From 5-8 years old, children are taught to be aware of where their values come from, including family and community. This is good.

But note from the previous topic that children are taught to “acknowledge” their values, not to “express support for” or “appreciate” their values.

From 9-12 years old, children are taught that culture and religion change their beliefs and practices about sexuality.

Why do 9-12-year-old children need to relativize their cultural and religious beliefs? There are complexities and nuances which may not be appropriate for children.

Furthermore, this should not be taught by secular institutions and educators who have little knowledge of these said cultures and religions. Instead, this is best left up to parents and recognised religious leaders to teach and discuss.

Children must also demonstrate the skill of respecting all “human rights”. From the CSE context, this includes same-sex unions, same-sex “parenting” and other LGBTQ-affirming policies.

For the lesson to land with children demonstrating respect for same-sex unions and other “human rights”, children must weaken their traditional values. How is that done?

To weaken traditional values, children must believe that their cultural and religious beliefs are relative, not absolute. Instead, “human rights” (specifically, individual autonomy) is treated as absolute.

12-15-year-old teenagers must have the skill to question social and cultural norms that impact sexual behaviour.

It is good for teenagers to ask questions. But the way they are answered can strengthen or weaken teenagers’ values.

However, this CSE guide consistently focuses on “reflecting”, “examining” rather than “appreciating” existing cultural, family and religious values. This is a single-directional questioning to the detriment of cultural, family and religious values, in favour of an individual autonomy driven ethic.

Secular schools are not suitable to facilitate such sensitive discussions. Instead, religious institutions should address these questions.

At 5 years old, children are taught that their values come from family and community. At 9 years old, children are taught to relativise their values. At 12 years old, children are taught to question their values. 

At 15-18 years old, they are taught to judge cultural values according to how they positively and negatively impact sexual behaviour and sexual health.

What is positive and negative? From CSE’s values, same-sex behaviour and the LGBTQ lifestyle are considered positive.

The last 2 bullet points are good in isolation. However, given the context of CSE, students would be taught only to adopt values that champion the LGBTQ ideology.