"When a politician or policy advocate starts talking about doing something for the sake of "our children", it's a wise reflex to put your hand over your wallet and pray. You're about to get a little poorer and a little less free to raise your kids as you see fit.

The 'our children" appeal was at the heart of Hillary Clinton's book It Takes a Village; it remains one of the most effective ways to stifle debate and foist more top-down, centralized control upon American families.

Of course, if you're a parent, you may be excused for wondering just when your kids became the rightful property of the society at large. Did you sleep through the hearing where joint custody was awarded to a committee composed of Oprah, the Children;s Defense Fund (CDF), the Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services."