The effects of leftist ideology that has infiltrated classrooms is damaging and should be of concern to every parent.

Much has been written about the flaws of the new National Curriculum set to be rolled out next year and the radical teachings of left-wing primary and secondary educators, but little do we hear of the realities experienced by parents who are now grappling with this monumental battle.

It is a type of ideological warfare where our kids are caught in the crossfire. If allowed to go on unchecked, the collateral damage has the potential to go beyond the likes of you and I and extend to the younger generation of liberal minds who will never know the true meaning of freedom, liberal democracy, and individual responsibility. Their future is one of victimhood, socialism, gaslighting, fear-mongering, economic collapse, and an unrecognisable Australia where left-wing contrived ‘inclusivity’ has given rise to division, hatred, and unrest. This is not to sound alarmist but seriously, if anyone has the credibility to make such dire predictions, it’s parents.

My daughter is 10 years old and attends a small country school where there is much emphasis on community and caring for each other. It’s a big reason why we decided to send her there. Many people who live out this way do so because they want a simplified life and to enjoy the serenity, the stunning landscape, and the small community vibes. When our school hired a young, inner-city teacher for 4th grade, never did I imagine how radical things were about to become.

The first red flag occurred as soon as we had a girl in her class identify as a ‘they/them’ and students were to therefore be educated on what this meant and the importance of treating this child with respect which meant always referring to her as a ‘they/them’. Many of the kids in this class felt distressed because they would sometimes forget to refer to the child as a ‘they/them’ and accidentally slip up with a ‘she/her’ address. Some kids cried to their parents as they were made to feel so horrible and guilty for failing to abide by the new language rules.

The English language is under constant attack and derailment from the Establishment which has continued to manifest in ways never imagined in the classroom. Not even a teacher-led reading session of a Roald Dahl classic is immune. When the teacher came across a sentence with wait for it … ‘boys and girls’ … she promptly stopped reading and reiterated to the class that, ‘We do not refer to boys and girls anymore do we?’

When a group of what we would traditionally refer to as ‘boys’ decided to take it upon themselves and clean up rubbish that wasn’t theirs, the teacher made a point of praising them by saying, ‘These boys, oh I mean these people did a great job cleaning up today.’

These are just a few examples of the almost daily, covert attacks on manipulating the minds of the young. It goes beyond gender identity with the saturation of Climate Change activism and the war on Australian history being high on the Woke agenda.

My daughter’s class was instructed to write a persuasive piece to then Prime Minister Scott Morrison, pleading with him to take urgent action to stop the ‘damaging effects’ of Climate Change. She began by stating: ‘It is my belief that our people and planet are getting polluted and poisoned under your hands. We need to stop this immediately.’ My daughter’s ‘belief’ in this essay, full of exclamation marks and a panicked tone, focused on a renewables solution that has been moulded in the minds of all the children thanks to an unhealthy teacher addiction to BTN (Behind the News an ABC program) and an unwillingness to educate and instead indoctrinate. Educators would rather instil fear and assume the ‘science is settled’ than encourage higher-order thinking and critical analysis.

It’s no wonder the Times recently reported some disturbing data supporting the idea that Climate Change is damaging young people’s mental health. The article features psychologist Susan Clayton from the College of Wooster Ohio who provides ‘expert’ advice.

She says, ‘As a society, we need to provide emotional coping skills to children who are … receiving messages about Climate Change.’ The teacher goes on to stipulate that, ‘It’s important for parents and community leaders, including psychologists, to identify ways to promote advocacy from an early age.’

To save the planet she suggests our children need to recycle and plant trees. You can always count on the Times for the latest in Woke.

On the Australian history front, my 10-year-old’s take away from her lesson on Democracy was that Captain Cook was an evil man who came to Australia to kill all the Aboriginal people. I guess, if that was the success criteria, then well-done teacher! The assault on nationalism indeed starts at a young age in Primary school. Fortunately, we have the likes of Bella d’Abrera from the IPA (Institute of Public Affairs) who is currently undertaking an audit of the new National Curriculum that will be implemented across both private and public schools next year. Bella says, ‘This research will assess whether the National Curriculum is objective and knowledge-based or biased and ideological.’ I am tipping the latter.

To top it off my daughter’s class recently had a lesson on ‘consent’ – normally a concept for sexually active teens whose brains are developed enough to grasp the complexities of the topic. However, the sexualisation of our most innocent continues to steam ahead in the classroom. Already dealing with the inappropriate topic of what it means to be they/them and taught there are more than two genders, my child was educated on what consent means and the teacher used a wonderful example to demonstrate. It went something like this: ‘Children. If your parent asks you to go and hug or kiss your nana goodbye you can say “no”, or if your parent wants to hug you, you can say “no”.’ This has caused confusion and angst in my child and no doubt the others. Encouraging our children to doubt the love and trust of those closest to them is further undermining the strength of the family unit and once again the state crosses the boundaries from the classroom into our living rooms.

I’m not sure at what point people are going to say enough is enough. The time to speak up is now. Parents need to be asking their children every day what they have been told at school and what sort of messages they are receiving from teachers.

This is a battle for the minds of the young, the most impressionable minds of all. Parents must take an interest in what is happening in the classroom and find the courage to act.