This is literally political propaganda and brainwashing aimed at children:
https://www.instagram.com/tuttletwinstv?igsh=NGFldW44cXQ5YjAw Do people actually sit their kids down and have them watch this ahistorical slop? |
Everyone buys those books, even Georgetown Day School. |
Everyone? I have two kids in elementary school who are early and precocious readers and never encountered them. I have been having conversations with my fifth grader about critical and logical thinking, not automatically believing what he encounters online, conspiracy thinking, etc. I may show these to him as an example of a propaganda publication. |
You know what the original Tuttle twins looked like before they got modernized?
Two little blond kids straight out of the Book of Mormon illustrations. Makes sense that their creator is Mormon Someone recommended those books for me about 12 years back since I had i had twins i guess. No thanks! |
Yeah I have an elementary schooler who loves history, but I've never seen or heard of these. |
\ They’ve allegedly sold over 3 million books. It’s big with the home schooling crowd. |
Never heard of them. |
Do you expect us to sit down and watch this ahistorical slop to find out what the heck you'te talking about? |
Read them and discuss them with your kids.
Can’t be worse than Jazz Jennings book they read to grade 2 classrooms. Lots to discuss, discuss it! |
Absolutely have your precocious 5th grader read them. They’re about accountability and personal responsibility. It will dovetail well with all your social justice victim themes you teach at home and at school. |
Trash really, but check them out yourself |
They're about teaching things in an incredibly biased way rather than presenting facts and allowing the reader to determine their own opinion. If you only say "Social Security is bad" to kids without presenting the reason it exists in the first place, the pros/cons of its existance - that is 100% propaganda. Also, you are insane. |
Also I witnessed the impact of lack of teaching about social justice this year when some uneducated, uninformed dipsh*ts repeatedly made fun of other kids in the 5th grade class for being "darkies" because they have darker skin. I was quite proud of my own sun for calling out their racist speech. Perhaps your kids were the jerks, though? |
lol. There is no bigger group of pathetic victims than the MAGAs. These masks are too hard for my widdle wungs! Those needles are too ouchy! Books hurt my feewings! I ascared of brown people! Stop making fun of my fascination with children’s genitals! |
Ah your response is emblematic of the dumbing down of basic critical thinking in the USA. Informational books for kids that encourage critical thinking should present basic factual information without commentary telling a kid how they should think/feel about it. Perhaps might include a pros vs cons list on each side of an issue. Books like this that present selective facts coupled with a very clear message of "this is the only conclusion/opinion from this" - complete propaganda. |