I was previously unfamiliar with Bonnie’s work， but Greg Lukianoff was kind enough to introduce me to her， and I was able to receive an advanced copy of this excellent book。 Bonnie has been in the field of education for years， and she’s seen how the culture wars have started to infect the public schooling system。 With both a legal and educational perspective， Bonnie highlights numerous cases around the country where educators are pushing certain social justice and political ideas on children。 I’ I was previously unfamiliar with Bonnie’s work， but Greg Lukianoff was kind enough to introduce me to her， and I was able to receive an advanced copy of this excellent book。 Bonnie has been in the field of education for years， and she’s seen how the culture wars have started to infect the public schooling system。 With both a legal and educational perspective， Bonnie highlights numerous cases around the country where educators are pushing certain social justice and political ideas on children。 I’m personally quite progressive， but I parent my son in a way where I teach him how to think and not what to think。 As a parent， it’s worrisome to learn about how some educators are not only telling kids what to think， but some children are actually getting punished for having the wrong point of view。Bonnie starts the book by discussing various stories from around the country， but what’s great is that she cites a ton of sources。 I’m always skeptical of how bad this problem actually is， but I was able to fact check some of the sources for my own peace of mind。 In this book， you learn of children who are starting to self-censor just to avoid being ostracized by their teachers and their peers， and Bonnie even tells a story of her daughter having this issue in college as well。 While there are plenty of views from people that I disagree with throughout the book， school should be a place for open discussion， and educators need to at least attempt to keep their own views out of the discussion。 Although I have not seen this happening where I’m from in Las Vegas， Nevada， the author sold me on the fact that this is something that we should all be concerned about。 I could go on about this book forever， but the second half of this book is what really drew me in。 The author discusses how limiting speech and conversations can affect children by citing scientific research， and she also helps the reader understand the duties and ethical guidelines for educators as well as the rights of students。 While I still don’t know if this is a massive issue， it should definitely be on everyone’s radar， so I highly recommend that all parents and people involved in education give it a read。 。。。more