Indoctrination In Early Learning – Let Children Be Children | The Institute of Public Affairs
“Similar to the National Curriculum, Australia’s early learning framework begins the process of indoctrination by introducing infants and toddlers to radical gender and social justice theory, rather than allowing children to simply be children,” said Dr Bella d’Abrera, Director of the Foundations of Western Civilisation Program at the Institute of Public Affairs.
The IPA’s analysis of Belonging, Being and Becoming, which is aimed at 0- to 5-year-olds, reveals that the terms Diversity, Inclusion and Equity are mentioned 149 times, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Reconciliation are mentioned 96 times, while “Mother”, “Father” and “Parents” have been scrubbed from the guidelines and not even mentioned once.
The analysis also uncovers the materials recommended by the federal government’s childcare regulator, the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority, contains the following:
That childcare centres should be “safe spaces” and that “Early childhood is a critical time for children to begin understanding and exploring gender.”
Children to perform a daily Acknowledgment of Country, and for both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags to be displayed in all settings.
Childcare centres should reconsider “education spaces, which focuses on acknowledging colonisation and its continued impacts, while seeking to disrupt and reconceptualise colonial understandings.”
Article Source: Institute of Public Affairs.
Written by: Bella d'Abrera. Published 18 June 2024