My kids are 7 and 10. They go to a Public School in Australia and it’s recently won awards as one of the top schools in the country so it’s a pretty decent school. The teachers and principal are great and overall as parents my wife and I are really happy with our school so we support the school when we can. However, recently I came across something going on at our public schools in this country that I am not entirely comfortable with...
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I am a firm believer that a schools job should be to educate and not indoctrinate or push ideology. I also firmly believe that we should let kids be kids and not overwhelm or burden them with too many adult problems. We have a mental health epidemic where our young people are frequently having anxiety issues...so can’t we protect them from some of the shit that we adults have to deal with? I don’t want my kids to grow up ignorant, but there is a time and a place for them to learn some of life's harsher realities and I want them to be emotionally and mentally ready to take those realities on. As a parent I know them best and I kind of want to be able to make the call as to when...but I can’t.
The state owned media in this country is the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) and they have this “kid friendly” program called Behind the News - Classroom which is tailored specifically for kids and shown to them AT school. They are often then asked to write reports or essays on what they see. To give you some examples I am going to put up a couple of links that are each only a few minutes long.
6th May 2025 - https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/flu-season/105256294
27th May 2025 - https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/vaccination-rates/105339854
30th May 2025 - https://www.abc.net.au/btn/newsbreak/btn-newsbreak-20250530/105356996
*See news item from 1:15 minutes
Now I know that its still controversial in 2025 but there is a LOT of evidence now that the Covid Vaccines (and mRNA technology) that were mandated to us in 2021 were neither Safe NOR Effective. Vaccine injuries have become more commonly understood and the authorities have completely memory holed the whole "Stop transmission to save grandma" narrative that they pushed in 2021 because stopping transmission (the "effective" part) been totally debunked. I don’t consider myself an anti-vaxxer overall but I refused the Covid jab because it was new technology, not properly tested for safety OR effectiveness and was obviously rushed, politicized and fear-driven bullshit.
I protected my kids during that crazy Covid time but now I am going to have to sit down with them and try to counter some of this state school fear programming that they are being exposed to. I know there are people here on Hive that will be triggered by my take on this, but there will be others who will share my concern. I’d love to hear if my international friends have similar concerns or experiences, but please remember to be respectful in your comments.