Source: National Post
A group of academics and researchers is pushing a new guideline on drug education that treats kindergarten children as potential users in need of “harm reduction” strategies. Instead of teaching kids to stay away from drugs, the approach normalizes the idea that some will experiment and focuses on reducing harm rather than preventing use altogether.
This is not education. It is surrender dressed up as compassion. Five-year-olds should be learning their ABCs and how to share toys, not being prepared for a world where adults have decided drug use is inevitable. The very notion that we need “harm reduction” language in kindergarten classrooms reveals how deeply certain ideologies have penetrated our institutions. It lowers expectations for children before they’ve even had a chance to form healthy habits.
True North exists precisely because of moments like this. In a country that increasingly tells itself comforting lies — that children are miniature adults capable of navigating complex adult risks, that biology is fluid, that history is a story of endless oppression — someone has to push back with uncomfortable truths. We defend the idea that kids deserve protection, innocence, and a real education, not early exposure to adult pathologies.
This latest push should alarm every parent. Our schools should be raising the next generation of responsible, capable Canadians, not managing their supposed future addictions. The adults in the room need to act like it.
