I've always had a problem with schools wanting to teach my children any character traits, that's my job as a parent. The teacher teaches educational material, I'll do the raising of my kids, form their character, and help them set their goals, their values, and how important any aspect of their life is...thank you very much! Not directed at you the readers here of course, just thinking out loud directed at educators.
This was my perspective, too.
In their defense, teachers see children every day whose parents are, literally and/or figuratively, falling down on the job. A genuinely concerned teacher will naturally fall into the habit of overstepping his bounds, for purely altruistic reasons.
And the path that's paved with good intentions leads to... where?
This is where it's appropriate to bring him up short. "Hey. I'm her mom. I'm on the job. I've got this. You just worry about teaching her government."
