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The Potential Mistake of Alienating Suburban Parents

The Potential Mistake of Alienating Suburban Parents
Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (L) debates Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin in Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 28, 2021. Win McNamee/Getty Images
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The Democrats may be learning the hard way that it’s a mistake to alienate suburban parents. In particular, that it’s a mistake to say that parents shouldn’t be able to tell schools what to teach their children, or to brand them as participants in “domestic terrorism” when they vocally protest the teaching of critical race theory (CRT), transgender use of school bathrooms, and other progressively fashionable but highly controversial public-school policies.

Charlotte Allen
Charlotte Allen
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Charlotte Allen is the executive editor of Catholic Arts Today and a frequent contributor to Quillette. She has a doctorate in medieval studies from the Catholic University of America.
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