American Family Values Are Under Attack
In classrooms across the country, something troubling is happening. Schools that were once focused on academics are now drifting into territory that challenges and sometimes outright contradicts the values parents are trying to instill at home. From promoting sexual content to encouraging secrecy between students and parents, these practices are weakening the foundation of the American family.
Sexualizing Children at a Young Age
Some schools are introducing children to sexual topics far earlier than most parents would expect or allow. What was once covered in high school health class is now making its way into elementary school storybooks and classroom discussions. These materials often contain graphic content and messaging that encourages exploration long before children are emotionally or mentally ready.
Parents who speak up are often met with resistance or told they are being intolerant. But asking for age appropriate lessons is not bigotry. It is basic parenting. Sexual education should be a family led topic, not something handed off to school staff who may not share the family’s beliefs or boundaries.
Pushing Kids to Keep Secrets From Parents
In some districts, students are being coached to withhold information from their parents, especially when it comes to gender identity and sexual orientation. Schools are setting up gender support plans without parental consent and telling kids to socially transition at school while hiding it at home.
This is a massive breach of trust. No school should ever instruct a child to keep secrets from their parents unless there is real evidence of abuse. Otherwise, it sends a clear message. Your parents cannot be trusted but we can. That kind of manipulation has no place in education.
Counselors and Identity Driven Influence
Many school counselors today openly identify as queer, nonbinary, or genderless. While identity itself is not the issue, the problem arises when it becomes a lens through which students are guided, often in ways that encourage them to question their identity or values without involving parents.
Some counselors go so far as to present themselves as the only safe adults in a child’s life. When schools promote this type of ideological mentorship, they cross the line from support into activism. The result is confusion and division, not clarity or care.
Academics Are Taking a Back Seat
While ideological lessons are taking up more class time, traditional academic performance is falling. National test scores in reading, writing, and math are down, yet schools are investing more time into discussions about gender identity, race dynamics, and cultural narratives.
Some teachers are even required to embed these themes into lessons that have nothing to do with identity. Instead of preparing students for the real world, schools are shaping them into ideologically aligned citizens and leaving them behind in practical skills.
Undermining the Role of the Family
Schools were once allies to parents. Now, in too many places, they are acting more like competitors. They are guiding students in ways that contradict the values of home and framing parents as outdated or unsafe. This not only harms the parent child bond, it weakens the entire foundation of family authority.
The role of a school is to support families, not replace them. When that boundary is crossed, it is not education. It is intrusion.
Progress or Overreach
Supporters of these school policies argue that they are promoting inclusion and protecting kids. But real protection does not require secrecy or ideology. It requires respect for family, transparency, and trust.
Schools should not be in the business of rewriting values. They should be equipping students to think critically, solve problems, and respect differing views including the ones they bring from home.
Parents Are Pushing Back
Across the country, parents are taking action. They are attending board meetings, demanding transparency, and even removing their kids from public schools that will not listen. These parents are not extremists. They are doing what parents are supposed to do. Protect and guide their children.
Family values are not fringe. They are foundational. It is time for schools to remember their place in the equation and put education, not ideology, back at the center.