NY lawmaker: Kids whose parents do not attend workshops will be held back a grade

[fried eggs]

New York state Sen. Ruben Diaz Jr. introduced a bill that would require parents of elementary school children to attend a minimum of four parent support classes. If parents don't go, 6th graders won't move onto 7th grade.

Leslie Venokur, the co-founder of Big City Moms, called the idea "crazy" and "insane." She said that what is most concerning that the education commissioner and Board of Regents would develop the parenting guidelines. She said the Regents should "stick to what they're good at which is teaching kids and staying away from the parents."

The bill states one of the courses would be related to physical, emotional, and sexual abuse of children.

Employers would be required to provide one day a year of paid leave so working parents can attend classes.

Read more: http://www.myfoxny.com/story/24782201/ny-lawmaker-parents-should-take-parenting-classes

[dlwickham]

1. Diaz is an idiot

he's a homophobic bastard who should have been kicked out of the Democratic Party a long time ago

[La Lioness Priyanka]

12. no. your thinking of diaz SR. this is diaz JR. he is not homophobic.

EDIT: actually now i can't tell. Junior is bronx borough president. Senior is in senate. So maybe this was mislabeled as Junior when it is the idiot Senior.

[PDJane]

2. Proposed laws are sounding more and more fascist........

What gave them the authority to do this?

[cali]

8. are you kidding? so punishing a kid for his parents (in)action is OK? Bzzzt. Fail.

[uppityperson]

13. Sounds rather like forcing parental involvement before getting an abortion. Interesting, coming

from you, thought you'd be arguing the opposite position.

[cali]

14. sorry, that's no excuse at all for punishing and damaging children. disgusting

that anyone would be OK with that. YOU are. Nice. Not.

[cali]

3. ugh, but ugh also to using FAUX news as a source. anytime.

[eppur_se_muova]

4. Punish the kids for the parent's failure to comply. Right.

Are we SURE this guy's not a Repug ?

[jsr]

5. Genius move.

[TexasTowelie]

6. I wonder if a similar law

is what kept Jethro Bodine in 6th grade at Oxford? Pearl was extremely busy trying to get Jethrine wed so she had to skip the class.

[brooklynite]

9. Typo - the legislation is proposed by Ruben Diaz SR...

Ruben Diaz JR (his son) is Bronx Borough President

[jsr]

10. The anti-LGBT religious nut who said abortion is the American Holocaust.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_D%C3%ADaz,_Sr.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

15. that makes sense. I was very confused.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

16. parents can't keep up because they have no time/resources/energy

Minimum wage increase, child care facilities for poor families, paid vacation times etc would help a lot more

[HereSince1628]

17. which is why legislatures have many lawmakers who vote on things

This may or may not be the majority sentiment in Diaz's senate district, but it's going to have to have majority support to get anywhere.

Punishing people to get a social outcome is not effective or progressive.

Punishing children for the sins of their parents adds injustice, to the above. The sum is unacceptible and deserving of ridicule which I expect the bill will receive.

[Jefferson23]

18. Not much info in the OP..what is here, is bizarre and how would this serve the children?

What are the topics for the other 3 classes..and why would the parents not attending
justify leaving a child back a grade???

On its face, this sounds beyond dumb.