Everyone....this is what is the problem. These people constantly want to teach values to our kids that the parents don't want them to learn.
Keep this post in mind because this is exactly the reason why homeschooling exists.
There is a difference between exposure to different lives and teaching values.
I find it very offensive that a middle school evangelical Christian is spouting off about God in the classroom to my middle school son.
It might lead to some painful discussions between me and my son ..... Oh wait a sec it does not as he and I are on the same page as far as beliefs go, because he and I have discussions about many many things and some of them are hard topics.
So when is it appropriate to expose your kidlets to the harsh realities in life? From someone as a product of the sheltered life until life kicked my ass, I rather my kidlets know that life is not simple nor easy from an early age rather than one day waking up in the gutter wonder WTF happened.
Teaching a kidlet how to think for themselves is the number one priority in my book and protecting them from different things is not conducive to that goal. My kidlets know that if there is a difference between what I have taught them and what they experience in any environment it is totally ok for them to come to me and talk about it, they also know that they will get a real answer to their questions/concerns.