Some things only parents should share


My daughter-in-law and I were talking the other day, and she voiced some concerns she had with what the school was teaching her nine year old son. Specifically, very graphic and explicit sex education.

She showed me the home work that was among her son's school work to be sorted and thrown out. To say that it was explicit was an understatement. Far too much information for a child who was still eight years old to have to take on board. 

Now I believe children should be told about the facts of life, but only when it is necessary to explain the next phase of life as in adolescence or to explain Mum's tummy bulge that is a future sibling. But it is done with due respect to age, understanding and discretion.

I considered it my right and privilege to lead my children into adolescence and adulthood. Indeed, I would have felt angered if schools had taken it upon themselves to explain something as important as sex to my child. And my daughter-in-law felt the same.

We also have to remember that most schools are secular and consider most sexual activity and gender choices to be normal. Woe betide the Christian parent who wishes to impart godly principles of morality to their child. Once the lesson is given, it is never forgotten!

This young child and all his fellow classmates were taught that self-pleasure, homosexuality, transgenderism, and gay marriage are quite the norm. These children are forced to grow up before their years and have been robbed of their innocence. They have not been allowed to simply be children.

It is quite one thing to have a discussion of menarche for girls and puberty for boys in grade six, but these teachings of self gratification and descriptions of what a climax feels like to third graders is to my mind repulsive. It reeks of paedophilic tendencies in teachers that promote precociously sexually active babies who should be playing with their marbles and ipads instead of playing literal games of show and tell.

There was no permission granted for such a session or sessions and it was a great shock to come across these assignments when cleaning out the boy's school bag for the new year. Taking the authority from parents is a violation of our rights as parents to train and bring up our children in ways that we personally consider moral and Christian. 

It is a good case for homeschooling our children if we can because there are some things only parents should share.


© Glenys Robyn Hicks


Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

10 comments:

  1. I as a parent would be outraged, Glenys. Third graders don't need to know this stuff. Unfortunately, this is not the first time I have heard of things like this.

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    1. We are, Theresa. But the damage has already been done. It has robbed him of his childhood.

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  2. I so agree with you and your DIL. Parents should have been informed of this curriculum before it was presented to any child. May the Lord be with all our children and grandchildren and help them to navigate these changes as they come.

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    1. My DIL would not have agreed to this at such a young age. The damage has been done. We can't do anything about it now. Such a shame and so high-handed.

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  3. It is the same here. So much of this is taught without the parents even being informed and the teaching young people receive in schools is so different from the Christian view.

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    1. It's just wrong! that's ursuping our role as parents. I would home school my children if I had to. Thanks for having a cuppa with me today, Lesley!

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    1. Lauren, we are really ticked off! That's in his mind now and he's just had his 9th birthday! Can't get rid of all that or put it on hold until he's older. Thanks for sharing a cuppa with me too.

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  5. I understand the anger and the sentiment and I used to feel the way you do. Since the "damage" is done I would have a conversation with my child to see what they gathered from these lessons. In my experience, children don't take away what we think they will from these lessons but because we're adults and have a different understanding of the world we think they absorb this information the same way as us. So I would have a conversation where it would be an opportunity to clear up any confusion and share my viewpoints. A thought.

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    1. Good idea, nylse. I will have a chat to my daughter-in-law. Thanks for having a cuppa with me today.

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Thank you for visiting with me today. I love to hear from you. I may not always be able to reply right away, but I will respond to every comment you leave. Blessings and comfort, Glenys