Dyslexia

"An article on Preschool Learners reveals, '[T]eachers know, and research confirms, that by the end of the year, kindergartners often can read some common sight words. By the end of first grade, children can be expected to possess a reading vocabulary of 300 to 500 words'. What parents are not told is that learning that many words by sight will guarantee that the child will become dyslexic. For a holistic reflex prevents children from automatically seeing the phonetic structure of a word. It is that blockage that causes the condition we call dyslexia" [Dr. Samuel L. Blumenfeld, ritalindeath.com/Education/the-literacy-war-goes-on.htm].

Frocks and Pompoms for Boys

Boys in primary schools should be encouraged to try on frocks or join the cheerleading team, a homosexual campaign group has told teachers.  Stonewall, Britain's top homosexual lobby group, has sent a pack to primary school teachers with the backing of a Government agency.  The pack includes a DVD, where a teacher says pupils should be taught to resist the values of their parents and grandparents.  The DVD case features the logo of the Training and Development Agency - a body funded by the Department for Education.  The pack also recommends using pro-homosexual story books for reading in class.  One book, And Tango Makes Three, is about a penguin chick raised by two male penguins.  Another is called The Sissy Duckling and another features two princes who fall in love and live happily ever after as King and King.  The Stonewall teachers' pack suggests getting primary school children to act out the books as school plays [The Christian Institute, Newsletter, Spring 2011].

One Mother's Experience of Harmful Sex Education

Lisa Bullivant's daughter was 7 years old when she was exposed to sexually explicit lessons in class.  The school was using a programme called Living and Growing produced by Channel 4 [in the UK].  Mrs Bullivant was horrified at the graphic nature of the material. "I never imagined anyone would show anything like this to little children," she said.  One of the many upsetting remarks made by her daughter after seeing the dvds was, "I keep thinking about you and Daddy having sex".  Even more disturbing, this little girl was worrying that she herself was expected to have sex.  Mrs Bullivant does not think that the dvd showing sexual intercourse makes it clear that the act is only adults.  Her daughter also asked her, "Is there any other way to have a baby? I don't want to have sex."  The trauma to Mrs Bullivant's daughter has affected both her family life and her marriage.  Every day Mrs Bullivant is living with the aftermath of "Living and Growing", waiting for her child to grow into the information she has been given so prematurely [SPUC, Bulleting, Spring 2011].

Opus Dei

"From Mothers' Watch, Volume 3, no 3: 'We became concerned with Opus Dei when we learned their schools had sex ed and that Opus Dei people do not oppose classroom sex education. Many parents have also related their bad experiences with Opus Dei to us. The evidence is mounting. Opus Dei has long been considered more than 'controversial' in Europe. There are many books and articles on Opus Dei that you might benefit from reading:

PARENTS GUIDE TO OPUS DEI, Sicut Dixit Press, 305 Madison Ave., NYC, NY 10165

BEYOND THE THRESHOLD, a shocking new book by Maria del Carmen Tapia, a former member and personal secretary to Msgr. Escriva [the Roman Catholic founder of Opus Dei], Continuum Publishing Group, 370 Lexington Ave., NYC, NY 10017

AGAINST THE GRAIN, magazine by Suzanne Rini will be covering Opus Dei in depth, 3854 Nantasket St., Pittsburgh, PA 15207'

The 'supernumeries' [i.e. married members of Opus Dei] ... are under solemn oath to 'always consult their superiors in regard to professional, social and other questions, even those which do not constitute a matter of a direct vow of obedience' (Article 58). Given that the R.C. church has never renounced its claim to temporal authority, the presence of Opus Dei as a clandestine political, economic and educational power must be taken seriously" [Eric Phelps, email on file, 12 January 2006].