peggy noonan (<u+201c> what to tell your children about trump ,<u+201d> declarations, nov. 19) asks a good question but identifies the wrong villain. if a five- or six-year-old is fearful and crying over a trump presidency, look to the parents and teachers who told him or her the stories about the <u+201c>evil person.<u+201d> last time i checked, little children weren<u+2019>t reading newspapers or watching cnn or msnbc to keep current with world events. those who stand so firmly on safe space and microaggression avoidance apparently didn<u+2019>t consider the unintended consequences of spreading the lies to their children. perhaps the progressive <u+201c>village<u+201d> raising the kids didn<u+2019>t do such a good job. let those who created the problem take the first steps to fix it. jack hamilton silverdale, wash. while timothy leary and the <u+2019>60s hippies who popularized the phrase <u+201c>question authority<u+201d> had another authority in mind; for students today the questionable authority is their teachers and professors. unionized, ivory-towered and marinated in leftist ideologies, these <u+201c>educators<u+201d> work to indoctrinate their charges against the virtues of freedom, the work ethic and self-reliance, while providing them safe spaces, teddy bears and therapy puppies to overcome imagined threats such as the result of the latest election, namely, democratic choice. judy navarro alexandria, va. five- and six-year-olds see monsters where their parents and teachers see monsters. ms. noonan<u+2019>s column brings to mind an article i saw in the journal about palestinian children being taught, in their schools and communities, to hate americans and jews. paula j. knarr aurora, colo.
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