Respectfully, Art Campbell, I believe your assumption is, in general, wrong. There are many things that many parents are not equipped to teach their children. It is best to bring the hopes and the gifts of the community to bear on this task.

One example I read not that long ago concerns the phenomenon of Islamaphobia, which is tearing us apart right now. The opinion I read was that of an analyst retired from CSIS who said that we have to take the long strategy in moving beyond terrorism, and the most important thing, right now, is to reach out to five year old children , perhaps especially Muslim children, to teach them that they have nothing to fear from their neighbours of other faiths. Few parents, today, are equipped to teach that on their own, but most communities are.

It is a creed, this line that parents know what is best for their children. we say it because it seems sensible and we have always said it. But, like many creeds, it is wrong.