthorup]

When I got married and started having kids, I had the most distinct spiritual impression that possibly the most important thing I could do for my kids was to home educate them. My oldest will turn 18 in a few months and has only her senior year left. I'm so grateful I stuck to my spiritual intuition as a mother. She's such an amazing human that has great discernment in our world.

[bcaye]

I feel very fortunate to have had a father who was willing to discuss things with us.
Of course, the TV lineups during my formative years (70s) also brought a lot of these issues up so people could think, discuss and maybe change opinions that they were indoctrinated with as a child. All In The Family, MTM, Good Times, Maude, The Jeffersons, One Day At A Time, MASH.
Also, we kind of lived it then. Divorced parent struggling with money *and* public opinion (Dad actually plumbed in another bath because a teacher said it was 'weird' for a man to share a bathroom with 3 daughters). Like we were ever in the bathroom together! Latchkey kid from age 12, watching my younger brother.
But Dad being willing to discuss those issues in a respectful way, always emphasizing that people have different opinions and explaining why, laying out his reasoning for his opinion-it helped make some tedious chores much less boring and helped me form a sense of self plus a very good bullshit detector 😁

[MrsABC]

That's why I've spent every available minute with my children & I don't work. I also started homeschooling the younger one in 2021. Our family is so much better off!

[nela]

This is so true. Giving your children the life-saving skills of being able to research, get and understand facts, see their own biases, and the biases of others, think critically about what is fed to them, regardless of the source, and always question authority, especially when it says “take my word for it” or “just because I said so” or “believe me, not your own senses” goes a very long way. And if you are only have 30 minutes a day with your kids, for whatever life reason, make them count. Make sure they know you will always love them, and you are there for them. Just as this good man and his partner in parenting have obviously done.

[jeanettedominguez]

Thank you 🙏

I’ve been saying this for the longest time.

Parents need to take responsibility of their children. Raise them, teach them right from wrong. Teach them morals.

Children are not born knowing right from wrong. It’s OUR job to teach them.

Responsibility, accountability is supposed to be taught by parents NOT teachers or government.