parents on schools and time

re: Richard Elmore's observation that family's time is a gift, not an entitlement:

This is exactly how I feel about most of my kids' homework -- it's throwing their childhood away.
FedUpMom

One of the reasons we are currently homeschooling the elementary kids, I couldn't take one more scrap booking assignment disguised as literature or math. Not to mention the hours lost to drug awareness, school fundraising pep rallies and watching "Finding Nemo."
Lisa