A Plea for Personal Responsibility

Today I became aware of an attempt by the Government of Ontario to extend the role of the schools so parents can "minimize" the effect of children on their own lives and, though they do not say it, extend governmental influence even farther into our upcoming generations.

Since when has the government become more capable of handling children than parents? If we are not sure the government is not qualified moreso than the regular every day parent, are we sure that we citizens have adequate mental capacity to choose their own life partners, opposed to the government? What about picking a career, should the government take over responsibility for that? We might as well allow them to tell us what education we should acquire, and maybe what kind of car to drive or where to invest our money. Oh, seems that the last two already done..
What about what what kind of toothpaste to use, or what colour of socks to wear?

At what point will people realize that there is a certain thing called personal responsibility where a person is, well, responsible for his own actions? I do think that it is not entirely right to blame the government, we, as a society have lost this sense of right and wrong and why we must be personally responsible, but the government has not helped the end to be sure.
Instead, they encourage people to do what "is right in their own eyes" under the guise of "freedom of choice", as any farsighted person could prophecy, people then take the Government on their word and act according to their whims, in short, irresponsible. The Bureaucrats then view the model which they are responsible for creating and come to the conclusion that the rest of society is just as irresponsible and must have help from the government to merely survive!

If the government will not call people to a higher level of morality and personal responsibility, as they should, then the Church must do it, as they should regardless of what the state does.
While people do not like having 'religious people' meddling in their 'private lives', this does not mean that the Church may rashly 'let them go to hell'. It must continue to call people to be responsible citizens and humans, it is our primary responsibility.
In regards to the State's role in all of this, it is one thing to force people to accept and indoctrinate children with unproven theories, it is entirely another issue for them to exercise their right to govern by demanding a high level of excellence instead of rewarding the opposite.

If people would be taught to exercise their wisely and with much thought, our country, and the world, would be in a much less sorry state of affairs.