Let me please jump in and defend @HHelen. I think this may be a translation issue. "Vital" and "legal" may be getting confused here. In the USA all children are provided a free education up until the age of 18, of which they can drop out at that time. Post secondary education is up the parents if the wish to pay for that, as I, and many parents do. @Susan and @Kate2 know that I will pay for any schooling that they want, including master degrees, etc. if they want to pursue those.
As it relates to CB wearing, @HHelen, as I understand it, has a daughter that is in college now, so she obviously values education and prefers her daughter wears a belt to minimize distractions and focus on schooling. Same as I do...