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Could not understand what does 'does not discuss the idea' mean?
The argument clearly mentioned what the idea is. The idea that parents should not be given choices in the material taught to their children in nursery school.

The answer choice says: does not discuss the idea being argued.
This is correct because although the argument mentioned what idea is, it failed to discuss it. Fine line between mentioning and discussing.
For the argument to be strong enough, it should have discussed the other side too- it should attack non-supporters too or it should support or give reasoning for supporters.

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I thought B was the answer. Why cant it be B?

Choice B
(B) Assumes the conclusion is true in stating the premise.

Here the premise logically (although logic could be flawed but it is still logical) leads to conclusion:
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The parents who want to control the information presented to their young children in pre-school and nursery school are never happy
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The idea that parents should be given choices in the material taught to their children in nursery school should be dropped

To provide support to premise, we also have example:
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For example, last year, one set of parents was angry that their 5-year old twins were not piano prodigies by the time they started public kindergarten. Their preschool class had been exposed to some basic music classes and the parents said that those classes should have made their children piano prodigies.

We can see here that author didn't just assume conclusion to be true. In fact, author has arrived at the conclusion with some logical reasoning in his mind stating the premise and providing evidence as a support for the premise.
That s why B is wrong.

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