{"id":1949969,"date":"2023-06-17T12:40:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T16:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parents-furious-after-finding-out-teachers-secret-pride-month-lesson-for-their-kids\/"},"modified":"2023-06-17T12:43:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T16:43:55","slug":"parents-furious-after-finding-out-teachers-secret-pride-month-lesson-for-their-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parents-furious-after-finding-out-teachers-secret-pride-month-lesson-for-their-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents outraged over teachers&#8217; undisclosed Pride Month lesson for children."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fparents-furious-after-finding-out-teachers-secret-pride-month-lesson-for-their-kids%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=1949969&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--><h2>Parents Furious After Finding Out Teachers&#8217; Secret Pride Month Lesson for Their Kids<\/h2>\n<p>Wells Road Intermediate School, an elementary school in Granby, Connecticut, has come under fire after secretly showing students a video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nickelodeon-ratings-crash-amid-lgbtq-push\/\" title=\"Nickelodeon Ratings Crash Amid LGBTQ Push\">celebrating \u201cpride\u201d month<\/a> without notifying parents.<\/p>\n<p>The video was played on June 1 for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders, as part of the \u201cPrincipal\u2019s Message,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfsb.com\/2023\/06\/05\/parents-concerned-over-gender-identity-video-shown-elementary-school-students-granby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WFSB<\/a> reported. The 45-second video, titled \u201cPride To Me,\u201d showed several young children discussing what \u201cpride\u201d means to them.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Children Share Their Perspectives on Pride<\/h3>\n<p>For one boy named Jasper, who uses they\/them pronouns, it meant that \u201cnobody can tell you what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/build-bear-now-offering-drag-queen-stuffed-animal-optional-whipped-cream-accessory-available-also\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dolls<\/a>. I love my dolls. Boys can play with dolls, too,\u201d Jasper said.<\/p>\n<p>Mavis, a girl with two moms, believes \u201cpride\u201d means \u201cjust being myself and standing up for what I believe in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPride means you should be able to be free,\u201d said Simon, a child who uses he\/they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/university-proclaims-using-wrong-pronouns-act-violence-remember-happened-nashville\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pronouns<\/a>. \u201cAll my life I never really felt like a boy, and I don\u2019t really feel like a girl, so I\u2019d rather be both.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/parents-furious-after-finding-out-teachers-secret-pride-month-lesson-for-their-kids\/\" title=\"Parents outraged over teachers' undisclosed Pride Month lesson for children.\">children gave similar statements<\/a>, with the message being that \u201cpride\u201d month is simply about doing what makes you happy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some parents only came to know about the video after their children came home and told them directly, according to WFSB.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chairman-makes-pastor-stop-reading-disgusting-library-book-school-board-meeting-responds-5-brutal-words\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Board of Education<\/a> meeting was held Wednesday night where parents and residents were allowed to voice their concerns.<\/p>\n<p>However, parents\u2019 responses varied, with some praising the school for showing it and others <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/loudoun-county-protects-rapists-students-walk-district-reportedly-covered-rape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">condemning the board<\/a> for promoting a message that should be left up to parents to teach.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Parents Express Differing Opinions<\/h3>\n<p>Michael Kramarenko, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-high-school-teacher-comes-under-fire-after-displaying-multiple-nazi-flags-inside-the-classroom\/\" title=\"California High School Teacher Comes Under Fire After Displaying Multiple Nazi Flags Inside The Classroom\">daughter attends<\/a> the school, told the school board that they should have notified parents that the school would be celebrating \u201cpride\u201d month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe should be able to have the option to opt our students, our kids, out of it. Who are you to tell us what you\u2019re going to teach our kids? We pay taxes, we have the right to know what our kids are going to learn,\u201d he said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courant.com\/2023\/06\/08\/granby-parents-split-over-pride-month-video-at-elementary-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hartford Courant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Another father said that while he supports \u201cchildren of all walks of life,\u201d he doesn\u2019t believe that parents who support \u201cpride\u201d should \u201cimpede and trample upon\u201d the rights of the parents who don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>The man said of the short video shown to students: \u201cI was okay with it until it was the person who said \u2014 the child is like \u2018I feel like a boy or girl sometimes.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The man refused to step down after using up his three minutes, and he and two other men were then seen getting into an argument in the back of the room, leading officers to intervene.<\/p>\n<p>One father said that after watching the video, his son was questioning if it was still okay to be a boy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI asked my son, \u2018Hey what did you take away from the video? Let\u2019s have a dialogue \u2026\u2019 His words were \u2018The video said something about it\u2019s ok for a boy to be a girl.\u2019 And then he asked me, he goes \u2018Is it ok if I can be a boy?\u2019\u201d the man said, the Courant reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not against the video. I\u2019m not for the video. All I\u2019m saying is the video missed the mark. Whatever the intent was, the video missed it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe same way we keep religion, politics, everything out of school, keep sexuality out of school \u2014 leave it to the parents.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Matt Brady, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/matt-walsh-exposes-transgender-cares-biggest-scam-cover-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgender<\/a> son attends Granby Middle School, said he believes more kids should learn about LGBT topics, so that they\u2019ll embrace students who come out as such.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those of you who think the kids are too young to know that transgender people and that kids who have two dads exist, I remind you that the fifth-graders at school are sitting in the same seats that my son sat in two years ago and there are kids at Wells Road right now that fit that description,\u201d Brady said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to being a kid in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/seattle-pride-group-charges-reparations-fee-white-attendees-protect-minority-lgbtqia2s-community\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LGBTQ community<\/a>, there are a certain percentage of kids who will definitely be against them \u2026 and there\u2019s a percentage that will always defend them. It\u2019s the kids in the middle that don\u2019t know which way to go that make all the difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video, he said, teaches students to accept and respect classmates that are different, and not see them as \u201coutcasts or freaks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>School officials have defended playing the video, saying that their intention was to \u201cremind students that it is ok to be who you are and still be treated with respect dignity, and kindness,\u201d and they promised to communicate with parents more in the future, WFSB reported.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/parents-furious-finding-teachers-secret-pride-month-lesson-kids\/\">Parents Furious After Finding Out Teachers&#8217; Secret Pride Month Lesson for Their Kids<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wells Road Intermediate School in Granby, CT faces criticism for showing a video celebrating &#8220;pride&#8221; month to students without parental consent. The 45-second video, titled &#8220;Pride To Me,&#8221; was played on June 1 for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders during the &#8220;Principal&#8217;s Message.&#8221; Parents were not informed beforehand, causing controversy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2043,"featured_media":1949970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[4294,5510,7666,8292,5007,6575,4605,14464],"class_list":["post-1949969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-children","tag-lesson","tag-month","tag-outraged","tag-parents","tag-pride","tag-teachers","tag-undisclosed"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949969","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\/2043"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1949969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1949969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1949970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1949969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1949969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1949969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}