Originally posted by CorranI agree, its the schools responsibility to inform you of what your child is being taught, especially in this case. I doubt it was meant as a sex-ed class so Im not even gonna go there right now. As I think it was Fire who said, doing what they did or supposedly did, they should have also discussed heterosexual and lesbian relationships. All this not happening of course till signed forms giving permission to teach it to your child to begin with.
There is a point where children need to be made aware of homosexuality, but Kindergarted age is too young for them to fully understand I think, even if the school think it is reasonable to do so they should have at least asked the parents permission to do so. When I was at school we had sex-ed classes at about 11, but we had to have parents permission to go into these classed - I think ALL the parents allowed this (I guess it saves them a job). I think you should point out to the school that they should have asked for parents permissions and they should now make all the parents aware of what they did, albiet retrospectively, as not all the kids would have asked their parents questions so some parents will not be aware of what they did.
I also agree on the age issue, why bring that up when thy are still learning to tie their shoes, write their name and count to 100. Having 4 daughters I know that at 5-6 years old, they would have been more confused had this been done in there class.
Fire is right in the since that its teaching human rights however at that age, it should be taught or better yet learned from parents actions at home. Its at that age that children look to their parents and mimic their behavior most. Its my job as a parent to teach my children how to treat other people and the schools can to a point as long as i agree with what they are teaching.
Another thing to consider is the childrens religious background...some religions as we know flat out condemn homosexuality. Thats another reason to get parents permission first as it may go against their religion...
I sat here thinking about this as a parent and now also a Girl Scout Leader. While not exactly a teacher in the same exact way, it is my responsibility to teach my scouts equality and acceptance of all lifestyles but with my Girl Scout parents permission. They always have the right to know whats going on before hand. I teach this age group and Im telling you now...They are no where near ready at this age to be put in a setting where you are going to use this as a lesson much less have real life models as a "show and tell" kinda thing. 😖
Re: I withdrew my son from school
Originally posted by Cosmic_Beings
I'm really frustrated right now. Yesterday, my son came home from kindergarten. Unbeknownst to me, yesterday they brought in two gay men and explained to the children that it's ok to be homosexual. My son came home and asked me questions about marrying boys, and I had a talk with the teacher, and finding out that it's true, I withdrew him immediately. What do you think of this, and what would you have done?
you could have a strong case to sue that school
I agree, the school should have asked for consent first. It's different when you're older because in Australia learning about different types of emotional and sexual relationships is part of the high school (keep in mind high school is from 7-12 here) curriculum. However in kindergarten, I believe that it's ultimately up to the parents of a little kid to decide whether they're ready to learn about homosexuality.