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Then my charge won't address you by name, and they may not talk to you at all.  I have to support the parent's right to have their child learn as they wish, as long as the child is not harmed.  Your right to be addressed as you wish doesn't trump parental rights.[/quote]

Have you considered looking for a different employer who is more, well, moderate? I mean, that we're even discussing "parental rights" here in the context of addressing people. What next?

Adult: Would you like a cookie?
Child's parent: I don't let my child eat sweets! How dare you undermine my parental rights by offering my child a cookie!

Adult: *does something in public*
Child's parent: I don't want my child to know that people do that! How dare you meddle in my parenting by doing that in public in the presence of my child! [/quote]

Hmmm, no, I happen to like the parent (no longer working with them, unfortunately).  He didn't allow empty sugars, and any of his children would have smiled at you but not replied before turning around to me with a big grin to ask which treat we would make that afternoon.  Since I can make fun things like chocolate cake healthy, they were all allowed to eat as much as they wanted, with the understanding that we only made one treat per week, so if they pigged out, it would be gone faster.

If the child noticed you, an adult, doing something but they weren't sure what you were doing or why, they would:
a. ask you what in the world you were doing and why
b. ask me what you were doing any why (depending on the child, it might be standing right there or back in the car)
c. wait and ask dad what you were doing and why (while giving a lurid, exaggerated description, since dad wasn't there, at which time I would quietly tell dad what was really going on so that he could explain)

Given that the dad in question is of the opinion that information is always good, and it's up to the child's caregiver(s) to help the child learn to interpret the information, no, he would never object to a child seeing something, unless you were talking about having sex on the corner?[/quote]

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