Another place that fishing for information on parents to report to fearless leader occurs is in school? Are your children required to keep a journal for any class? When her children were in elementary school my friend was quizzed one night by her son. He asked quite innocently how much she and her husband drank each night. When she asked why he needed to know, she was told it was for his school journal and his teacher had suggested the question.
My friend told her son it was none of the teacher’s business and his journal was to be about what he did. Not what they did.
My friend and I concluded that journals were a rather clumsy attempt to spy on families by getting children to write down information that was none of the school’s damn business. I still stand by that conclusion.
Remember Clinton and Gore's drive to get every child connected to "the information superhighway"? I assumed it was because they were idiots. But it was more than that. The idea was to mix questionaires in with schoolwork so that the Dept. of Ed could gather information regarding students' beliefs and behaviors. Student behaviors and beliefs could then be "remediated" via the computer. This approach would bypass teachers, who are the last line of defense from the Dept. of Ed. Teachers often undermine PC crapola.