{"id":486758,"date":"2022-08-22T06:48:21","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T03:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/collateral-damage-in-war-on-parents-kids-caught-in-the-middle\/"},"modified":"2022-08-22T06:48:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T03:48:21","slug":"collateral-damage-in-war-on-parents-kids-caught-in-the-middle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/collateral-damage-in-war-on-parents-kids-caught-in-the-middle\/","title":{"rendered":"#Collateral damage in war on parents, kids caught in the middle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bbe3865323\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bbe3865323\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/collateral-damage-in-war-on-parents-kids-caught-in-the-middle\/#%E2%80%9CCollateral_damage_in_war_on_parents_kids_caught_in_the_middle%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Collateral damage in war on parents, kids caught in the middle&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/collateral-damage-in-war-on-parents-kids-caught-in-the-middle\/#A_leftist_sham\" >A leftist sham<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/collateral-damage-in-war-on-parents-kids-caught-in-the-middle\/#Some_victories\" >Some victories<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCollateral_damage_in_war_on_parents_kids_caught_in_the_middle%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Collateral damage in war on parents, kids caught in the middle&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/andrea-peyser-v21.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Andrea Peyser\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/andrea-peyser-v21.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/andrea-peyser-v21.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/>     <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It\u2019s war. And our kids are cannon fodder.<\/p>\n<p>Amid a national struggle waged by parents for control over their kids\u2019 hearts and minds, the New Jersey chapter of the country\u2019s largest teachers union posted an ad to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> that paints conservative parents as radical \u201cextremists\u201d and book-banners bent on contaminating their own children with racism, sexism and homo- and trans-phobia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen extremists start attacking our schools, that\u2019s not who we are,\u201d the video\u2019s narrator intones, while the screen flips back and forth between colorful, cheery photos of teachers with students and sinister-looking black-and-white images of evil parents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople who only want to fight to score political points should take that somewhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_leftist_sham\"><\/span>A leftist sham<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>But this brazen effort by a leftist organization to bash concerned adults while seizing influence over kids is a sham based on falsehoods. It\u2019s the same way recent headlines have stated \u2014 wrongly \u2014 that Texas schools were banning both Anne Frank\u2019s diary \u2014 and the Bible because of conservatives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In fact, some parents, likely liberals, have complained about sex, slavery, bestiality, torture and other elements of the Christian Bible.<\/p>\n<p>Others have taken issue not with the beloved diary written by Holocaust victim Anne Frank, but by a more recent \u201cgraphic adaptation\u201d of the tome, which highlights her post-pubescent fascination with homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>These books were among those that were required by a policy enacted by a Dallas-area school district to be reviewed mainly for their age-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriateness before being returned to school-library shelves and classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>The teachers\u2019 ad states that \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d legislation \u2014 a recent Florida measure deliberately misnamed by foes \u2014 has been proposed in Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, that law is aimed at preventing only the youngest children from being indoctrinated into concepts of gender identity and sexual orientation that they may not yet be ready to consider.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>When did schools morph from centers of learning into places in which mature ideas of sex and politics are shoved down \u00adstudents\u2019 throats?<\/p>\n<p>It is the clear intent of the New Jersey chapter of the National Education Association to wrest control over schoolchildren from their parents in service of a woke agenda. This doesn\u2019t sit well with the Building Education for Students Together organization, whose executive director, Laura Zorc, told the Daily Caller that the teachers union is \u201cdefaming parents as \u2018extremists\u2019 for standing up for their children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cNew Jersey\u2019s parents deserve better than this NJEA slander. Standing up for your children is not a political point, it is a parent\u2019s responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet in today\u2019s climate, parents have an uphill struggle addressing what\u2019s being taught within classroom walls.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-18-at-5.02.12-PM-1.png?w=1024\" alt=\"The Youtube ad portrays teachers in a positive light and parents negatively.\" class=\"wp-image-23553334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-18-at-5.02.12-PM-1.png?w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-18-at-5.02.12-PM-1.png?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-18-at-5.02.12-PM-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-18-at-5.02.12-PM-1.png?w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Youtube ad portrays teachers in a positive light and parents negatively. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NJEA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a mid-July speech, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, the nation\u2019s second-biggest educators union, blasted conservative politicians for their efforts on behalf of parents to win control over education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile extremist politicians are trying to drive a wedge between parents and teachers by banning books, censoring curriculum and politicizing public education, we\u2019re focused on investing in public schools and the essential knowledge and skills students need,\u201d Weingarten said.<\/p>\n<p>Why let reality interfere with a good conservative-maiming?<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Some_victories\"><\/span>Some victories<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The most depressing part of this cultural conflagration is that children are getting caught in the middle of this battle for and against grown-up concepts, and there\u2019s no end in sight.<\/p>\n<p>Yet parents are scoring some victories.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Florida\u2019s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who in March signed the Parental Rights in Education Law, Virginia\u2019s GOP Gov. Glenn Youngkin campaigned successfully on a platform slamming the teaching of \u201ccritical race theory.\u201d In April, he signed into law a measure allowing school parents throughout the state to review and opt out their children from any educational material containing \u201csexually explicit content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Around the country, many progressive school-board members who\u2019ve promoted curricula heavy on race theory and sexuality have been getting voted out of office in local elections.<\/p>\n<p>To this, I say \u2014 good!<\/p>\n<p>Children should not be sexualized and politicized before they are ready in an insane adult plot to mold their minds.<\/p>\n<p>Let them grow up.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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