Parents protesting 'critical race theory' identify a new target: Mental health programs

What the Sam Hell is wrong with people these days... fricking fruit cakes.

How dare you tell my child that there are options if he is feeling suicidal!!!! He just needs to bottle it up and become a mass murderer like they did in Columbine and Sandy Hook!!!! Those kids turned out just fine.
Like PFC David Foster so eloquently put it "fricking fruit cakes!" And that's an insult to fruit cakes, which I love!

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel It's a crazy world out there...

..."Many of the school programs under attack fall under the umbrella of social emotional learning, or SEL, a teaching philosophy popularized in recent years that aims to help children manage their feelings and show empathy for others. Conservative groups argue that social emotional learning has become a “Trojan horse” for critical race theory, a separate academic concept that examines how systemic racism is embedded in society. They point to SEL lessons that encourage children to celebrate diversity, sometimes introducing students to conversations about race, gender and sexuality.

Activists have accused school districts of using the programs to ask children invasive questions — about their feelings, sexuality and the way race shapes their lives — as part of a ploy to “brainwash” them with liberal values and to trample parents’ rights. Groups across the country recently started circulating forms to get parents to opt their children out of surveys designed to measure whether students are struggling with their emotions or being bullied, describing the efforts as “data mining” and an invasion of privacy."...