Today's letters: Parenting, picketing and priorities

Let’s teach parenting skills at an early age
Re: Sick leave skyrockets among teachers, March 12.
I propose mandatory parenting courses for all students from grades 3 to 12.
I have heard from political leaders, educational gurus, university researchers, psychologists, psychiatrists and many other professionals that “our most important job in life is to raise children to be free thinking, independent, self-regulating individuals.” These words are stated – then completely ig