Tag Archives: Parents
American Parents Coalition: A Breath of Fresh Air for Parents
Culturally speaking, there is perhaps no more concerning trend these days than the attempts of the far Left to undermine parents and divide them from their children. From schools and libraries to the courts and the medical profession, radical forces are coming with the authority we’ve given them, and they’re coming for our kids.
Posted in Education, Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture, Sexuality
Tagged Alleigh Marré, American Parents Coalition, children, Chinese Communist Party, family, Parents, TikTok
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What Did You Learn at School Today?
It seems like anything can become a political issue nowadays. Schools are no exception. IFI has frequently sounded the alarm about the indoctrination of students occurring in today's education system and, Lord willing, we'll continue to do so as long as it's happening.
Posted in Education, Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture
Tagged children, education, families, government school system, Illinois Policy Institute, Parents, Ronald Reagan, Teachers
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You Cannot Homeschool
A homeschool advocate acquainted with an IFI staff member recently answered over 150 Facebook messages about homeschooling. "It's just blowing up!" the advocate said. "Lots and lots of parents from central and southern IL wanting out." Homeschooling has been around for a few decades now, and it has made significant advances in quality and acceptability over the years, but it usually seems to have been relegated to the academic fringes.
Posted in Child Exploitation, Education, Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture, Religious Liberty, Sanctity of Life, Sexuality
Tagged C.S. Lewis, education, families, Homeschool, kids, Parents, public school, sex education, Teachers
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Dragging Your Kids Down With Them: Part 3
Over the last couple articles, we discussed the rationale for the peculiarly odd wickedness known as drag. In what possible worldview does it make sense? That worldview is known as queer theory, a philosophy dedicated to overthrowing traditional sexual norms. Queer theory teaches that different kinds of sexual activity exist on a hierarchy, and that sex is a malleable social construct.
Posted in Child Exploitation, Education, Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture, Sexuality
Tagged Alex Newman, child sexual abuse, drag, drag show, Drag Story Hour, family, Hannah Dyer, Harper Keenan, Harris Kornstein, Parents, Queer theory, schools
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American Heritage Girls: An Alternative to Girl Scouts
Near the end of May, we discussed Boy Scouts and their name change to “Scouting America.” In the article, we excitedly highlighted Trail Life USA as the Christian, conservative alternative to Boy Scouts. Unfortunately, within scouting, the influence of the left is not limited to the Boy Scouts. Girl Scouts, too, has been infected with a liberal agenda.
Posted in Child Exploitation, Education, Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture, Sexuality
Tagged AHG, American Heritage Girls, Boy Scouts, boys, Girl Scouts, girls, liberal agenda, Parents, safety, Scouting America, Scripture, transgenderism
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Decoupling Schooling from the State
On July 27 [2023],, I went to a forum hosted by Americans for Prosperity, focused on fixing the deep problems in K-12 schooling. I had been asked to come and present my perspective by the organizer of the event, even though he knew I opposed one of the three proposals his organization was supporting.
Posted in Education, Faith, Federal, Marriage/Family/Culture, Religious Liberty
Tagged Alex Newman, Americans for Prosperity, children, Christianity, education, Hitler, Homeschool, John Dewey, K-12, Parents, private schools, public schools, School Choice, schools, Teachers, VEOA
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Suffering, Challenge, and the Next Generation
God gives to all parents a two-fold charge: We must be faithful with what the Lord has given to us, and we have a duty to teach and encourage the next generation to do the same. This is a great challenge that can only be accomplished by God’s grace. Even so, we do and should ask the question, “How can we best teach and prepare our children?”
Posted in Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture, Religious Liberty
Tagged Christianity, education, Nik Ripken, Parents, President Ronald Reagan, Soviet Union, The Insanity of God
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Act Like a Man
Here comes another Father’s Day. A relatively minor blip on the annual calendar compared to Mother’s Day. No need to explain why that is, right? What does it take to become a “father” or “dad?” Biology tells us that a boy barely entering his teenage years is quite capable of impregnating a female and voilà—the baby arrives nine months later. Welcome to the world of fatherhood—and motherhood.
Posted in Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture
Tagged children, Dr. Robert Lewis, family, Father's Day, Harrison Butker, Parents, President Biden, Preston Gillham, Taylor Swift, Travis Kielce
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Government Incompetence Puts Students at Risk
In an obvious attempt to discredit homeschooling as a legitimate education choice, left-leaning “news” outlet ProPublica (in cooperation with Capitol News Illinois) published an article condemning homeschool freedom in Illinois.
Posted in Child Exploitation, Education, Faith, Sexuality
Tagged Beth Hundsdorfer, child abuse, children, education, Elizabeth L. Jeglic, Homeschool, Molly Parker, Parents
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SkyTree Book Fairs: A Pro-Family Replacement to Scholastic
I remember clearly the highlight Scholastic Book Fairs were during the school year when I was growing up. I personally loved being able to get out of class early to go peruse the books at the fair. I even convinced my mom to buy me a few. Sadly, Scholastic turned down the path of radical ideology a while ago, and these days, they continue pushing anti-family, anti-God messaging.
Posted in Education, Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture, Sexuality
Tagged books, education, Kevin Sorbo, learning, Parents, radical ideology, Scholastic Book Fairs, SkyTree, SkyTree Book Fairs, students
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Accomplices to Exploitation
Stories of children reported to be victims of sexual exploitation are so familiar these days that they have become little more than background noise in the daily news feed. Even our legislators don’t give this exploitation a second thought. At least, that’s the impression I get from a review of HB 5239.
Posted in Child Exploitation, Marriage/Family/Culture, Sanctity of Life
Tagged abuse, Brian Crowder, Candace Gingrich, child abuse, child exploitation, children, CPS, DCFS, family, HB 5239, Kelly Cassidy, Little Village High School, Parental Notification Act, Parents
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Progressives in Illinois Threaten Parental Authority Again
No one knows for sure who first said the phrase, “If your only tool is a hammer, then every problem looks like a nail.” Whether it was Mark Twain, Abraham Maslow, or someone else, it perfectly describes Illinois Democrats’ latest push to usurp control over our state’s kids.
Posted in Illinois Politics, Marriage/Family/Culture, Sexuality
Tagged children, families, Illinois, Illinois Legislature, LGBTQ, parental authority, Parents, SB 3316, social media, Springfield, woke
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What Do Diapers and Abortion Have in Common? More Than You Know.
Would you be surprised to learn that major diaper companies support Planned Parenthood? Yes, you read that correctly. Major diaper companies such as Huggies, Pampers, Luvs, and even Honest donate to Planned Parenthood.
Posted in Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture, Sanctity of Life
Tagged Bud Light, children, diapers, EveryLife, EveryLife Diaper Company, families, Parents, Sanctity of Life, Target
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Keep Hammering! Unite to Restore Parents’ Rights!
Since its inception in January, the Parents Matter Coalition (“PMC”) has been on a mission to raise awareness, educate the community, and teach Illinoisans how to advocate for their families and push back on the legislators and bureaucrats who think they know better how to parent our children.
Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture, Sanctity of Life, Sexuality
Tagged children, families, parentmattercoalition, Parents, PMC
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