From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Michelle Cordero, and this is Heritage Explains.

I remember when gender issues first started showing up in public schools.

I remember exactly when, because it affected my family.

I was scrolling social media one night when I saw a Facebook post from a parent urging

us to check out our school district's reading list for the year.

My son was in first grade at the time.

I thought there's no way there could be anything

concerning on the first grade reading list. Right? Wrong. After browsing the document

with my husband, we came across my princess boy, a book about a boy named Dyson, who loves

pink, sparkly things, and sometimes wears dresses.

We talked to our school's principal to see if the book would be read out loud in the classroom,

and we were told that it would be up to the teacher, but it would definitely be in the classroom library.

What if we didn't want him to hear it?

Well, we were told we could let the teacher know ahead of time,

and he could sit in the hallway instead.

I'm not alone when it comes to incidents like this.

In fact, my story is not nearly as concerning as many of those

that have been flagged by the media over the past few years.

Until recently, it was really up to the teachers how far they wanted to take this.

Here are a few of the many, many examples flagged by libs of TikTok.

In this clip, a kindergarten teacher explains why teachers need to talk about pronouns with their students.

I currently work at a preschool, and I have just the story from today.

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