Why? Because they're counting on people not actually knowing what's in the curriculum, and choosing to promote appalling lies about it.
Here’s a rundown of the claims made by parents against the curriculum, and how they stack up to reality.
Claim 1: “In Grade 1 they will learn to reveal their private parts (not just name), they will see posters and flash cards of private parts, they will learn to touch the private area and identify it on themselves and others.”
Claim 2: “Grade 6 is about the promotion of self-discovery through masturbation. Our 12-year-old daughter or son, who is not even a teenager yet, will be asked in class to explore his or her own body by touching their private parts, masturbating and pleasuring their body.”
Source: An anonymous letter written in Arabic and circulated in Peel Region.
Veracity: In Grade 6, children are not “taught masturbation,” but they are taught that it is “common and is not harmful and is one way of learning about your body.” Children in that grade also learn about building healthy relationships and how to combat stereotypes.
Claim 3: “Anal Play 101 class in Grade 8 would actually provide instruction on anal sex play.”
Claim 4: “In Making Sex Feel Good unit, they will be asked to look at sexy magazines and movies to investigate what arouses and seduces them.”
Source: An anonymous letter written in Arabic and circulated in Peel Region.
Veracity: There is no such lesson called “making sex feel good” — the title comes from an online article on the Planned Parenthood Toronto website. Pornography is not brought up until Grade 9, and then only in the context of staying safe online.
Claim 5: “It will teach Gay-Trans propaganda starting in grade 1 [age 6]. Destroy the idea of gender, natural law, heterosexual family normalcy. You choose your gender.”
Claim 6: “Ignore Parents as first educators. Parents are mentioned maybe 6 times, and never as 'educators' in regards to sexual education of their own children or as the primary point of contact.”
Claim 7: “Consider Gender confusion starting in grade 1, with the propaganda that there are 6 genders and 52 sexual orientations.”
Claim 8: “Consider dating and sexual suggestiveness and attraction in Grade 4.”
“Relationships with friends can change, because sometimes people start being interested in different things at different times. Some people start ‘liking’ others. They want to be more than ‘just friends’ and become interested in going out.”
Claims 9: “Be worried about pregnancy in Grade 5.”
Claims 10: “Replace the words Husband and Wife with 'Partner' by Grade 6.”
“We need to make sure that we don’t assume that all couples are of the opposite sex, and show this by the words we use. For example, we could use a word like ‘partner’ instead of ‘husband’ or ‘wife’.”Here’s a rundown of the claims made by parents against the curriculum, and how they stack up to reality.
