Parents' Wishes

 Parents' Wishes

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe said parents should not tell schools what to teach.

Majority of Virginia parents want a say in their kids' education, Fox News poll finds.

A new Fox News poll found that a strong majority of Virginia parents said they should tell schools what to teach their children, amid high-profile controversies over transgender policies and critical race theory in the state's schools.

The poll comes just two weeks after Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe – who served as Virginia's governor from 2014 to 2018 – said he opposes the notion of parents telling schools what they should teach.

When asked by Fox pollsters, "Do you believe parents should – or should not – be telling schools what to teach?" 57% of Virginia parents and 50% of likely voters told Fox News that parents should tell schools what to teach. Only 34% of parents, and 40% of likely voters, said parents "should not" approve what schools teach.

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"I'm not going to let parents come into schools and actually take books out and make their own decision," the former governor said during a September debate against his Republican opponent, Glenn Youngkin. "I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach."

Youngkin has seized on the comments, launching a "Parents Matter" initiative rallying parents across the state.

"McAuliffe wants to suppress and silence parents so his special interest allies can force their radical political agenda into classrooms and tell children what to think instead of teaching them how to think," Youngkin campaign spokesman Christian Martinez told Fox News.

Martinez continued, "Virginia parents are supporting Glenn Youngkin because he listens to them, respects them, and will restore excellence to our schools, raise teacher pay, and invest in the largest education budget in Virginia history."

- Heavenly father, we come in agreement that the foundation of family is precious in your sight. Your children have been stripped of their innocence by many of our public schools that continue to indoctrinate our youth. The wicked and immoral deceit has become a plague that is impacting the very minds and souls of our next generation. Oh Lord, we cry out to you for a return to "Truth and Righteousness". May our parents be given your authority to teach a child in the ways of the Lord. In the name of Jesus we pray.

- "Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it." (Proverbs 22:6)