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Submitted | first-name | support | top-concern | message |
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2026-05-03 10:52:46 +02:00 | S | No I do not | Undermining of parental rights and family values | ! |
2026-05-02 09:27:21 +02:00 | Magdalena | No I do not | Undermining of parental rights and family values | |
2026-05-01 21:48:04 +02:00 | Dave | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-05-01 13:42:52 +02:00 | Steph | No I do not | Undermining of religious/spiritual values | |
2026-05-01 13:35:56 +02:00 | Charl | No I do not | All of the above | I hereby record my strong objection to the implementation of the Gender-Responsive Pedagogy for Early Childhood Education, also referred to as the ECE Toolkit, within South African pre-primary and primary schools. My objection is not based on opposition to respect, kindness, dignity, or the fair treatment of any person. Children should be taught not to bully, mock, exclude, or mistreat others. However, this Toolkit appears to go far beyond ordinary anti-bullying or equality education. It introduces sensitive ideological concepts relating to gender identity, pronouns, and access to facilities according to gender identity to very young children, including children between the ages of 0 and 9. In my view, this is wholly inappropriate for early childhood education. Parents, not the State, carry the primary responsibility for the moral, cultural, religious, and personal development of their children. The government has no right to introduce worldview-based teaching on deeply sensitive identity issues without proper public consultation, parental consent, and transparent debate. These matters affect the values, beliefs, family structures, and religious convictions of millions of South African households. I am particularly concerned that the Toolkit appears to encourage educators to ask young children about preferred names and pronouns and to teach that gender identity should not be assumed. At such a young age, children are still developing emotionally, mentally, and socially. Introducing complex and contested concepts about gender identity at this stage risks confusing children rather than helping them. A young boy should be free to play with dolls and remain a boy. A young girl should be free to be a tomboy and remain a girl. Children should not be placed under pressure to interpret ordinary childhood preferences as questions of gender identity. Any serious discussion on such matters should involve parents directly and should be handled with extreme care. It should |
2026-05-01 10:10:29 +02:00 | Ettiene | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-04-30 17:21:49 +02:00 | David | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-04-29 19:32:45 +02:00 | Tanja | No I do not | Undermining of parental rights and family values | |
2026-04-28 08:47:49 +02:00 | Ivan | No I do not | All of the above | This is an abomination and will destroy the identity of children. I do not aggree with this bill. Your judgement is comming even if you only do as you are told as you are part of the evil plan to destroy and corrupt children. |
2026-04-24 07:43:40 +02:00 | Jaco | No I do not | All of the above | Recent studies have shown that confusing children with gender ideology is doing more harm than good. How about teaching kids the actual natural way about boys and girls. Boys can play with dolls and remain boys and girls can be a tomboy and remain a girl. When your surroundings are confusing then how would you know what is actually going on in a childs mind. They see things differently and don't know how to explain or word it yet. Provide support if a kid wants to talk with the inclusion of the parents, but any real discussion should only start after the age of 16. |
2026-04-22 23:28:26 +02:00 | Justin | No I do not | Undermining of parental rights and family values | |
2026-04-22 17:15:12 +02:00 | Brian | No I do not | Undermining of parental rights and family values | |
2026-04-21 10:43:46 +02:00 | Linette | No I do not | Undermining of religious/spiritual values | |
2026-04-21 07:44:31 +02:00 | Phillip | No I do not | All of the above | This is complete government overreach. It is a parent's responsibility to raise their children according to their best ability and to be understanding of other individuals' choices while still upholding the values of their own family unit. The ability to hold to your own values is a right that cannot be controlled or dictated by any government in the world. Forcing educators to teach children something extra on top of the already busy syllabus not only increases their workload but it could also force them to teach things that are against their own personal beliefs. This bill amounts to government overreach into the privacy and rights of families and it should not be passed. |
2026-04-20 22:12:27 +02:00 | D | No I do not | Undermining of religious/spiritual values | If the idea of using this kit is to promote anything contrary to the Scripture about gender roles.... Then its a problem. The Govt has no right to promote or even expose our children to these kind of ideas, especially so young. However if the kit is used to encourage gender equality - as from my understanding is what the Developers meant it to be- then I have no issues. Read up on this. |
2026-04-20 07:49:40 +02:00 | Nico | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-04-18 15:13:11 +02:00 | Zaakira | No I do not | All of the above | How imposing!!! I refuse ti accept this. |
2026-04-17 07:42:45 +02:00 | Sandra | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-04-17 07:42:45 +02:00 | Sandra | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-04-17 06:54:45 +02:00 | Jeanette | No I do not | All of the above | It’s not Biblical. Parents should have should have the ultimate say. Children under the age of 18 are not mature enough to make decisions. |
2026-04-16 13:43:03 +02:00 | Raymond | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-04-16 08:16:04 +02:00 | Darrel | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-04-15 14:50:50 +02:00 | Maaz | No I do not | All of the above | I refuse to allow my children to be exposed to this. Lets focus on better education and training of teachers as educators. |
2026-04-15 13:27:20 +02:00 | Johannes | No I do not | Undermining of parental rights and family values | |
2026-04-14 11:18:07 +02:00 | Sonia | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-04-14 08:57:59 +02:00 | Annalize | No I do not | Undermining of religious/spiritual values | The evil of this world is becoming undenieable. Now they target the young and vulnerable. No ways will i allow the devil to influence my kids. God gave me the task of protecting my children and i will do so no matter what. In the beginning God created Man & Woman and thats that. Nothing in between. This has no place in any part of our lives. It is a lie that the enemy is leading so many to believe. I pray for those who are caught up in this lie. God does not make mistakes. If he made you a male then you are a male. If he made you a female then you are a female. We cannot alter Gods creation as we see fit. |
2026-04-14 08:44:55 +02:00 | Ulrich | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-04-14 08:13:55 +02:00 | Renier | No I do not | All of the above | This is blatant injection of political ideology and identity into the education system. The whole transgender movement is based on pseudo-science and has no place in our schools, or our society. It is the promotion of a mental illness as a lifestyle and confuses otherwise happy children into a world where many end up as suicide victims. The state has no right to teach these values that undermine my religious views, as well as family values. They should focus on getting kids to read and do math, not brainwash them to their world views. |
2026-04-14 07:02:51 +02:00 | Grant | No I do not | Undermining of parental rights and family values | |
2026-04-13 22:29:51 +02:00 | Karen | No I do not | Undermining of parental rights and family values | |
2026-04-13 20:50:38 +02:00 | Mateen | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-04-13 11:31:00 +02:00 | Henco | No I do not | Undermining of parental rights and family values | The Implementation of the ECE toolkit is Absurd. - - It promotes a single ideological view on gender - It Introduces concepts children are not developmentally ready for - It Undermines parents’ rights to guide moral and cultural development The implementation and use of it is in contravention to my Rights as a Parent to teach my Children the Correct Family Values. We do NOT support it in any form or variance and will NOT accept it in any form or variance. |
2026-04-13 08:44:19 +02:00 | Stephan | No I do not | All of the above | Schools and the ECE Toolkit cannot decide and teach a certain specific worldview that is not aligned with what the parents or basic biology allow. As something as foundational as gender, it should fall fully on the parents to choose whether a child should be part of such a program or not. |
2026-04-13 08:32:00 +02:00 | konradt | No I do not | All of the above | this Government has no place in raising our children, not in forming their personal identities or ideology, this is for parents only. the only gender a child needs to be concerned about is the scientific and natural two genders male and female. any other ideology or opinion can be explored at an age that is appropriate and under parental supervision. the indoctrination of our children is unacceptable. it is an attack on our religious rights and beliefs. |
2026-04-12 08:59:06 +02:00 | Marianne | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-04-10 22:50:37 +02:00 | Marise | No I do not | All of the above | Government does not need to preach to children to mutilate themselves. This turns schools into indoctrination camps. Focus on math and reading before trying to indoctrinate kids into ideology that opposes reality. Tax payer money shouldn't be used to teach kids anything other than maths and reading. Rather focus on phonics than u scientific ideology. |
2026-04-10 12:21:42 +02:00 | P | No I do not | All of the above | Crazy, why do you want to teach young children about any of this?! No way |
2026-04-07 10:24:36 +02:00 | Viv | No I do not | Complete absence of public consultation | |
2026-04-07 07:32:28 +02:00 | kay | No I do not | All of the above | |
2026-03-31 12:25:12 +02:00 | Guy | No I do not | All of the above | Young children often blur the line between imagination and reality and believe in monsters, magical powers etc. or believe they are not human; this divide is better understood as they grow older and is generally becomes more reliable from the age of 7 onwards. 99,98% of births are binary and influencing young and impressionable minds otherwise is harmful to the child & immoral; children form their identity over time and do not to be indoctrinated with concepts that their minds are not mature enough to process. |