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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. |