CHIPS should be allowed to be taught in classes.

Firstly, thank you you Eav for accepting and taking part in this debate. Too many times when I join a debate it ends up with someone who forfeits most of them so it good to have a proper one. Good luck. Rebuttal: CHIPS is a group said by Pro to be tackling Homophobia. Fine. They want to teach people to be fair to people whether they be gay, transgender, lesbian or whatever they choose. Fine. They want to teach all this to primary school kids at the ages of 4 in reception. Not O.K. My main argument is that these kids are too young too properly learn this. These are kids still learning how to READ AND WRITE. Reading and writing is so much more vital. I didn't have homophobia taught to me in primary or secondary school (so far), but I still know about it. But if I hadn't be taught it and was taught in Year 9, it would understand and use it more powerfully since i'm much more older and inspire my friends. But if I was to learn how to read and write and spell in Year 9 then I would struggle in life. Read this and let it stick into your head: A young kid goes home to their parent and they are asked what they did today. In the morning, we got taught about how to write capital letter. After break we learned our 12 times tables. Our first lesson after lunch we watched Thomas the Tank Engine. The last lesson was about a horse who felt sad because he had stripes. That last sentence could have been: The last lesson was about a horse who was bullied because he was different to everyone else and excluded. Much more effective when the are older as the last sentence explains. This programme states they will teach the kids that parents of all type are the same. I'm am not being rude or offensive but they're not. I'm not saying that changes how they are treated but a family of 1 mum or 1 dad isn't the same as 2 parents. As this is stated on the website, this is wrong. The kids with and non 2 parent family, whether gay or not, need to be handled a little better. We can all imagine as much as we want that these reception kids go home and when they see their parent odd-looking a 2 men together but we must be realistic, would that really happen. As much as you can say it could, might, maybe but in reality it's super- unlikely. Young people whose mother and father split up are also three times as likely to become aggressive or badly behaved, according to the comprehensive survey carried out by the Office for National Statistics. Kids ate the ages of 4 or 5 will just see them as being given an unfair extra boost since it's "all the same". To be honest, it all links to my first point and main argument that they are too young. There isn't enough "simple" lessons to be taught to them to be understand homophobia. In conclusion, CHIPS should NOT be taught in primary schools because the children who are learning how to read and write should not be pushed into such a big thing. Teaching people about tackling bullying because someone is different is fine but homophobic bullying has no place in the reception or Year 1 playground. They don't talk about it and thus don't bully about it. When you reach secondary school you are exposed to more homophobic bullying and that is a perfect time to teach it. Lets not ruin the curriculum with something being unnecessarily pushed into a kids day of learning. Vote Con. http://www.ellybarnes.com... http://www.ellybarnes.com... http://www.telegraph.co.uk...