Minister of Education: Please Remove the Mindfulness Program from Canadian Public Schools
by Ray Chwartkowski · 662 supporters

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Wanda Webb
Pangman, Canada

4 days ago

Mindfulness Programs are a form of Buddhist meditation, and forced participation infringes on the legal rights of children and parents. Participation in Mindfulness programs would contravene the religious beliefs of many families and should not be forced. Such a program should not be forced on children, nor should it go on without the informed consent of the parents. Also, I know a child who was given "guided meditation" supposedly to help him. The result was disturbed sleep and increased anxiety.
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robin traviss
Oshawa, Canada

May 26, 2017

i do not agree with children practising religion in the school
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Paul Brown
Union City, CA

May 8, 2017

I am appalled that leadership in public education in both Canada and the U.S. could be so short sited and uninformed as to impose Mindfulness Meditation on vulnerable children. In addition to the already noted valid objections to Mindfulness in the classroom, consider this: Children, conditioned by repetition to instantly go into hypnotic trance at the sound of a chime, without direct parental supervision while put into trance, are extremely vulnerable to unauthorized suggestions by the trance guide (teacher). A teacher with pedophile tendencies, unsupervised in the classroom, might be tempted to take advantage of the opportunity to add hypnotic deepeners, dangerous scripts and post hypnotic commands to abuse helpless kids. Or, imagine a teacher imposing his/her personal politics and religious concepts, subconsciously indoctrinating children through hypnotic suggestions? Easy access to hypnotize our children without parental supervision is DANGEROUS!
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Alison Riegel
South Lake Tahoe, CA

Apr 30, 2017

I'm signing this because meditation, Mindfulness and non- judgemental thinking are tenets of the Buddhist faith and do not belong in a secular public school. We are also fighting from having Mindup being taught as a SEL program in our district. Please keep us informed.
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Mathew Christionson
Halifax, Canada

Apr 9, 2017

That's gay
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samantha millar
Kelowna, Canada

Apr 5, 2017

I don't want my child participating in meditation at school . We have our own spirituality and it does not come from bhuddism .
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Wanda Van Dyke
Kelowna, Canada

Mar 29, 2017

I agree with all the above stated reasons that this should not be included in our school systems
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Alex Davies
Surrey, Canada

Mar 29, 2017

This program resorted in the destruction of 6 wonderful friendships. That my best friend took and then dropped 6 of her best friends with no word, no explanation - like we were nothing. It is nothing short of a mindf*ck cult belief system.
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Sarah fidler
surrey uk, United Kingdom

Mar 29, 2017

I agree with the points made in the video
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Todd Brown
Abbotsford, Canada

Mar 8, 2017

Our public schools are not supposed to be teaching spirituality. They are supposed to be neutral and to not promote any one religion. This is a religious practice.
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