“Parents must be fully involved” if student changes pronouns: Ontario education minister #LGBTQ

Ontario’s education minister Stephen Lecce said at a Monday press conference in Thornhill, Ont., that he believes “parents must be fully involved” if their child chooses to use a different gender pronoun at school. #LGBTQIA #Ontario #education #students #Canada

[niloufarkia]

Im a school teacher, and parents Do need to be involved in their kids' gender. Stop this nonesense discussions, before its too late.

[NoNameLittlePotato]

I like his answer, but the fact that this question needs to be raised just highlight how insane our education is right now.

[shizzlem]

I'll be fully involved...fully involved in letting my kids know that the gender they were born as was not a mistake and there are great things about their gender they can be very happy and proud about! Kids have no clue about what it means to change their gender. Leave our kids alone!

[jbaxa]

I had not one clue there was a sane individual anywhere in Canada. Thank goodness.

[mrwinston_thepug]

The lack of Parenting is part of the problem

[lupcodimovski]

We shouldn't be wasting time on this garbage, we should be thinking about the cost of living, more important stuff...Food, shelter work, , mortgage....And not to argue about whos a boy girl or whatever in between

[mfp]

Get your kids out of State-run schools. If you can’t afford private; home school and as soon as they can work, help them start a business. Any business.

[doctorgadget]

Parents better be informed and we gotta start getting rid of this Woke curriculum.

[jeepstuff]

Teachers have been over stepping for years. Stick to teaching, don’t try and be a parent to kids.

[pippylou]

And how bout Saskatchewan …and NB blazing a “trail” for sanity!!

[TinaAM]

Of course parents need to know. Not controversial at all.

[Thewheelman]

And here comes the flipflop now that they finally realize parents are voters

[lordmortee]

You say " So they can support their kids"... I say: if the kid did not let his parent know, maybe it is because they WOULDN'T be supportive.

[morisn]

If parents are not aware of this fundamental aspect of their children's lives, there is something fundamentally wrong with all this. If the discussion is that children are protected from THEIR OWN PARENTS by not allowing the parents to know this, then there is a fundamental break in a fundamental principle of humanity: The relationship and significance of parenthood. If I know that a school or an entity would hold this type of information from me as a parent, I wouldn't want to be part of that system. But why would my child want to change genders. Why would my child naturally born a man or a woman would then want to be recognized as something else. This is the root of the issue. It is not simply about choice. I refuse to accept that someone can make a decision like this without knowing the root cause. But if Ontario brings this policy in, I'd be ok with it.

[MrMD-xdtc]

Our kids are our responsibility, the parents. The school is not there to educate in gender ideology but instead teach them useful skills that will prepare them for the future. Their gender means nothing to their future. I live in Ontario in this is the very reason I'm looking at private school for my kids. I want my kids to be successful, not sad depressed emu ppl with blue hair that do nothing but cry about their feelings every day

[ingefriedbianca]

Gender regulations should be based on *credible research studies* performed by *duly specialized clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, linguists and lawyers* not on the whims and fancies of non-specialists, non-experts, less-educated laypeople who lack sufficient competence to issue *any valid opinions* about these subject-matters.

[Itiswhatitispartna]

LEAVE OUR KIDS ALONE. WE FEED THEM CLOTHE THEM AND RAISE THEM. THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT NEED TO INTERFERE WITH THAT.

[Isabella_kh]

STEPHEN LECCE, I APPLAUD YOU FOR MAKING THIS STATEMENT NOW CHANGE THE EDUCATION SYSTEM OR THOUSANDS OF PARENTS ACROSS CANADA ARE GOING TO REMOVE THEIR CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL. PARENTS COME BEFORE SCHOOLS. OUR CHILDREN. OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

[robertghazarian]

Thank goodness I left, non of these words or sentences have any effect on me or my son any longer

[brendaatkins]

This is insane n shouldn't be an option for any children worldwide. Evilness is invading our children worldwide, it's up to the parents n adults to protect them, not cause more harm.