The problem is that even those parents don't know enough of that stuff to teach it to their kids. Either because they never learned it, or because the field has changed so much that their knowledge is outdated.
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Agreed. It amazes me how little responsibility parents want to have for the education of their own children. We outsource it like a chore.
I agree. Based on the comments I've read I think readers are interpreting it wrong maybe because Lemmy users tend to be young and many are students themselves, they see this as directed at them. Your post I assume is directed at the parents and people who someday intend to be parents. I'd also like to add that it's the parents job to teach their children discipline and to discipline their children. Public schools should teach about all religions, parents should be the ones to raise their children under their choice of religion. Parents should teach their children manners and mutual respect before sending them to school
Lemmy users tend to be young?
This place is full of grognards, compared to any other social media I've ever interacted with. Could still skew young in absolute terms, I suppose, but boy there's a lot of oldheads in here.