Interfering with parent's upbringing of children?

Obamas skoltal: Se upp med Facebook Utrikes SvD: "- Det är en sorglig dag när det politiska käbblet stoppar någon från att tala till elever och lärare om ansvar, sade Vita husets presstalesman Robert Gibbs."

Maybe I'm getting old fashioned but I believe that a president shall leave the upbringing of children to the parents. It is not "political bickering" that people complain over being assumed to not take care of their own children. It is an attempt of moving parental authority over on the state. I have myself experienced the same problem where parental authority is replaced by the "clan" chief.

I had an early complaint during the presidential campaign concerning the use of academics as presidents. I thought that there might be a risk that they try to solve problems rather than manage their teams. The "beer summit" is an other example of a president that gets bogged down in details. It is becoming a classical problem of lack of ability to delegate.

Children are probably more clever than what people think. They find their role models in a well functioning society the goal of which should be that of the president.