{"id":1377911,"date":"2022-03-15T07:30:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T11:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1377911"},"modified":"2022-03-15T11:35:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T15:35:53","slug":"we-want-our-kids-to-be-kids-desantis-marks-end-of-legislative-session-as-year-of-the-parent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-want-our-kids-to-be-kids-desantis-marks-end-of-legislative-session-as-year-of-the-parent\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We Want Our Kids To Be Kids\u2019: DeSantis Marks End Of Legislative Session As \u2018Year Of The Parent\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwe-want-our-kids-to-be-kids-desantis-marks-end-of-legislative-session-as-year-of-the-parent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1377911&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Untitled-design-21-copy-4.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis marked the end of his state\u2019s 2022 legislative session by referring to it as \u201cthe year of the parent,\u201d responding to one reporter\u2019s question with the words \u201cwe want our kids to be kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The two-month session was marked with high-profile legislation, including a new bill passed in the Florida legislature that would ban the teaching of sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K-3.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis was asked by a reporter during the question-and-answer session how businesses would respond to the newly passed bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople actually said that if you don\u2019t have classroom instruction on sexual matters in grades K-3, that somehow businesses don\u2019t want to be in Florida? I think people need to get out of their bubble and actually talk to parents,\u201d DeSantis said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">GOV. DESANTIS: &#8220;People actually said that if you don&#8217;t have classroom instruction on sexual matters in grades K-3, that somehow businesses don&#8217;t want to be in Florida? I think people need to get out of their bubble and actually talk to parents.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rZKgYK9SBt\">pic.twitter.com\/rZKgYK9SBt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greg_price11\/status\/1503431445519417358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The governor also addressed the bill during his own speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a parent of three kids that are age five and under, thank you for letting me and my wife send our kids to kindergarten without them being sexualized,\u201d DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/amp.jacksonville.com\/amp\/7028713001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> during his remarks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Governor DeSantis closes out the 2022 Legislative Session. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B3zfI7EAED\">https:\/\/t.co\/B3zfI7EAED<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1503416886289072129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think if you look at what\u2019s been done, both in terms of funding and policy, this really was the year of the parent in the state of Florida,\u201d the governor added.<\/p>\n<p>The Parental Rights in Education Bill, a bill renamed by Democrats as the \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d bill, has garnered strong support from Americans. In a new national poll commissioned by The Daily Wire, over two-thirds of Americans and most Disney consumers said the company is wrong to be against the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis has indicated that he will sign the bill after it passed in Florida\u2019s Senate last Tuesday and last month in the House.<\/p>\n<p>As previously\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/exclusive-poll-over-60-of-americans-back-floridas-limits-on-k-3-lessons-on-sexual-orientation-and-gender-identity\">reported<\/a>, the national poll of U.S. adults was conducted over the weekend by market research technology platform Lucid on behalf of The Daily Wire. The survey\u2019s 1,000 person sample was 37% Democrat, 32% Republican, and 31% Independent.<\/p>\n<p><span>DeSantis also made headlines last week after pushing back against a reporter regarding what the new bill actually says.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cDoes it say that in the bill?\u201d DeSantis asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m asking you to tell me what\u2019s in the bill, because you are pushing false narratives,\u201d DeSantis added. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter what critics say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt bans classroom instruction on sexual identity and gender orientation,\u201d the reporter admitted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor who?\u201d DeSantis asked. \u201cFor grades pre-k through three. So five-year-olds, six-year-olds, seven-year-olds \u2014 and the idea that you wouldn\u2019t be honest about that and tell people what it actually says, it\u2019s why people don\u2019t trust people like you because you peddle false narratives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis added, \u201cWe\u2019re going to make sure that parents are able to send their kid to kindergarten without having some of this stuff injected into their school curriculum.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JUST NOW: I asked <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovRonDeSantis<\/a> if he supported HB 1557, the legislation critics call the &#8216;Don&#8217;t Say Gay&#8217; bill.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CGiooSrKYn\">https:\/\/t.co\/CGiooSrKYn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WFLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WFLA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H34CGSj7BJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/H34CGSj7BJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C518l1QaC3\">pic.twitter.com\/C518l1QaC3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Evan Donovan (@EvanDonovan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EvanDonovan\/status\/1500957687667908614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Disney CEO Bob Chapek addressed the controversy during a shareholder meeting last week to express his company\u2019s concerns with the new bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we have been strong supporters of the community for decades, I understand that many are upset that we did not speak out against the bill,\u201d Chapek said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/03\/09\/media\/dont-say-gay-bill-disney-chapek-desantis\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> CNN. \u201cWe were opposed to the bill from the outset, but we chose not to take a public position on it because we thought we could be more effective working behind the scenes engaging directly with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis marked the end of his state\u2019s 2022 legislative session by referring to it as \u201cthe year of the parent,\u201d responding to one reporter\u2019s question with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1377911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1377911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1377911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1377911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1377911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}