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Anonymous wrote:Look for older teachers (grandmother age) and I think you will be happy with your experience. I understand completely how you feel.

You know what, older teachers have been announcing their gender for years in the classroom. If you're opposed to gender being brought up in the classroom, then any school that refers to teachers as Mrs. Ms. or Miss is obviously out.

Anonymous wrote:I can see a preschool asking kids, gently, something like "do you want to use the girls bathroom or the boys bathroom?" or "do you want me to call you a girl or a boy?" to try to suss out if any kids are starting to identify differently from their sex.
That's hardly indoctrination, just trying to be sensitive to the fact that some people start identifying as the other gender even in preschool.

Anonymous wrote:Look for older teachers (grandmother age) and I think you will be happy with your experience. I understand completely how you feel.

Anonymous wrote:Thanks all- any specific school names could be helpful (agreed re church ones- but churches can vary a lot too).

I’m sorry that people in this area don’t like moderate conservatives but I don’t like the idea of my very young child being taught that he is evil because he is white and that he should maybe consider being a she (at age 2). I think these are certainly topics to be addressed at a certain age but not in preschool.

I would imagine (and hope) that there are other parents in the area that would prefer the same.

Again, any specific school names would be appreciated.

Anonymous wrote:I can see a preschool asking kids, gently, something like "do you want to use the girls bathroom or the boys bathroom?" or "do you want me to call you a girl or a boy?" to try to suss out if any kids are starting to identify differently from their sex.
That's hardly indoctrination, just trying to be sensitive to the fact that some people start identifying as the other gender even in preschool.

Anonymous wrote:Again, thanks to most for making this an unproductive discussion based on a blind hatred of the word "conservative."

I prefer to not repeat myself, but... I don't think it is delusional to consider these issues (even in preschool)- my curiosity was initially peaked when one of my best friends (liberal, as most of my friends are given my hometown and education background) told me that she had seen (via distance learning) her child's preschool raise some gender questions.

At the end of the day, I want my child to be safe, happy, considerate and thoughtful (and to be able to be a kid- that is, enjoying a life less complicated). If that will happen at any preschool, fantastic. I don't want to (politically) indoctrinate my child, but I don't want anyone else to, either.

Anonymous wrote:Church based preschools are a good place to start but that one of pretty obvious

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Anonymous wrote:OP. I thought this was a pretty simple question that had pretty simple answers but I guess not.

To those that keep suggesting that I move to Alabama because I am not an indoctrinated liberal, I would suggest that you move to Alabama (or at least visit, though I have never been) so you can see how the “other half” lives. Just because you are relatively wealthy and “enlightened” does not make you inherently better than them, and you are probably the reason that Trump was able to win. (For the record, I did not vote for him.)

I have lived in a variety of places (not Alabama, big US cities) and I am frankly appalled that there is such a lack of diversity or tolerance for thought or critical thinking in this area, as illustrated by these posts. I don’t think “my way or the highway” is a productive life lesson to teach my child, and I am surprised that so many people seem to operate in this manner. (I am an older, but newer parent, so clearly just naive).

I sincerely hope that you all get outside your DC bubble one of these days. Good luck and thanks for letting me in on what to expect from some parents in this area.

Please explain why you think these things are happening in any preschool around here:
"I don’t like the idea of my very young child being taught that he is evil because he is white and that he should maybe consider being a she"

Where did you get that idea?

Anonymous wrote:OP. I thought this was a pretty simple question that had pretty simple answers but I guess not.

To those that keep suggesting that I move to Alabama because I am not an indoctrinated liberal, I would suggest that you move to Alabama (or at least visit, though I have never been) so you can see how the “other half” lives. Just because you are relatively wealthy and “enlightened” does not make you inherently better than them, and you are probably the reason that Trump was able to win. (For the record, I did not vote for him.)

I have lived in a variety of places (not Alabama, big US cities) and I am frankly appalled that there is such a lack of diversity or tolerance for thought or critical thinking in this area, as illustrated by these posts. I don’t think “my way or the highway” is a productive life lesson to teach my child, and I am surprised that so many people seem to operate in this manner. (I am an older, but newer parent, so clearly just naive).

I sincerely hope that you all get outside your DC bubble one of these days. Good luck and thanks for letting me in on what to expect from some parents in this area.

Anonymous wrote:OP. I thought this was a pretty simple question that had pretty simple answers but I guess not.

To those that keep suggesting that I move to Alabama because I am not an indoctrinated liberal, I would suggest that you move to Alabama (or at least visit, though I have never been) so you can see how the “other half” lives. Just because you are relatively wealthy and “enlightened” does not make you inherently better than them, and you are probably the reason that Trump was able to win. (For the record, I did not vote for him.)

I have lived in a variety of places (not Alabama, big US cities) and I am frankly appalled that there is such a lack of diversity or tolerance for thought or critical thinking in this area, as illustrated by these posts. I don’t think “my way or the highway” is a productive life lesson to teach my child, and I am surprised that so many people seem to operate in this manner. (I am an older, but newer parent, so clearly just naive).

I sincerely hope that you all get outside your DC bubble one of these days. Good luck and thanks for letting me in on what to expect from some parents in this area.