It would be great if all parents were like you. Your kids don’t need reinforcement from the president. A lot of kids do need reinforcement and they aren’t getting it from home.
His speech won’t do anything to fix the systemic flaws that lead to more and more kids not having parents there at all nevermind as attentive as you are. And in the long run probably won’t make a huge difference to any of the kids who need to hear the things he said from someone. Hopefully it does encourage at least some kids though.
I kind of get the outcry about the lesson plan was sent out, but not about the speech that was given. Ultimately if Obama wouldn’t try to get everyone to join his cult of personality he might find the outrage at him doing something like this. But what do I know Democrats didn’t like HW speaking to students either.
There are plenty of adults in those school buildings who are getting paid to give them that reinforcement. If people in their lives can't get that message across, I seriously doubt that the President giving a boring speech will do it.