Opinion: In defense of parents
Why shouldn’t parents be trusted to raise and educate their own kids?
Daniel Chatham
Daniel Chatham moved to Memphis for medical school and has called Shelby County home ever since. He currently practices pediatrics in Arlington. and is a member of the executive committee of the Shelby County Republican Party.
Guest columnist Daniel Chatham responds to “the festering view that parents aren’t qualified and can’t be trusted to raise their kids, or at least to raise them in the ways of progressive ideology.”
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