parentsasreachers

Parents As Teachers P.A.T. Last years Bill & vote for this program LEGISLATIVE SESSION 2000, THE GOVERNOR GOT HIS PROGRAM!! This is the Senate vote: "Shall the bill pass?" Roll call resulted as follows: AYES--Boatright, Bunderson, Cameron, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Ingram,
Keough, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett,
Wheeler. Total - 21.
NAYS--Frasure, Geddes, Hawkins, Ipsen, King-Barrutia, Parry, Thorne, Walton (Branch),
Whitworth, Williams. (Good Guys) Total - 10.
Absent and excused--Andreason, Burtenshaw, Crow, Richardson. Total -4 , Total - 35. This is the House vote: The question being, "Shall S 1538 pass?" Roll call resulted as follows: AYES -- Barraclough, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe, Bruneel, Campbell, Chase, Cheirrett, Clark,
Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Geddes, Gould, Hadley,
Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kunz,
Linford, Mader, Marley, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds,
Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff,
Stone, Taylor, Tilman, Trail, Wheeler, Zimmermann, Mr. Speaker. Total -- 56.
NAYS -- Alltus, Barrett, Gagner, Hammond, Kendell, Lake, Loertscher, McKague, Moss,
Moyle, Pearce, Sali, Wood. Total -- 13. (Good Guys)
Absent and excused -- Callister. Total -- 1. Total -- 70. HOW DID YOUR REPRESENTATIVES DO??? What is Parents As Teachers? P.A.T. This is a program that is funded by Clinton's Americorp (formerly the Peace Corp) money. It is another social restructuring program designed to convince young parents that only government certified "super nannies" are capable of evaluating and preparing their children for the world of the 21st century. This is done by extensive government evaluations and testing of children in the areas of Health, Discipline, Psychological adjustment, and Educational expectations. Parents are then given a "Learning Plan" for their children, and are expected to follow the governments plan for their childs complete development. **** A former P.A.T. "super nanny" says; "The Parents as Teachers Program describes it's self as an 'innovative parent-child early childhood education program designed to give children their best possible start in life'. The literature states that the program is based on the philosophy that parents are their child's first and most influential teacher. At the core of it's agenda is the assumption that the typical American home today is a potential hot bed of physical and emotional abuse for children, and only government-certified entities are equipped to fulfill the task of raising emotionally healthy children prepared for life in the emerging global village." Hense we have the "law of replacement." **** In the P.A.T. scenario, the GOVERNMENT takes on the RESPONSIBLIITY TO DETERMINE, through testing and screening of the childs physical, mental, and emotional profile, the needs of the child. The parent then become the "in house teacher" for the Government "Super Nannie." The job of the "in house teacher" is to follow the lesson plan left by the "super nannie." That lesson plan is designed to train the child to meet all the the criteria that the "super nannie" has determined is necessary for the childs development and well being. The "in house teacher" is then evaluated as to whether they are meeting the determined needs of the child. If for some reason the "super nannie" has some concerns that the "in house teacher" is not meeting the needs of the child, and the child is at risk of neglect or abuse, (mental, emotional, or physical) then Child Protective Services is called. At which time the "super nannie," with a documented history, is key in the determination of the further needs of the childs. Thus we have replacement, rather than restoration. The basis for this program is... the parent is presumed incompetent, until proven competent.

In the correct scenario THE PARENT takes the RESPONSIBILITY to DETERMINE theneeds of their child. Asking for help if needed, by attending a parenting class, while maintaining control of ALL family information, testing, results etc. IF the Government "Super Nannie" visits the home, the "super nannie" is simply an invited guest. When the guest leaves, the guest takes nothing, and reports nothing. The "super nannie" simply trains the parent how to evaluate their own child, and make their own family determinations. Thus we have restoration, not replacement. This then respects "the right of the people to be secure in their person, houses, paper, and effects." The basis for this program is that the parent is presumed competent until proven incompetent.

The P.A.T. program is a program of replacement, not restoration. It does little to restore good parenting principles that may have been lost, it simply replaces the parent. If it taught the parent how to test, screen and train their own children, it wouldn't be as troublesome, but it REPLACES the parent by having a "super nannie" doing the testing and screening, then the "super nannie" determines how and what the child needs to be taught, based on the current trends in the "super nannie" peer group.

We see the "law of replacement" taking place in all of the Government
programs that are designed to "help" the children. Once this law is
understood, it becomes very apparent in these programs. I would ask that
you use this law to measure the value and correctness of the programs that
you support.

THE KEY QUESTION What happens when the P.A.T. "super nanny" sees family behaviors through screening and testing that SHE deems questionable, or suspicious? (politically incorrect?) The answer is Child Protection Services is called. That leaves the family without the protection of the right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects. (4th amendment) We have abuse laws that require under penalty of prosecution that any suspicious behavior be reported to Child Protection Services.