Some of America's Finest

The family in the above image is typical of millions of American families that we seldom hear about.

The Mother is an art teacher in a high school who has a masters degree and is working towards a PhD.

The Father is the biological father of the boy, and the step father of the two girls. He is an advanced math teacher and high school coach. Good step fathers are rarely given credit for their efforts at trying to raise someone else's children.

Both parents work hard at trying to live the proper life and provide for their children. They give a lot of attention and care to the children. The parents never yell at the children or use physical or verbal abuse on the children. Still the parents set limits and require certain standards of behavior for the children.

The children are well mannered and happy. The children enjoy hanging out with their parents, which is always a good sign the parents are doing the right thing. The children, like another young couple I know, are not allowed to use the words, "stupid" and "idiot" to describe others.

These children are well behaved and have a happy and optimistic outlook on life. They are not taught to believe in mythical gods. They do not attend church or belong to any organized religion.

If the world had more parents like this we would not need big government. What we have is big government programs that reward bad parenting. What the world needs is more good parents and less big, bad government.

Bilbo Baggins