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>> John: NOT JUST THE POCKET
BOOK ISSUES THAT HAVE DEMOCRATS
WORRIED, BUT HAS PARENTS’ RIGHT
AND PROGRESSIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
TRYING TO LIMIT INPUT, PARENTAL
INPUT ON WHAT KIDS LEARN IN
CLASS.
AND IN NEW JERSEY, STOPPED SEX
EDUCATION LESSONS IN 1ST GRADER,
TELL CHILDREN AGES 6 OR 7, THAT
THEY CAN BE A BOY OR GIRL OR A
LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.
LET’S BRING IN SPECIAL REPORT
ANCHOR BRET BAIER.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO IS MOST
CRITICAL OF THIS IS THE NEW
JERSEY STATE SENATOR, WHAT SHE
TOLD "AMERICA’S NEWSROOM
YESTERDAY."
>> IT JUST GOES WAY TOO FAR.
WE ARE TEACHING 1ST GRADERS,
KINDERGARTENERS IF YOU HAVE A
PENIS IT DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE A
BOY.
IF YOU HAVE A VAGINA, DOES NOT
MEAN YOU ARE A GIRL.
WE HAVE LOST OUR WAY WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN.
>> John: I REMEMBER 1ST GRADE
AND I DON’T REMEMBER ANY OF THAT
COMING UP, BRET.
WHAT CHILDREN ARE BEING TAUGHT
IN SCHOOL WAS A HUGE ISSUE IN
LAST NOVEMBER’S ELECTION AND
LOOKS LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE
AGAIN THIS YEAR AS WELL.
>> IT DOES, GOOD AFTERNOON,
JOHN.
I THINK THIS POLITICAL ISSUE IS
NUCLEAR.
IT IS POTENTIALLY NUCLEAR,
CROSSES PARTY LINES, DEMOCRAT,
REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT, PARENTS
DEALING WITH TEACHERS AND A 1ST
GRADER COMING HOME, YOU HAVE NOT
TALKED ABOUT THE BIRDS AND THE
BEES, LET ALONE THE BIRDS AND
THE BIRDS AND YOU ARE WAITING TO
SEE AND YET THEY ARE SO YOUNG,
SO THAT’S THE CONCERN FOR SOME
OF THESE PARENTS AND IN NEW
JERSEY IT IS COMING TO A HEAD.
AND GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY IS
FEELING THE PRESSURE AGAIN NOT
JUST FROM REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE A
POINT OF VIEW ABOUT SCHOOLING,
BUT FROM DEMOCRATS WHO THINK
THAT PROGRESSIVISM HAS GONE TOO
FAR AND HEARING THAT THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY, YOU ARE SEEING
POLLS INDICATE THERE COULD BE A
BIG SHIFT COME NOVEMBER.
>> John: THIS IS A CONVERSATION
THAT HAS COME UP IN, YOU KNOW,
MY DAILY LIFE TALKING WITH A LOT
OF PARENTS OF SOME OF THE OTHER
KIDS THAT OUR KIDS GO TO SCHOOL
WITH, AND A QUESTION OF WHETHER
KIDS IN 1ST GRADE EVEN
UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPTS OF
GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER FLUIDITY
AND STEREOTYPES.
IT’S AN ISSUE OF PARENTAL
CONTROL.
PARENTS ARE BEING TOLD BY THE
STATE WHAT THEIR CHILDREN WILL
BE TAUGHT AND THEY SAY PARENTS
YOU DON’T HAVE A SAY IN THIS.
>> AND WE SAW THAT IN REAL FORM
IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
AND GOVERNOR GLENN YOUNGKIN AND
HIS WIN, LARGELY, DEALING WITH
THE ECONOMY AND OTHER ISSUES BUT
EDUCATION DID PLAY HIGH IN THAT
RACE AND I THINK THE POTENTIAL
IT’S GOING TO PLAY OTHER PLACES.
LET’S BE CLEAR, IT’S NOT ABOUT
DENIGRATING LGBTQ, OR NOT A SAFE
SPACE FOR THE PARENTS OF THE
KIDS, BUT IT’S ABOUT TEACHING
GENDER IDENTITY AND TEACHING
ACTUAL SCHOOL CLASSES OR
CURRICULUM THAT DEALS WITH THAT.
THESE PARENTS WHO ARE SPEAKING
OUT OF ALL IDEOLOGIES ARE SAYING
LISTEN, JUST WRITING, READING,
ARITHMETIC, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO
START WITH.
>> John: AND AFTER TWO YEARS OF
COVID LOCKDOWNS, MAYBE ATTENTION
PAID TO THOSE.
CRITICS ARE CONCERNED THE
DISCUSSIONS AT THIS EARLY AGE
MAY PUSH CHILDREN IN A DIRECTION
THEY ARE EITHER NOT READY FOR OR
MAY NOT BE HEADING IN AT ALL.
AN INTERESTING OP-ED IN THE
"WASHINGTON POST" WRITTEN, AS A
BOY SHE HAD GENDER REASSIGNMENT
SURGERY AT THE AGE OF 19 TO
BECOME A WOMAN.
NOW SAYS SHE WOULD HAVE WAITED
TO MAKE THE TRANSITION, SHE
WRITES I SHUTTER TO THINK OF HOW
DISTORTING TODAY’S SOCIAL MEDIA
IS FOR CONFUSED TEENAGERS.
I’M ALSO ALARMED BY HOW READILY
AUTHORITY FIGURES FACILITATE
TRANSITION.
I HAD TO PERSUADE TWO
THERAPISTS, ENAND SURGEON, AND
NONE WOULD BE UNDER PRESSURE AS
THEY NOW WOULD BE TO AFFIRM MY
CHOICE.
THE PRESSURE IN SOCIETY IS
LEANING TOWARD WELL, IF YOU FEEL
LIKE YOU ARE NOT THE GENDER THAT
YOU WERE ASSIGNED AT BIRTH, LIKE
TO SAY THE WAY THAT YOU WERE
BORN, EITHER BORN WITH XX
CHROMOSOME OR XY, YOU KNOW, YOU
ARE NOT PART OF SOCIETY IF YOU
ARE NOT HELPING TO PUSH PEOPLE
IN THESE DIRECTIONS.
>> I’M NOT A CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST
OR BIOLOGIST, BUT I AM SOMEBODY
WHO LOOKS AT POLITICAL WINS, AND
I CAN SEE THIS -- THIS IS A
TORNADO.
AND IF DEMOCRATS THINK THAT THIS
KIND OF PROGRESSIVISM IN SCHOOLS
IS SOMEHOW GOING TO GET THEIR
BASE FIRED UP, I THINK THEY ARE
PROBABLY MISTAKEN.
AND I JUST THINK PRACTICALLY
FROM A POLITICAL POINT OF VIEW,
NOT FROM THE SCIENTIFIC SIDE, I
THINK IT’S JUST WHAT PARENTS
WANT TO HAVE A SAY IN
EVERYTHING, ESPECIALLY THAT
YOUNG.
>> John: WE ARE BOTH PARENTS,
AND YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR KIDS ARE
BEING TAUGHT AND HOW THEY GROW
UP IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
TO US, AND I THINK IT’S GOING TO