Petition Soapbox
Posted by mom on 14 May 2008 at 01:12 pm | Tagged as: PETITION Soapbox
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This is your space to comment beyond “I Agree” … or other less productive sentiments. Play nice.
Thank you for taking the time and effort to inform other parents and write the petition. I agree wholeheartedly and will pass this on to many other concerned parents.
Tracey
Thanks Tracey for your support, and for passing the info along. It’s much appreciated!
I have great concern based upon what is happening in other provinces when it comes to educating children under a government system. Sex ed is now a mix of guests with agendas, teachers who have no clear guidleines or who are using some materials that violate what MOST parents teach their children.
It is a moral and we think a legal responsibility of schools and teachers to inform parents of “controversial” teaching.
Brian, you’ve hit the nail on the head.
I’m encouraged to see that your site, Canada Family Action Coalition supports the belief in “policies which protect the inherent right and responsibility of parents in the raising and education of their children.” Dare I say, that’s the way it should be.
Thank you for taking the time to acknowledge and support our petition.
I agree that parents should not only be notified of sensitive “lessons” regarding sexuality or morality, but also have the choice of having their children opt out of these classes. This area of education should be left to the parents.
As a retired school librarian and teacher I am very concerned at how sex education is treated today, especially in elementary schools. In the schools I taught the teachers sent out messages to parents informing them of what was to be taught and if they consented to having their child be in the class during that lesson. At that time there were many parents who did not permit their children to attend public school sex education as they felt it was their job to educate their child on that subject. I very strongly agree that teachers should ask permission before teaching their view of sex education, which often does more harm than good in my experience.
Thank you for your comments, Gail and Helen. I continue to be encouraged!
We’re empty nesters now, but the way we beat the public school’s influence was to homeschool. Hard work on my part, but I’d do it again; no regrets!!
Yes, situations like this certainly fuel the fire for homeschooling!
I agree and am so thankful that someone is standing up for what we believe is not only the duty but also responsibility of the parents only. The way sex has been encouraged and even promoted as a normal “passtime” of our youth makes us grandparents shudder. No wonder so many sad things, like abortion are considered as a way of undoing the harm that follows this promiscuous lifestyle. Keep up the good work. Sincerely, Betty Vogelaar. Grandparent of 11 grandchildren.
I strongly agree, thank you for taking the time to try to make a difference. Most of us are so busy just trying to get through each day, it is refreshing to find someone who is fighting for our youth. Thanks so much.
Thanks Betty and Shannon for your support!
I had an interesting experience about 7 years ago. My son’s teacher sent home a letter “allowing” me to grant or withhold permission for my child to sit through grade 6 sex ed.
I declined to have my child sit through the unit because it included a section on AIDS education. The rest of the unit was, in my opinion, age appropriate and sensible. I could not, however, see how the segment on AIDS education fit in with the rest of the material to be presented.
The nurse from the health unit (who was to teach the unit) phoned to convince me that my child should attend her class; we talked for about 20 minutes. She could not understand why I had a problem with the inclusion of the AIDS segment in my 6th grade child’s education; shouldn’t he learn to be compassionate and understanding of someone with a “life-altering” disease.
I agreed that my child absolutely needed to learn to be compassionate and sensitive to the needs of others. I suggested that if she wanted to teach him about all sorts of life-altering diseases (cancer, hemophilia, diabetes, etc) then she could appropriately teach him about the misery of AIDS as well.
Alternately, if her objective was to teach about STD’s, there were other considerations. A unit on STD’s would have to include a bit about herpes, syphilis, etc. I wondered aloud if she really thought that such material was appropriate at his age.
Another possiblity was that the inclusion of AIDS education in a 6th grade classroom was a result of the government catering to a very vocal special-interest group. I advised her that my son didn’t need to be a participant in such a venture.
She didn’t get it.
His teacher did. She took me aside at the end of the last day of school (when she was no longer his teacher) and thanked me for writing a letter explaining my outlook.
Obviously things haven’t improved.
Nice to hear that you stood resolute in your decision! Interesting though that the nurse was presumptuous enough to call you at home to convince you to change your mind.
Thank you for taking the time to do this. I agree that paretns should have a say with what is being taught to our children expecially int he area of sex education.
Sex education instructions should be left to the indvidual parent and not teachers.
The teachers have a responsiblity to notify the parents on the subject outline.
Thank you Eileen and Norma for your support!