In grade school in the 1970's I was exposed to anti-smoking education to prevent me from harming myself and others. I then went home and agitated until my parents quit smoking. Didn't realize I was a little totalitarianist. 
The attitude that parents have literal ownership of (as opposed to responsibility for) their children is interesting to me and perhaps telling when it comes to these current school-related culture war debates. Related to this push to video teachers.
I'm sympathetic to the fear parents have for their children's well-being, but I'm also a big believer in education as a process and school as a place for students to develop agency and self-concept, which may diverge from their parents' belief.
I don't have kids, so I tread lightly on this stuff, but I personally can't imagine wanting my children to be carbon copies of me. Of course, I was raised that way, with my parents granting me that freedom, and as it turns out, we're a lot alike.
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