OK, now wait a minute.
I have two adult children. I MADE it my business to be involved in every aspect of my children's education. I held an office in the PTO, went on fieldtrips, and pretty much made my presence known. I went head to head with more than a few teachers were only there to collect a paycheck.
My daughter is now a Math teacher in an urban highschool. She can barely get a parent to show up at a conference.
More frustrating that that is the fact that she is a CONSERVATIVE teacher, and knows her MANDATORY union dues goes to liberal causes. That is why she will probably not stay in the profession.
Don't just blame the teachers. There are some good ones out there. Take ownership of your child's education, and you won't be sorry.
Let your daughter know that as a teacher, she has the right to opt out of supporting union dues that support liberal causes. From what I understand, she still has to pay dues, but her dues go to other than liberal causes.
Do a google search on "opt out teacher union dues." See which results are appropriate for your daughter. I think it varies from state to state.
This option is one of the items the unions try to keep secret from their teachers. Imagine how many teachers would opt out if they knew they could!
If you care about your children you'll be involved in their lives and try to teach them the tools they'll need to survive when your no longer there to help them. The big problem is the courts take away a parents right but still wants to hold the parents responsible for their children's actions. You can't have it both ways. If you don't want to let the parents take care of their children and to discipline them then you can't hold them responsible for the children's actions. You must hold the courts responisible for the kid's actions because they obviously want the responsibility. I hate it when I hear parents say my kid was a good kid when they're charged with a crime like murder. Obviously these parents had no clue what their kids were all about. To be honest, I don't think things are better today than they were when I was a kid. When I was a kid my parents disciplined me and taught me to respect my elders. They taught me responsibility. You don't see that today in most of today's youngsters.
Remember the 5th Commandment:
Honor your father and mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
There is nothing to honor when parents are not involved with their children's upbringing.