In a recent New York Times piece, guest essayist Heather Kaye writes complacently about how her children were, “co-parented by the Chinese government.” 

Ironically, Kaye praises the “moral, history and culture lessons on pulling together for the sake of the … nation”—the very elements leftists have pushed hardest to eliminate from American schools.

But what’s creepiest is her relief in ceding responsibility for her children to the Chinese state. She even considers its censorship a benefit—she doesn’t have to monitor the children’s internet use.

From Hillary Clinton’s favorite maxim—“it takes a village to raise a child”—to MSNBC commentator Melissa Harris-Perry insisting “We have to break through this idea that kids belong to their parents,” the sentiment isn’t a new one. It’s the old Marxist way: Children belong to the state.

But it’s un-American, and it’s repugnant—at least to this mom.