Get Out Now: Why You Should Pull Your Child from Public School Before It's Too Late

by Mary Rice Hasson J.D., Theresa Farnan Ph.D.

Overview

Should we stay or should we go? Millions of parents with children in public schools can't believe they're asking this question. But they are. And you should be asking it too. Almost overnight, America's public schools have become morally toxic. And they are especially poisonous for the hearts and minds of children from religious families of every faith—ordinary families who value traditional morality and plain old common sense. Parents' first duty is to their children—to their intellect, their character, their souls. The facts on the ground point to one conclusion: get out now.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781621576464
Publisher:	Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date:	08/14/2018
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Mary Rice Hasson, J.D., an attorney and mother, is the Kate O'Beirne Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, DC, where she researches, writes, and speaks on family policy, religion, gender, and culture.

Theresa Farnan, Ph.D., is a mother, a professor of philosophy, and a frequent speaker and writer on faith, ethics, and education.

Table of Contents

Introduction: What Is Happening to Our Kids? ix

Part 1 The Game Changer: The Gender Crusade

Chapter 1 Redefining "Normal" 3

Chapter 2 Schools: Preaching-and Enforcing-the LGBT Gospel 19

Chapter 3 Turning Teachers Into Gender Evangelists 43

Part 2 More Trouble

Chapter 4 Losing Religion-and Finding "god" in Science 63

Chapter 5 Cultivating Activists, Not Americans 85

Chapter 6 Powerless Parents and Autonomous Kids 109

Chapter 7 Getting Inside Our Kids' Heads: Identity Politics, Safe Spaces, and Social-Emotional Learning 125

Chapter 8 Fake Education-Failing Education 147

Chapter 9 You Cannot Fix These Problems (Not in Your Child's "School Lifetime" Anyway) 165

Part 3 Thinking It Over. Questions and Answers.

Appendix 181

Acknowledgments 199

Notes 201

Index 301

Editorial Reviews

This prophetic book is a clear and present danger—to conservative complacency. The culture
war is over in most public schools—and our side lost. Mary Rice Hasson’s and Theresa Farnan’s
galvanizing case for a public school exodus should be a game-changer for conservative parents,
especially religious believers under the outdated illusion that their kids can be ‘salt and light’ in
such hostile deserts.”
Rod Dreher, author of The Benedict Option

“I share the authors’ view that there are dedicated and talented teachers and
administrators—many of them former students of mine—serving heroically in our public
schools. But as Farnan and Hasson show, parents send their children to public schools at great
peril. The risk to mind, body, and soul is too high. Don’t just read this book; buy dozens of
copies for family and friends. If you care about their kids, get them this book.”
Paul Kengor, Ph.D., author of Takedown: From Communists to Progressives, How the Left Has
Sabotaged Family and Marriage and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Communism

“Don’t be one of the millions of parents helplessly gobsmacked when their children leave their
faith or consider irreversible self-mutilation. Not knowing what’s happening may be
comfortable, but it endangers your family. So protect your children proactively. Start by reading
this book. It may lead you to better decisions as a parent and citizen about some deeply important
social changes that affect you and those you love.”
Joy Pullmann, Executive Editor, The Federalist

“I have often said that there are only two things wrong with our schools: Everything the children
don’t learn there, and everything they do. I see now that my diagnosis was far too optimistic. For
Mary Rice Hasson and Theresa Farnan show that the schools are far worse than I had supposed.
Get your kids of there—now.”
Anthony Esolen, Ph.D., professor of English Renaissance and classical literature at the Thomas
More College of Liberal Arts and author of Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture

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