Parents pull 4-year-old from church school for promoting ‘gender identity’ lessons: ‘Cruel deception’
Christian parents in the United Kingdom pulled their 4-year-old son from a Church of England school after his head teacher allegedly promoted “gender identity” lessons.
Father Stephen Evans told Fox News Digital of the gender debate, “It’s just a minefield, and children shouldn’t be subjected to this agenda.”
Evans and his wife Joan were among several parents who planned to teach young children at St Mary’s, Prittlewell – a primary school in Essex, England – a book by Scott Stuart titled “My Shadow Is Pink”, which he felt. Unfair, according to his legal counsel at the London-based Christian Legal Centre.
The 2020 book, a recording of which is online, explores the life of a boy who is uncomfortable with male stereotypes and dresses. In a story told as suitable for children 3 and up, the boy’s father tells him, “Your shadow is pink, now I see it’s true, it’s not just your shadow, it’s your innermost self. “
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Published in 2020, “My Shadow is Pink” explores the life of a boy who is uncomfortable with male stereotypes. (Christian concern)
The policy group Transgender Trends has criticized the book, claiming that it promotes the notion that one can change one’s gender by wearing clothing or changing hairstyles associated with the opposite sex.
The group said of the book, “Telling young children that hairstyles and clothing will change their gender and that other children will believe it to be true is a cruel hoax, as it plays on a child’s limited understanding of development.” “It is a cynical trick to use on children who are at the age when fantasy play is most intense.”
Many parents raised concerns when St Mary’s, Prittlewell – a primary school in Essex, England – planned to teach young children from a book about gender identity. (Google Map)
According to the Daily Mail, the same author has also written a book called “My Shadow Is Purple,” which explores moving beyond the gender binary.
“It is a cynical trick to use on children who are at the age when fantasy play is most intense.”
Outraged parents believed that Stuart’s book promoted gender confusion. The school reportedly did not consult parents when it decided to use the book to mark World Book Day earlier this month, and children were asked to show that they can see their shadow and themselves. How do you see Children were reportedly encouraged to explore story themes throughout the day.
The school did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
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School children in the UK celebrate World Book Day, which is celebrated during the first week of March, by dressing up as characters from their favorite book. (Finbar Webster / Getty Images)
Evans explained to Fox News Digital that children in the UK celebrate World Book Day every year in early March by dressing up as their favorite character from a book, but she believes that St Mary, Prittlewell has created “My Shadow Is Pink” as the “stimulus”. “To encourage gender confusion.
“I don’t know why they’re trying to promote it,” Evans said. “I don’t know who’s lobbying whom. It’s a bigger issue than I realized. We didn’t know how many parents talked about it. We felt like we were alone.” She added that stories published in UK outlets about her condition have been fueled by supportive comments.
“The point is, it is not suitable for 4-year-olds, and it is not appropriate for a Church of England school to be teaching or promoting it.”
Evans stated that her family is Baptist, but noted that other parents who are not Christians have expressed support for her stance based on their belief that such material is not age-appropriate.
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Stephen and Joanne Evans pulled their 4-year-old son from St Mary’s, Prittlewell, to avoid attending a gender lesson for World Book Day. (Google Map)
He added, “The point is that it is not suitable for 4-year-olds, and it is not appropriate for a Church of England school to be teaching or promoting it.” ,
“The second we say, ‘Wait a minute, that’s our opinion apart,’ we’re homophobic or transphobic; we’re wrong, we’re bigoted, because we believe in a man, a woman. And our opinions are just washed away,” he added. “So we have to stand up and say that’s not right.”
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Evans’ position echoes that of Kelvin and Nicola Watts, who removed their three children from St Michael’s Church of England primary school in Tenterden, Kent, last year after the school allegedly engaged in “trans indoctrination” of children as young as 8. “was executed.
Boxes of petitions opposing England’s transgender guidance for schools are dropped at Lambeth Palace, the London headquarters of the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, on December 12, 2022. (Christian concern)
In her letter to Evans, head teacher Alicia Lewis reportedly cited “Valuing All God’s Children”, Church of England guidance for schools that critics say encourages children as young as 5 to be of the opposite sex. The doors open to confirmation, although the church has denied such allegations.
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The Church of England has faced a rebuke from Anglican bishops in the global south who wrote a scathing letter last month rejecting the leadership of the Archbishop of Canterbury following a vote by the General Synod to bless same-sex couples .
