Posted on 05/24/2013 4:43:10 PM PDT by markomalley
A parent in Dartmouth, N.S. says her child’s school is taking political correctness too far by deciding to eliminate Mother’s Day and Father’s Day celebrations.
Astral Drive Elementary School has instead chosen to celebrate the International Day of Families, which takes place each year on May 15, to include non-traditional families.
Michelle Allaby says she has no problem with the idea of a family day, but she feels Mother’s Day and Father’s Day shouldn’t be abolished at the school.
“They weren’t allowed to make a card or a craft at Mother’s Day,” says Allaby. “So, I asked my friends that go to schools in the neighbouring area, and they said yes, that their child had come home with a Mother’s Day card or craft, and it was a little upsetting to me.”
As part of Family Day, students at the school were asked to write the names of all the people that supported them in their lives on a large tree hung in the gymnasium.
Family Day has been in place at the the school for two years. While some parents say it takes political correctness too far, others like that it is more inclusive.
“I think it’s a great idea because of the diverse families that there are today,” says Colleen Ferguson.
“I am the head of a single-family home, and I am mother and father,” says Shirley Owen.
Education Minister Ramona Jennex says celebrating diversity is important and that there is no provincial policy on Mother’s Day, Father’s Day or Family Day.
“Children can be isolated in a classroom if they’ve lost their mom or are in a family without a dad or in a family with two moms or two dads,” says Jennex.
The minister says individual schools understand their communities best and decisions should be made on a case-by-case basis.
It is the deviants who are the bullies.
my son’s wife died last year and left a 3 year old daughter. It was pretty tough week for her at pre-school when everyone else was making things for mommy. She did not verbalize much but she was the most unhappy about the loss. I do understand both sides of the argument and what I prefer is to keep the holidays but make sure the teachers are trained on how to handle the little ones who don’t have a mother or a father for whatever reason. .
Pretty soon you won’t be able to use the word penis when talking about daddy’s johnson.
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IS it my Mother in the dress and my father in the roll up sleeves and blue jeans or a figment of my imagination?
Is that bra on the line Mom’s or Dads? Does my Mom ask me to pull her finger when she farts or is that my Dad! IS that Bulge``````````````````
Boy are you missing the big picture. This isn’t about someone who lost or didn’t have a mommy. It’s about someone who has two daddies or two mommies.
We can’t use the old ‘stereotype’ identifiers, because homosexuality is now the new normal.
I am sorry about your (son’s) grand-daughter’s loss. Very very sad...
The lights are going out on Western civilization.
I feel for your granddaughter.
But this change would not have been made for her or 10,000 more like her.
It was made to assuage the feelings of the sodomite parents.
I’m glad people in NS are complaining.
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Justice Ruth Ginsburg would be delighted. I figure Mother’s and Father’s Day will not just be abolished but criminalized before we know it.
I’m just relieved they’re still recognizing parents at all. It’s better than village-that-raised-me-Day or old people who just happened to be hanging around while I grew up Day.
But this change would not have been made for her or 10,000 more like her. It was made to assuage the feelings of the sodomite parents.
I agree with you, like I said. I only wanted teachers trained to handle the little kids without a mom and dad a little differently than all the rest of the class. There is always a way to be kind to a small child and it does not mean forcing an entire class to have to sacrifice.
I just replaced Dartmouth’s Founder’s Day with Dartmouth Can Kiss My Ass Day.
Thanks markomalley.
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