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Favors gender-neutral terms ‘child’ or ‘kid’
By Michael Bielawski
The Vermont Department of Health Friday, August 28 posted a new language advisory policy on Facebook asking Vermont educators to refer to their students, when discussing their family relationships, as a ‘child’ or ‘kid’ and not a ‘daughter’ or ‘son.’
Under the header “inclusive language for families,” the meme requests that educators “use ‘child’ or ‘kid’ instead of ‘daughter’ or ‘son.’ This is gender-neutral and can not describe a child who may not be someone’s legal son or daughter.”
The post explains: “The language we use matters! Many families and students are getting ready for the new school year. Equity in the classroom is an essential piece of a productive and healthy learning environment. When talking about family, it’s important to use terms that cover the many versions of what family can look like.
In a comment on the initial post, VDH explains further that “This post was intended to encourage using inclusive language when you don’t know someone’s family situation. This is especially important in settings like classrooms, afterschool programs and sports teams. Using language that includes everyone helps children feel seen, respected, and valued no matter how their families are structured.”
VDC reached out to Department of Health Director of Communications Katie Warchut for further clarification: “it [the meme] suggests that it’s to make children who aren’t legal children of parents feel more comfortable. But if that is so, don’t ‘child’ and ‘kid’ suggest the same? The only difference seems to be gender. Could you please explain further why teachers are being asked to use these terms?”
Warchut responded by reiterating the FB post: “Here is a statement related to our social media post you can attribute to the Department of Health: ‘The Vermont Department of Health’s social media post was intended to encourage using inclusive language when you don’t know someone’s family situation. This is especially important in settings like classrooms, afterschool programs and sports teams. Using language that includes everyone helps children feel seen, respected, and valued no matter how their families are structured. Learn more about our Department’s commitment to health equity at HealthVermont.gov/health-equity.’
On the website is a section titled “Health Equity — what does it mean?” It explains, “Health Equity exists when all people have a fair and just opportunity to be healthy, especially those who have experienced socioeconomic disadvantage, historical injustice, and other avoidable systemic inequalities that are often associated with social categories of race, gender, ethnicity, social position, sexual orientation, and disability.”
It also states, “Vermonters who identify as white and heterosexual, who are non-disabled, live in urban or suburban areas, or are middle or upper class generally have better health compared to other Vermonters.”
It continues that this is the “cornerstone of our State Health Assessment and State Health Improvement Plan.”
VDC has reached out to the Department again to ask further why and how using these terms is seen as more inclusive. Any updates will be provided.
The Health Department post has been the subject of many news stories on state and national news websites.
As highlighted by the Daily Mail, one responding member of the public wrote that now they are offended because using the term “child” or “kid” is not inclusive of those living family-oriented lives.
“I’m offended when you call my son my ‘child’ – That language is not inclusive of me.” the commenter wrote.
Dozens of commenters sounded off on the policy on social media including on X.
One commenter, @SuspendedAnd1, wrote, “We need to have Sons and Daughters of the new American revolution this year. I have 3 Sons, they each of Sons and Daughters, and we are a family. Vermont the land of Bernie is already hell.
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Hey, how about using their NAME, ie Justin, Louis, Malinda in those situations where you are unsure of. the relationship. This PR was poorly written, a total fail.
From elsewhere “Our names are an incredibly important part of our identity. They carry deep personal, cultural, familial, and historical connections. They also give us a sense of who we are, the communities in which we belong, and our place in the world”. Say their NAME! How simple is that.
The Health Department needs therapy.
Those seem like really straightforward, well-justified tips to improve communication and inclusion.
It appears that most of these comments and maybe the article are missing the mark. I can’t envision a teacher talking to a child using son or daughter. These terms would be used when talking to a parent or guardian. Therefore the person who might be offended would be an adult, not the child. Hopefully the adult would correct the teacher if they were offended.
Absolutely mental.
My teachers always told us that a kid is a baby goat.
🤣🤣🤣Facts!
It is too bad so many Vermonter’s have no idea what the U.S. Constitution says. I realize it’s a long document, but just the first 10 amendment’s also referred to as the Bill of Rights would be nice. Those are the amendments that tell the government what they can and Can NOT do. Mix the ignorance to the Constitution, Vermont government filled with extreme far left ideas ( that have no place in a Constitutional Republic ), and weak Vermonter’s that let the government you elect rule over you like a King.
[ Evil thrives when good people say nothing, or when they do nothing. ]
VT Health Department…. what a joke! Bunch of loonies!!
Should be easier to inject poisonous experimental drugs into children and kids than sons and daughters, eh ‘Health Department’?
~ The New World Order’s ~ “Health Department” ~
Brought To You By Big Pharma’s Pfizer, the World Economic Forum (WEF), the United Nations (UN) & the World Health Organization (WHO) ~ who are hell bent on depopulation in any way possible (i.e., by neutering our children’s sex, injecting them with experimental mRNA gene therapy faux vaccines that sterilize them, &/or induce miscarriages). The real reason for the decrease in birth rates? Is Agenda 2030’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Where, if the WHO, WEF & UN (and Deagel, Inc.) reach their SDG’s by 2030, America will be reduced to 99 million, will be living in 15″ Cities, own nothing & be happy
This is absolutely unbelievable. It is part of the Marxist/Socialist agenda that Vermonters are getting because they have not been paying attention. The only thing missing is that your children belong to the government. Better wake up!!
Make no mistake, through actions, laws and time, they own your baby goats….
they want good compliant little workers for their maxist dream, where some are not so ironically more “equal” than others.
DEI needs to be throttled and tossed out to avoid this type of lunacy.
It will only get worse if the Communist candidate for POTUS is elected. Don’t underestimate her by her silly laugh, poor communication style and apparent flip flops. She is a radical. She recently said her values haven’t changed over time, but look at her record as VP. Believe her. She may be talking moderation now, but if she is elected, her true colors will manifest in full force.
1000% agree. The democrats are the worst liars and best con artist to sell the sheep that support them. I didn’t realize our society was that naive. I’m putting it nicely.
How about our schools concentrate on reading, writing and arithmetic. Turn out Students that will be able to function in society.
Yea but they’ll be less dependent on government resources and therefore more likely lefties.
Democrats prefer students who are UNable to function in society, and are perpetually dependent on gummint…
There is a new master in town called the United Nations. We are no longer a sovereign nation. A UN representative was caught on camera recently admitting that it’s goal is a one world government and that it wants to instill a global citizen political identity. This is already being done via the NEA and NEAF. The NEA has a website for school children about being a global citizen. Here is the United Nations site on gender inclusive language. I will post the UN representative statement in a separate post. https://www.un.org/en/gender-inclusive-language/
XSteven Crowder on X: “BREAKING: Self Described “Globalist” United Nations Legal Affairs Official Says He’s “Not Sure Institution is Going to Survive” Second Trump Term; Reveals Colleagues “Terrified” of His Reelection; Admits U.N. is ‘95% useless’ at Primary Function…
https://x.com/scrowder/status/1829161105677234637?t=_TYw08md_qH7IOQl-tECHA&s=01
Here is the New York Post article, same topic.
The UN representative actually calls people who do not want to give up their sovereignty to the United Nations “ultra nationalists.”
https://nypost.com/2024/08/29/opinion/un-terrified-of-trump-official-admits-in-undercover-video/
Bfa fairfax has a mandatory to graduate global citizenship class.
Where does the Health Dept. Get the right to tell parents how to describe their child!! I don’t Know about other parents but I am proud of my DAUGHTERS and I will call Them my DAUGHTERS anytime I feel like it. The State of Vermont should stick to it designated duties of running the government and not the citizens lives. This DEI bull says their offended when they are not called by what they wished to be called, I’m offended when I can’t call my daughter my daughter! Ordinary people have no rights only the DEI idiots!!!!
They’re not telling you to not refer to your daughter as your daughter. They’re telling schoolteachers to stop using the terms daughter and son. And they’re doing so because most parents, regardless of their opinion on the matter, must send their children to the public-school monopoly to be indoctrinated.
Again, end the public-school monopoly with school choice tuition vouchers and this idiocy will collapse from its own weight.
I know so many parents who home schooled and are currently home schooling their children – they are so smart – polite – well educated and just great kids. They think critically, they have jobs starting at young ages and figure out how to move out and support themselves as soon as they turn 18. Just brilliant. Do whatever you can to get your sons and daughters out of these crappy Vermont schools.
Say “IDIOTS” or “BUFFOONS” rather than “The Vermont Department of Health”
Health Department ” urges ” educators to drop gender-specific ‘son’ and ‘daughter’,
who in the H-do these people think they are, we need educators to educate and not indoctrinate with woke policies……………………..
Go woke, you should go broke………. Fire these fools, they shouldn’t be in a position of control !!
Wake up people, these are the type of clowns you vote in, you or your family are just pawns in their agenda, to destroy family values.
There is a hell on earth, called Vermont and include the outside forces forcing hell on people. Have to inform these people to return from where they came form.
It looks as if the same “forces” are at work in the Vt, Health Dept. as Nationally. F%*k that DEI garbage and send it back to California!
DEI didn’t originate in California. DEI is a United Nations agenda and a Sustainable Development Goal. Look up the Equity SDG.
The Vermont Department urges educators to call students “child” or “kid.” A kid is a young goat as well as a colloquial term term for child. Just Saying “son” and “daughter” is not harmful. The people that come up with this garbage should identify as “clowns.”
Too much time and our tax money is wasted on crap such as this. I wouldn’t think of calling one of my students “kid”. Kid, I think, is a baby goat.
Forrest Manning n Middlebury
Katie Warchut needs to be pressured to disclose exactly who initiated this policy. My read is, this is coming down from legislative channels that have leverage to fund the dept. So Katie, who is pulling the strings?
The DOE, AOE, NEA, AFT, NSBA, VSBA, VPA, VSA, etc., etc. are all pulling the same totalitarian, globalist strings.
The Health Department, funded by Vermonters and Americans for decades. You all live by our rules. You don’t get to dictate other entities rules. If you don’t enjoy the thought of serving those who pay your salaries move back to the planet you came from. Here in Vermont families are father, mother, daughter, and/or son. Get used of it. Don’t enjoy Vermont rules, move to whatever Marxist regime that puts up with your foolishness.
In my family, we all have the same Father. That word is reserved for God. I am my kids’ dad but to each their own.
The insanity continues.
In Oregon they want you to sat pregnant people,
nit women..
Vermont is acting pretty crazy considering like .55 % out of 100,000 of adults would want to identify as anything other than their birth gender. Children far less
NPR uses the term ” pregnant people”.
Yea, it’s good to use language that includes “incarcerated parents or stepchildren”, even though Vermont suffers from an acute shortage of incarcerated individuals.
Just refuse to partake, and any chanceyou get, call it out for what it is, loonacy.
I meet a lot of young people at my job,not educational but recreational. I’m am going to continue referring to them as young men and ladies, boys and girls,and Hooligans should the case warrant it. Damn “inclusive straight to Hell.
Like Vermonters need more reminders on their State’s march to complete and total Marxism. Another example of the all knowing and mighty “State” dictating terms to the exploited citizenry. The bad news is most of Vermont Citizens are “asleep” where their apathy actually encourages this State behavior. I keep thinking the personal safety and violence will wake them up but, evidently, their tolerance for pain is higher than expected. bummer.
This is wrong. I believe, .To not be able to children that they are male or female. All this stuff that people want to change, our social means are nuts！It should be at the parent wall not thrust to a teacher who already has enough to do!!
Revolt!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Hound these wingnuts right to the gates of hell.
The VDC states >>>”…asking Vermont EDUCATORS to refer to their students, when discussing their family relationships, as a ‘child’ or ‘kid’ and not a ‘daughter’ or ‘son.’” and Under the header “inclusive language for families,” the meme requests that EDUCATORS…”<<<
Just to clarify, in reality the VDOH stated "Vermont public health officials are encouraging TEACHERS AND PARENTS to ditch the phrases “son” and “daughter” this back-to-school season in the name of classroom equity."
How many 666’s do you see in that logo? Symbolism – when you see it, you can’t unsee it. Recognize how evil is displayed right in your face and how their witchcraft wordcraft is spellcasting along with their symbols. Their goal is to destroy the minds of children – they are targetting the innocents – they are evil. Rebuke them, bind them, and cast them into the abyss from which they came.
Thank you for blowing my mind, yet again. Of course!!
And when and if they get to college, check out all the triangles in the logo of Vermont State University. Study break! Think I’ll order a slice….
The FBI published the logos used as symbols for pedophelia and the code words. From there, you will notice how many of these symbols are displayed in Vermont non-profits, NGOs, and businesses. Interesting how much of it is in cartoons, toys, and especially Disney products. Perhaps some are not aware of what they are displaying – my bet is many of them do know and believe no one will catch on to their side gigs or coded language. There are insidious crimes going on in Vermont and crimes against humanity will not stand. The alphabet acronym group is on notice – the freak show and crimes against children will be coming to an end.
You get what you accept. And while the comments are interesting, if you are not actively NOT COMPLYING to totalitarian rule, you ARE supporting it — and are part of the problem.
If this doesn’t sit with you, sit with God and ask Him what you should do in the face of tyranny… or, sit with your conscience…is your normal go along to get along and confirmation bias in play? Get honest. Get real — because they ARE after your kids… to sacrifice them on the altar of Moloch (only compliant slaves are welcome)…and blood IS already being spilled of our children…
Disconnect yourselves —
And keep in mind what an unusally wise politician said, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” Upton Sinclair. Divest yourself of that which forces you to compromise, declare your independence from tyranny, and make a stand IN YOUR OWN LIVES. You do not need to protest any other way.
The system will fail when we stop supporting it.
Build it from your homes…your communities…outwards…with like minded folks. The word is spreading…and God is on the side of free will, even if we choose to sacrifice our children to Satan’s system…but that is on each of us…our cross to bear.
Do what is right. Remember that the Jews leading into WWII in Germany were ‘made illegal’ just as those of us who value our right to consent and choose, and our right to NOT engage with bad policies or tyrannical gov’t… if we do not stand now… we have lost it.
Non-compliance, disengagement from the system that demands compliance…will make you and your family safer and healthier… try it. Its possible with a little bit of Yankee ingenuity.
This is tyranny folks.
And the same people who locked us down for nearly three years are perpetrating this latest mind scam on you — will you fall for it again?
You’re wasting your time. Vermont democrats are so brainwashed they’d vote for Hitler, Stalin, or Mussolini as long as they ran as democrats. They’d rather sink with the ship than vote for a sane Republican who would save them. You can’t rationalize with that level of stupid.
…Further diminishing the role of parents of these “Sons & Daughters”…Remember Obama’s statement that it takes a village to raise a kid
I think it was Hillary who came up with that, regarding some pandering reference to how they raise children in Sub-Saharan Africa. Obama, Hillary, same difference…just 2 examples of hypocritical democrats…
When tyranny becomes law, armed rebellion becomes duty!
666 is shown on many corporate letter heads. Most people do not have the time to look at these symbols and are not informed as to what they mean. Now you have fifty three comments.
Vote for lunatics. Be ruled by lunatics. These people are seriously deranged. As is anyone voting for them.
I think using the last four digits of their SSN assigned at birth XXXX & YYYY & ZZZZ (and more if needed).
EX: Hey XXXX get your coat on and walk ZZZZ to the store or go outside to play. YYYY may follow you. Dress warmly it’s winter. If you have a problem let us know, your parents either AAAA or CCCC.
After all, many government agencies are three letter alphabet descriptions:
ATF, IRS, HLS, CDC, FDA, and so forth.
I just watched a 60 Minutes segment on Saint Mary’s Academy in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Saint Mary’s admits girls and boys until grade 7 and admits only girls for grades 8-12. The academy has a long tradition as a private Catholic college preparatory co-educational elementary and a middle/high school, primarily serving young African American women making up 89% of its enrollment.
Yes. A high school for girls only. A school where the students wear uniforms, where cell phone use is regulated, and natural hair color is required. A school where there is a 99% graduation rate, where 100% of the graduates go to college, and where students receive an average of over $9 million in college scholarships awarded annually.
Saint Mary’s is a school where two of the girls recently solved a 2,000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem problem. And the two African American girls aren’t math prodigies from wealthy families. They are simply interested, motivated, and confident.
The student/teacher ratio at St. Mary’s is 12 to 1. Tuition is less than $10,000 annually. The school day begins and ends with prayer and students are encouraged to develop a close relationship with God.
“Preparing our students to enter any arena with grace, style and confidence is a unique facet of the Maryite curriculum. With lessons on topics such as “Dressing for Success,” Effective Communication,” “Poise and Presentation,” and “Fine Dining.” St. Mary’s Academy is highly regarded for the caliber of its students.
Reinforcing the etiquette lessons are activities such as the annual Mother and Daughter Event and the Debutante Ball.
St. Mary’s Academy was one of the first schools to present its students to society, regardless of race or socio-economic status. Every member of the senior class is formally presented to society by her father or close family friend.”
So. How’s your Vermont high school doing?
Why can’t the catholic schools around here achieve that level of success with our local students?
Re: Why can’t the catholic schools around here achieve that level of success with our local students?
How do you know they don’t achieve similar results?