Our children should not be taught to “trust and parrot.”

As our children go through life, they will continually interact with government. Under present conditions in the United States, government will confiscate about half of everything they ever earn – through direct taxes on their wages and taxes on the people and institutions with whom they conduct business. Government regulations and bureaucrats will limit their activities in business, recreation, home life, and even in the exercise of their Christian faith. Government may draft them to fight in war. Virtually every newspaper they read will be filled with reports of the actions of federal, state, and local government.

Education, by the state, is designed to create some knowledge in children. More than that, however, education is designed to create good citizens, wards of the state if you will. We teach conformity, how to line up and move from one place to the other at the ringing of a bell.

Some issues are difficult and require a lot of ground work before the real discussion can begin.  To me education is not one of those complicated issues.  At least that is true if we look at education the same way as we look at parenting.  What is parenting?  Parenting is the act of raising a child or children.  It is really about distilling our values into our children.  It is about taking babies and turning them into mature citizens; in our case, mature Christians who are able to divide the Word correctly.

Texas Christian University (TCU) is doing an about face on the issue of gay student housing. The university had planned to offer new themed housing programs this fall, including apartments for gays and lesbians, and straight students that want to learn more about sexual orientation and gender identity.

What got TCU?s attention? Possibly an outcry from bloggers and conservative media, though TCU Chancellor Victor J. Boschini, Jr. insists the national attention did not sway his decision. Rather, he said complaints that themed housing divided rather than united students on campus caused him to reverse course on a move toward what the university calls “new living learning communities.”

“TCU will not launch any new living learning communities at this time. Instead we will assess whether the concept of housing residential students based on themes supports the academic mission of the institution, as well as our objective to provide a total university experience,” Boschini said. “The University will maintain its long-standing commitment to the inclusiveness of all people. To that end, our numerous and diverse support groups will continue to play a vital role on our campus.”

Through its various agencies and treaties, the United Nations seeks to undermine individual, as well as national sovereignty.  It has been almost 15 years since President Clinton signed on to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).  The U.S. remains one of the last holdouts as the treaty lies dormant, yet to be ratified.  The UNCRC grants children new civil, social, cultural and economic rights that could override parental decisions.  Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), is pushing for a vote as there is a real sense that under an Obama presidency, the UNCRC could finally be ratified.

If the UNCRC is ratified, parents could be prohibited from homeschooling and spanking their children.  It undermines parental authority and gives more power to the state to further dictate how children are raised.  It grants children dangerous new rights thus encouraging more rebellious behavior.  The truth is that in many cases, children do not have the wisdom and maturity to make sound decisions.  The treaty also gives children the mechanism by which they could dispute any parental judgment.  The UNCRC transfers more parental authority to the state while granting children radical new rights.