Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century

Can We Meet the Challenge??

As stated in the Introduction: "..Americans have long recognized that investments in public education contribute to the common good, enhancing national prosperity and supporting stable families, neighborhoods, and communities. Education is even more critical today,.."

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Americans have long recognized that investments in public education contribute to the common good, enhancing national prosperity and supporting stable families, neighborhoods, and communities. Education is even more critical today, in the face of economic, environmental, and social challenges. Today's children can meet future challenges if their schooling and informal learning activities prepare them for adult roles as citizens, employees, managers, parents, volunteers, and entrepreneurs. To achieve their full potential as adults, young people need to develop a range of skills and knowledge that facilitate mastery and application of English, mathematics, and other school subjects. At the same time, business and political leaders are increasingly asking schools to develop skills such as problem solving, critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and self-management - often referred to as "21st century skills."
Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century describes this important set of key skills that increase deeper learning, college and career readiness, student-centered learning, and higher order thinking. These labels include both cognitive and non-cognitive skills- such as critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, effective communication, motivation, persistence, and learning to learn. 21st century skills also include creativity, innovation, and ethics that are important to later success and may be developed in formal or informal learning environments.
This report also describes how these skills relate to each other and to more traditional academic skills and content in the key disciplines of reading, mathematics, and science. Click HERE to learn "How To Win In Court" ... without a lawyer
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 GranPa Chuck

  "We the "Little" People"

    Defend Yourself http://nfpcar.org/Jurisdictionary/

  My Family Reform Blog
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summarizes the findings of the research that investigates the importance of such skills to success in education, work, and other areas of adult responsibility and that demonstrates the importance of developing these skills in K-16 education. In this report, features related to learning these skills are identified, which include teacher professional development, curriculum, assessment, after-school and out-of-school programs, and informal learning centers such as exhibits and museums.

Report Brief Available

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Authors:
James W. Pellegrino and Margaret L. Hilton, Editors; Committee on Defining Deeper Learning and 21st Century Skills; Center for Education; Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; National Research Council
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 GranPa Chuck

  "We the "Little" People"

    Defend Yourself http://nfpcar.org/Jurisdictionary/

  My Family Reform Blog
  My Family Rights Affiliation

When is the SPLITING of the Many Family Reform Groups Going to STOP

Below is a recent chat via FB I recently received. Actually, I was very offended by receiving such chat since I knew the particulars of both events. I've been around a few years as a Family Advocate and as a Father, Grand Father, and Mediator, and I am amazed by the continuous splits occurring in the Family Rights Movement. To me this is very sad. Now more than ever we ALL need to become Advocates for Our Selves to Protect Our Precious Families. However, these type of distractions merely "dilute" the True Purpose of the Family Movement. Personally, I can only change myself and merely Suggest to others. (Here a just a few that come to mind) Families are Always First. Perhaps the Most Important we have in America, if not the world True Reform comes from the Bottom Up and NOT the Top Down We must know All Sides of an Issue to even hope to come to the best possible solution(s) of our concern(s) Whether Family, Business, Government, etc. One must take the Team Approach. Yes we may designate a Leader. However, each member of the Team may have an Expertise which they can contribute on an Equal Basis to build a strong relationship as a Team. The only words needed as a vision for a Team are "Sharing", "Caring", & "Guidance" So below is the email received and my brief response. I can only say quit the BS and look for ways to go in at least similar was, fully knowing that there are thousands of separate groups in the Big Universe. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chat Received Today-12/23/2012 Please be advised that you are shown on this Facebook page as attending an event in Washington, DC on January 9 -- https://www.facebook.com/events/284021855036388/ This is NOT the Lawless America event. This web page was hijacked by some people who are not associated with Lawless America and who will never be associated with Lawless America. If you are not attending that event, may I suggest that you try to remove your name from their list (which was our list of RSVP’s), and post a comment stating that you will not be attending. If you will meet Me in DC for the Lawless America event on February 5-6, 2013, please so indicate here -- http://www.facebook.com/events/377879652299513/?ref=ts&fref=ts We have over 1,400 people who have RSVP’d to say they will attend. Thanks! Bill Windsor -- www.LawlessAmerica.com www.YouTube.com/lawlessamerica www.facebook.com/lawlessamerica http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2337260/ My Response Why are you telling me this?  Perhaps I am one who supports the efforts of both?  Will say the division and/or slamming of each event is ridiculous.   Myself, and others associated with me guide others on a Daily Basis, and not just an Annual event. We encourage everyone to become an Advocate for themselves to protect their precious family. Since true reform comes from the Bottom Up and NOT the top down.. The ineffectiveness of our government and legal system is a prime example.  I would say thanks for informing me, but I am fully aware of the conflict... So, so sad. When now more than every we need to United and not continue to Separate based on what we, as designated "Leader" think is more right.. Being a true team is the only answer. Sincerely, Granpa Chuck  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Click HERE to learn "How To Win In Court" ... without a lawyer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   Also, a Great Document for Your Library--Now Available "Standing in the Shadow of the Law", 4th Ed. (Best Reference in Plain English to set up your Law Book)  Learn More>> Click Here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ May you find Strength in Your Higher Power,  GranPa Chuck   "We the "Little" People"     Defend Yourself http://nfpcar.org/Jurisdictionary/   My Family Reform Blog   My Family Rights Affiliation

 

BEWARE, The Old Folks are Coming!!

Aging and the Macroeconomy:
Long-Term Implications of an Older Population
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	Status: Available Now Size: 239 pages, 6 x 9 Publication Year:2012

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The United States is in the midst of a major demographic shift. In the coming decades, people aged 65 and over will make up an increasingly large percentage of the population: The ratio of people aged 65+ to people aged 20-64 will rise by 80%. This shift is happening for two reasons: people are living longer, and many couples are choosing to have fewer children and to have those children somewhat later in life. The resulting demographic shift will present the nation with economic challenges, both to absorb the costs and to leverage the benefits of an aging population.
Aging and the Macroeconomy: Long-Term Implications of an Older Population presents the fundamental factors driving the aging of the U.S. population, as well as its societal implications and likely long-term macroeconomic effects in a global context. The report finds that, while population aging does not pose an insurmountable challenge to the nation, it is imperative that sensible policies are implemented soon to allow companies and households to respond. It offers four practical approaches for preparing resources to support the future consumption of households and for adapting to the new economic landscape.

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Authors:
Committee on the Long-Run Macro-Economic Effects of the Aging U.S. Population; Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications; Division on Engineering and Physical Science; Committee on Population; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; National Research Council
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Knowledge is Power-- Related Thoughts:

• Summary of Grandparent Visitation State Statutes
• A Family Therapy Model for Grandfamilies
• Grand Parent Training Video Regarding CPS

May you find Strength in Your Higher Power,

Granpa Chuck

Keeper of the web files for http://nfpcar.org

Look for the Helpers - Quit Believing the news

Thought I would share this article from MoveOn.org.

Good point from "Mr. Rogers"..ie our News Media continues to "Feed the Fears" (to sell news)
But in reality, most of us care very much for others..
Thanks to all that do!!

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MoveOn.org

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” To this day, especially in times of “disaster,” I remember my mother’s words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.” - Mr. Rogers

 

 

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May you find Strength in Your Higher Power,
Granpa Chuck
Keeper of the web files for http://nfpcar.org

Only Read This if you Eat Food!!

 

Foodopoly is a shocking account of how agricultural policy has been hijacked by lobbyists, driving out independent farmers and small food processors in favor of the likes of Cargill, Tyson and ConAgra. Wenonah tells this story from her perspective as the co-owner of a small organic CSA farm, and she interviewed dozens of family farmers throughout the country to get their first-hand accounts of how industrial agribusiness is destroying farms and our rural communities.

I think I know a lot about our food system, but Foodopoly dives deeper than any book I've seen before, and I'm so proud that it was written by our Executive Director!

Bill McKibben called Foodopoly "a shocking and powerful reminder of the distance between our image of the family farmer and the corporate agribusiness reality."

Publishers Weekly described it as "a meticulously researched tour de force." Even if you think you know how big agriculture controls almost every aspect of our food system, you'll find this book eye-opening.

We're planning to use this incredible book as a launching pad to take on the biggest challenges that face our food. Wenonah will be hitting the road soon to talk to people across the country about Foodopoly, and to elevate the issues that our farming communities face. This will be a great opportunity to lay the groundwork for how we can turn it all around, and protect our family farmers and local food.

I hope you'll buy the book and share it with your friends and family today:

Being one who was raised on a small dairy, thought this New Book may interest some?
Author of "Foodopoly" is the Executive Director of Food & Water Watch

 
Here is the email relating to this publication:

I'm so excited that our Executive Director's book is being released today! Foodopoly is the next "must read" for anyone who cares about where their food comes from. I'm buying the book for a few people on my holiday list, and I hope you'll do the same.

Happy Holidays,

Sarah Alexander
Outreach Director
Food & Water Watch
act(at)fwwatch(dot)org

P.S. Help jumpstart our work to fix the problems that Wenonah talks about in her book by making your year-end donation today!

Here are a few places to get your copy today: Find your local bookstore

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May you find Strength in Your Higher Power,
Granpa Chuck
Keeper of the web files for http://nfpcar.org

Defend Your Parental Rights for Your Precious Family

Finally Western Journalism posted an issues that "We the People", the 100% should all be in Opposition to:
To encourage the Senate to Vote Against "UN Agenda 21 Vote Imminent In Senate"

For reference, here is their email:
The Senate Is About To Vote On A United Nations Treaty That Will Eradicate Your Parental Rights, Mandate Worldwide Abortion, Sexualize Your Children And Institute Population-Control... Not In Some Far-Off Land, But Right Here At Home.
       It's no joke... no exaggeration and your sovereignty is in imminent jeopardy because this vote is days... or perhaps even hours... away.

       But to make matters worse, nine RINO Senators (Ayotte, Barrasso, Brown, Collins, Hatch, Lugar, McCain, Murkowski and Snowe) voted in lock-step with Barack Obama and Harry Reid, on Tuesday, to bring the deceptively titled United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Treaty to the floor of the Senate for consideration.

      And a vote on ratification can happen at any moment... and we must not allow this sovereignty-stealing treaty to be ratified.

       Don't let the name of this treaty deceive you. CRPD has NOTHING to do with protecting the rights of those with disabilities and EVERYTHING to do with putting your very life under the control of UN thugs and bureaucrats.

       The Heritage Foundation tells us, CRPD "would subject the U.S. to untold threats against its sovereignty and invite further intrusion by UN officials into sensitive social and domestic policies."

       But you can stop CRPD. A sufficient number of Republican Senators are already inclined to oppose the ratification of this sovereignty-stealing treaty and these Senators need to hear from you right now.

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SUPPORT THE PARENTAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT

Is this Resolution so Hard to Understand?? Check it out below OR Download pdf file Or Go Directly to Site Protecting Children by Empowering Parents

U.S. HOUSE COSPONSORS of the PARENTAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT 86 Includes HJRes110 lead sponsor, Rep. Trent Franks. Latest addition Oct. 25, 2012.

May you find Strength in Your Higher Power,
Granpa Chuck
Keeper of the web files for http://nfpcar.org

Freedom of News on Facebook?? Think again.

These links point to reports about DSS that Facebook will not allow!

The following links have been blocked by Facebook.  They lead to stories done on WSPA Channel 7 TV.  Facebook has marked them as spam.  Good goin Facebook, now you are officially censoring legitimate news.
http://www2.wspa.com/news/2012/nov/28/critics-say-new-dss-policy-puts-children-danger-ar-5068137/
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http://www2.wspa.com/news/2012/nov/28/sc-audit-council-look-child-services-ar-5055622/


May you find Strength in Your Higher Power,
Granpa Chuck
Keeper of the web files for http://nfpcar.org

Our Economy is Going to Implode - Protect your Family

"Our Economy is Going to Implode" Eight part series in Plain English. Purposely listed Part 8 since it Connects the Political, Economical, and yes even the Spiritual reason to Prepare Yourself, for there is No where to go... AND Perhaps you will review the rest???
Unless of course, you feel our Political Leaders can do it for us????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=kyvIu8IcAvA

The Economy Is Going To Implode Pt.8 of 8

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Videography and editing courtesy of www.NewPixelProductions.com Workbook PDF at:
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May you find Strength in Your Higher Power,

Granpa Chuck

Keeper of the web files for http://nfpcar.org

Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy

This may be a great reference for your library. Being an individual who believes in free will, sometimes Public Policy..ie Mass Opinion, can have a negative effect on an individual's thoughts and beliefs? Description Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy encourages scientists to think differently about the use of scientific evidence in policy making. This report investigates why scientific evidence is important to policy making and argues that an extensive body of research on knowledge utilization has not led to any widely accepted explanation of what it means to use science in public policy. Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy identifies the gaps in our understanding and develops a framework for a new field of research to fill those gaps. For social scientists in a number of specialized fields, whether established scholars or Ph.D. students, Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy shows how to bring their expertise to bear on the study of using science to inform public policy. More generally, this report will be of special interest to scientists who want to see their research used in policy making, offering guidance on what is required beyond producing quality research, beyond translating results into more understandable terms, and beyond brokering the results through intermediaries, such as think tanks, lobbyists, and advocacy groups. For administrators and faculty in public policy programs and schools, Using Science as Evidence in Public Policy identifies critical elements of instruction that will better equip graduates to promote the use of science in policy making.

Table of Contents Select a link below to start reading online free! Front Matter i-xiii   Summary 1-6 (skim) 1 Introduction 7-20 (skim) 2 Why This Report Now 21-34 (skim) 3 The Use of Research Knowledge: Current Scholarship 35-52 (skim) 4 Research on the Use of Science in Policy: A Framework 53-64 (skim) 5 The Next Generation of Researchers and Practitioners 65-76 (skim) References 77-90 (skim) Appendix A: Selected Major Social Science Research Methods: Overview 91-102 (skim) Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff 103-110 (skim)

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Bill Windsor has been nominated for CNN Hero of the Year - Please Vote

‎"Sometimes it takes One small voice to make a world of difference. I challenge you to be one of those voices"
Bill Windsor has taken on the challenge of recording those voices. Please support his efforts.

 May you find strength in your Higher Power, 
GranPa Granpa Chuck
Keeper of the web files for http://nfpcar.org/

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Hi Friends and Cause Members: I am proud to be nominated for CNN Hero of the Year. I am leading an effort by over 750 whistleblowers trying to save America from our loss of our fundamental rights. We do not have the rights that we should have under the Constitution and Bill of Rights. There is little honesty in government. We have to save America. We need publicity. I'm not in this for personal glory. But if I were to win this, the publicity would be extensive. So, I am asking you to click on this link, and then click on the CNN form and nominate me. I un derstand a high number of nominations is the way to be a finalist. Bill Windsor, PO Box 681236, Marietta, GA 30068, 770-578-1094, Bill@LawlessAmerica.com, Date of Birth: 10-2-1948. If you haven't been following the amazing Lawless America project, please see http://links.causes.com/s/clD48k?r=7wbq, http://links.causes.com/s/clD48n?r=7wbq -- http://links.causes.com/s/clD48q?r=7wbq CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT MY NOMINATION, AND THEN CLICK ON THE LINK TO CNN: http://links.causes.com/s/clD48t?r=7wbq

Best Health Care at Lower Costs? Free Download

The Path to Continuously Learning
Health Care in America

Description:

America's health care system has become too complex and costly to continue business as usual. Best Care at Lower Cost explains that inefficiencies, an overwhelming amount of data, and other economic and quality barriers hinder progress in improving health and threaten the nation's economic stability and global competitiveness. According to this report, the knowledge and tools exist to put the health system on the right course to achieve continuous improvement and better quality care at a lower cost.

The costs of the system's current inefficiency underscore the urgent need for a systemwide transformation.

About 30 percent of health spending in 2009--
roughly $750 billion--was wasted on:

unnecessary services

excessive administrative costs

fraud

and other problems.

 Moreover, inefficiencies cause needless suffering.

By one estimate, roughly 75,000 deaths might have been averted in 2005 if every state had delivered care at the quality level of the best performing state. This report states that the way health care providers currently train, practice, and learn new information cannot keep pace with the flood of research discoveries and technological advances.

About 75 million Americans have more than one chronic condition, requiring coordination among multiple specialists and therapies, which can increase the potential for miscommunication, misdiagnosis, potentially conflicting interventions, and dangerous drug interactions. Best Care at Lower Cost emphasizes that a better use of data is a critical element of a continuously improving health system, such as mobile technologies and electronic health records that offer significant potential to capture and share health data better. In order for this to occur, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, IT developers, and standard-setting organizations should ensure that these systems are robust and interoperable. Clinicians and care organizations should fully adopt these technologies, and patients should be encouraged to use tools, such as personal health information portals, to actively engage in their care.

This book is a call to action that will guide health care providers; administrators; caregivers; policy makers; health professionals; federal, state, and local government agencies; private and public health organizations; and educational institutions.

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After Reading, If you still feel we don't need Health Care Reform, then read it again.
Please note, the Primary Frauders were the Hospitals, Drs., Nurses, and Big Pharma.
Report Medicare Health Care Fraud>> http://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/report-fraud/index.asp

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Not Enough??

"Why Doctors are more dangerous than guns"

Aug 3, 2012 – (NaturalNews) According to U.S. government statistics, you are 6200% more likely to be killed by your doctor than by a homicidal shooter.
by Mike Adams
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May you find Strength in Your Higher Power,

Granpa Chuck

Keeper of the web files for http://nfpcar.org

Parental Rights VS Children’s Rights

Have included an article, “Children’s “Rights” That End the Lives of Children”, that suggests some thoughts one may want to consider. I do find it interesting that this article has been posted on Sept. 11. The same unforgettable day of Sept. 11, 2001. I know I will take a moment to remember those that lost members of that day of 911. I sincerely hope everyone will take just a moment. As a Family advocate, I feel:

Our Families are the most valuable resources we have in our Nation, if not the World.

Is the date of this article a coincidence?

Perhaps. But my family’s day of loss occurred on Sept. 11, 2010, when we lost our home to a fire. We refer to it as our “Little 911”

Yes, I am against those children that have been intentionally beaten, maimed, etc. by their parents and/or their care givers. However, this article is in reference those children that have an alleged terminal illness.

Here are some questions that the author of this writing posed:

• Why should a doctor—whose duty is to serve the family—have the final decision as to when a child should die?
• And given that doctors are frequently wrong, why shouldn’t parents have the right to fight for their child’s life to the very end?
• Are we now ready, as some advocate, to eliminate the parents’ voice from insisting that their child receive treatment when it’s available?

So do read this article, and perhaps, it can share insight the balance that is vitally needed within Our Families.
May you find Strength in Your Higher Power,
Granpa Chuck
Just an ol’ guy, who has shared many family experiences

Children’s “Rights” That End the Lives of Children
Benjamin Bull is an attorney with the Alliance Defending Freedom.
Article Date: Sept. 11, 2012

Original Link: http://townhall.com/columnists/benjaminbull/2012/09/11/childrens_rights_that_end_the_lives_of_children/page/full/

There is a growing so-called “children’s rights” movement that is attempting to hijack parental rights, and, as a result, prematurely end the life of ill children.

A recent article in the Journal of Medical Ethics outlines the “suffering” and “torture” supposedly inflicted by parents who insist on continued medical treatment for their sick children. The authors of the review, Dr. Joe Brierley and Dr. Andy Petros, two pediatricians from Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, argue that subjecting children to treatment—when, in their opinion, a child is terminally ill—is “inhumane.”

In fact, they argue that continuing to medically treat a child when doctors have given up hope could constitute a breach of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which prohibits “torture.”

The two doctors reviewed 203 cases at the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care unit, where parents were advised that life support systems should be turned off for their children because recovery, in the view of the hospital staff, was unlikely. Seventy percent of deaths at the unit resulted from withdrawing medical care.

As the authors explain, the religious beliefs of parents “can lead to children being potentially subjected to burdensome care in expectation of ‘miraculous intervention.’” And since the children being cared for are usually “too young to subscribe to the religious beliefs by their parents,” doctors should not be beholden to the parents’ faith in determining care.

In sum, as Executive Director of the National Secular Society Keith Porteous Wood put it, “The experience and advice of doctors must not be held ransom to [parents’] religious beliefs, however strongly held.” In other words, the doctor should substitute for the parent in determining treatment and care of the child. The fact that this argument arises in the context of a government-run healthcare system makes it all the more troubling.

And it raises several profound questions:

·         Why should a doctor—whose duty is to serve the family—have the final decision as to when a child should die?
It’s been over a decade now, but as a father to my youngest son, I had to make this decision. My son had serious brain damage after being severly injured when he was hit on his bicycle by a vehicle. Dr’s said that he was brain dead and say no hope of recovery. It was a hard decision but we did decide to end his life journey.

·         And given that doctors are frequently wrong, why shouldn’t parents have the right to fight for their child’s life to the very end?
Related Links:
World Health Care Rating
Video: Why Doctors are More Dangerous Than Guns?

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 Are we now ready, as some advocate, to eliminate the parents’ voice from insisting that their child receive treatment when it’s available?
Related Link: Proposed Parental Rights US Constitution Amendment

In light of the fallibility of the medical profession, the very notion that continuing to treat a child after a doctor has given up hope is somehow “torture” or “inhumane” seems absurd. Doctors are sometimes wrong. And parents, by the very nature of their role, have been entrusted with protecting and caring for their children. Removing that right from the parents and vesting it with a non-family member is itself barbaric.

Yet this entire argument is useful in highlighting the need to safeguard parental rights. As Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Legal Counsel Piero Tozzi recently testified before Congress on restoring parental rights in the U.S. Constitution, “Respect for parental rights is integral to the well-being of the family and the well-being of children.”

Tozzi explained that the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has paradoxically claimed to fight on behalf of children “by acting against parents and family, advocating policies which, if implemented, would undermine the interests of children.” The child, Tozzi points out, exists in a “familial context” and is “dependent on others for securing his or her interests.”

Apparently using the Convention on the Rights of the Child as cover, so-called “children’s rights” activists want virtually all decisions affecting the child to be made by the child and not the parents. Their apparent goal is to restructure familiar relationships by fundamentally reducing the role of parents and increasing the role of the government in the guise of advocating for the child.

But parents exist to secure a child’s interests. Ordinarily, this would be common sense, but we live in a strange, new world—one in which the rare exceptions of parental abuse become the norm by which all parents are measured.

Some in the U.S. have suggested a constitutional Parental Rights Amendment that would safeguard those rights and, at the same time, ensure the well-being of children. Parents would not be subject to the tyranny of activists or a government bent on usurping the natural order of the family. A constitutional amendment that prohibits activists and doctors from stripping parents of their primary duty to give children the best possible chance for survival is understandable given the creeping Orwellian movement to reduce the role of parents in caring for their own children.

And when the medical establishment accuses parents of “torture” for insisting that their child continue to receive the best care available, it’s a solution whose time may have arrived.