The RenewaNation Review 2019 Volume 11 Issue 1 | Page 43

I realized we were in a spiritual battle, so I committed to being a hands-on parent in the classroom, learning the teacher’s methodology as well as my children’s religious rights at school. Parents must be aware of the spiritual warfare and the worldviews around our kids. My kids’ classrooms are filled mostly with atheists and agnostics. Teachers are really push- ing radical ideology. No one steps in to say this is right or wrong. No one points out truth. Prayer is the one thing we lean heavily on. They are His kids to begin with, and it gives me comfort to know they are God’s children. WHAT TOPICS HAVE YOU ENCOUNTERED WITH YOUR OWN CHILDREN IN EDUCATIONAL CUR- RICULUM AND SCHOOL CLASSROOMS? HOW DID YOU LEARN ABOUT THE MESSAGES THAT ARE COMMUNICATED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULUM? My daughter had a number of experiences with an atheist teacher that caused me to look closer at what was being taught in the classroom. When my daughter was in second grade, a student was doing a presentation on Ramadan and said that Allah is God. My daughter stood up and said, “Allah is not God; Jesus is God.” My daughter got reprimanded and told she was making others feel uncomfortable. I wondered, “How is it any different to say that Jesus is God vs. Allah is God?” That event was the catalyst. The next year my daughter brought her Bible to school on “Bring Your Bible to School Day” sponsored by Focus on the Family. The atheist teacher reprimanded my daughter for sharing Bible verses with her friends during break time. The teacher went to the principal’s office to report her, saying, “She was making everyone feel uncomfortable. How can she do this?” The principal called me for my daughter speaking up for her Christian faith. I was told, “She can’t tell people about Jesus; she can only do this before or after school, and she has to call the principal first.” It didn’t sound right. All of this led me to look further into what my rights were. My children are taught environmentalism and climate change, which is really earth-worship. Schools promote peace assemblies and daily peace pledges, which are priori- tized over the Pledge of Allegiance. They teach atheism and communicate that humans have no value. My children are taught that humans are insignificant and that the earth and animals have more significance than human life. Of course, there is evolutionary theory and the Big Bang. Socialism is taught, and communism is pushed. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss, The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, The Little Red Hen, and other familiar books are being used to promote socialism. You wouldn’t know when you read it, but when you hear the questions, you understand the agenda. For example, when they read The Little Red Hen, they lead kids with questions such as, “Wasn’t that selfish?” Teachers are using the application of a story to promote their agenda. Ask your kids what kind of questions they are being asked. Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is huge. It looks inno- cent at first, but it’s all about feelings. Students are taught not to think critically but to feel. It separates the kids from their parents’ traditional values. SEL is a vehicle used for data-mining in the classroom. Schools are placing every- thing online in Google Drive and not sending much home to review. This is another way to build a wedge (with progressive values) and to separate kids from their parents’ core values. Sex education is big. Schools are trying to remove monog- amy and replace it with homosexuality and transgenderism, which is coming through literature in the library. We expe- rienced this in kindergarten when my daughter was read a picture book about a red crayon that wants to be blue. I do not allow my kids to check out books in the school library unless it is a pre-vetted book. New Age mentality is everywhere. The library promotes occult books and mystical books. Scholastic book orders are one of the biggest offenders. Yoga and mindfulness in the classroom are really pushed. My daughter’s class went on a 43