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Parents anger after children as young as THREE told to sign contract promising...

• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Eleanor Harding

Children as young as three are being asked to sign a contract pledging not to use transphobic language at school.

The pledge is contained in a 'home-school agreement' which all children must sign before they start at Turnham Primary School in September.

The infants must also promise to refrain from using homophobic and racist phrases and to be tolerant of people with different sexual orientations and lifestyles. Each child must print their name and provide a signature to confirm that they understand their 'responsibilities' while attending the school.

It is understood that teachers at the South-East London school introduced the document to help stamp out playground prejudice against transgender people and a wide range of disabilities and cultures.

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Comment by Leslie Fish
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I'm over 50, and *I* don't know whatthehell "transphobic" means. How is a three-year-old supposed to understand that? It would have made more sense to make the kids promise not to "pick on" other kids; that they would understand.



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