Children of all ages in schools across Canada took part in pervasive discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity during the first week of June. Such discussions inevitably arose around Pride Month events, and parents concerned about their age-appropriateness are reacting more strongly than in past years, says parental rights advocate Shannon Boschy.

“I’ve talked to people from Prince Edward Island, from Fredericton in New Brunswick, from Vancouver, Nanaimo, Kamloops, and Kelowna in British Columbia. Parents are all feeling the same thing: They’re frustrated that the school boards are not listening, that they’re shutting down parent concerns at every level and pushing this controversial ideology on the insistence that this is human rights,” Boschy told The Epoch Times.