Otherwise they d be habitually self-centered. Parents are the primary moral educators of their children. There is no question about that. Even if they are traveling a lot or both working outside of the home, they have the moral and civic responsibility. But schools take up a lot of children s time, and unfortunately some children spend more time with their teachers and their classmates than they do with their parents and siblings.
School is also a little world unto itself.
Kids can learn on the playground the rules of survival and cruelty, or they can learn how to play fair and have fun. Examining the curriculum is the next step. When children read the biography of Eleanor Roosevelt, or when they study Martin Luther King, Jr. at school, their teachers should be talking about what made them great people. There also has to be an expectation in all classes that children can achieve, and that mediocre work will not be accepted. Children pick that up.