Join a groundswell group to have the laws challenged and thrown out as unconstitutional - though it's highly likely that things would never get that far.

In point of fact, this is EXACTLY what happened in Merrimack NH (two towns over from where I live) where some stealth creationists got onto the local school board. The uproar startd talk of recall petitions and many other things. While I don't remember exactly how it was all resolved, I *do* know that those radical board members didn't stay on the board.

That being said, again, I'm asking about "what parental rights" should go "how far".

It's a real grey area when you get to sex education and reproductive health - I'm not denying that one bit. In *most* cases, the laws aren't necessary as parents USUALLY do the right thing. But the law isn't there to protect "most cases". Laws exist when people start coloring outside the lines.

It's dangerous territory. My own birth mother made a *horribly* erroneous leap of illogic when she took something that my then-4+-year-old-daughter did and assumed it meant that she was being sexually abused at the kindergarten we sent her to.

Imagine what would have happened if she reported her suspicions to the authorities.

In a perfect world, only the unfit parents would have their kids go behind their backs. Of course, in a perfect world we wouldn't have unfit parents.