truetolerance.org, which spurred some of this discussion, is that we re hearing from parents that are having homosexuality lessons presented to their kindergartners in the name of anti-bullying and we don t feel that s necessary and even the most effective way to prevent bullying. let me bring in rosalyn on that to address that point. actually, rosalyn, let me come to you in a second. eliza, is that true? are you guys addressing listen, i think the first thing i want to say is that focus on the family has chosen and, candi, you have chosen to attack the safe schools improvement act. what we find is that when school level policies actually mention sexual orientation and gender identity, rates of bullying and harassment go down. and this is for all students. in 2005 students of all sexual orientations, races, religions told us when their school had this kind of policy in place, those students were less likely to say that bullying was a serious problem in their school. rosalyn, yo
overweight and let s talk about that. is that okay for you? well, what we re responding to through our website, truetolerance.org, which spurred some of this discussion, we re hearing from parents that are having homosexuality lessons presented to their kindergartners in the name of anti-bullying and we don t feel that s necessary and even the most effective way to prevent bullying. let me bring in rosalyn on that to address that point. let me come to you in a second. eliza, is that true? listen, i think the first thing i want to say is that focus on the family has chosen and, candi, you have chosen to attack the safe schools improvement act. what we find is that when school level policies actually mention sexual orientation and gender identity, rates of bullying and harassment go down. this is for all students. in 2005, students of all sexual orientations, races, religions told us when their school had this kind of policy in place, those students were less likely to say that bul
let me bring in rosalyn on that to address that point. actually, rosalyn, let me come to you in a second. eliza, is that true? are you guys addressing listen, i think the first thing i want to say is that focus on the family has chosen and, candi, you have chosen to attack the safe schools improvement act. what we find is that when school level policies actually mention sexual orientation and gender identity, rates of bullying and harassment go down. and this is for all students. in 2005 students of all sexual orientations, races, religions told us when their school had this kind of policy in place, those students were less likely to say that bullying was a serious problem in their school. rosalyn, you work with schools all the time. you travel around the country. all the time. what do you actually see? a, do you see an agenda being spread? and can you address bullying
even the most effective way to prevent bullying. let me bring in rosalyn on that to address that point. let me come to you in a second. eliza, is that true? listen, i think the first thing i want to say is that focus on the family has chosen and, candi, you have chosen to attack the safe schools improvement act. what we find is that when school level policies actually mention sexual orientation and gender identity, rates of bullying and harassment go down. this is for all students. in 2005, students of all sexual orientations, races, religions told us when their school had this kind of policy in place, those students were less likely to say that bullying was a serious problem in their school. rosalyn, you work with schools all the time. all the time. you travel around the country. what do you actually see? do you see an agenda being spread and can you address bullying focus on the family is saying focus on the bully. is that an effective program?
rosalyn, you work with schools all the time. all the time. you travel around the country. what do you actually see? do you see an agenda being spread and can you address bullying focus on the family is saying focus on the bully. is that an effective program? well, two things. one is that as a counselor who is actually going to be administrating this program, you have so many things to do that usually what happens, even with all these mandates, the best you ll get is a 45-minute presentation with 500 kids. a lot of our programs in schools are big schools, 3,000 kids, 2,500 kids. the logistics make this pretty much impossible to be able to do. that s the first thing. second, this is not just about the gay kids in school. it s about everybody. bullying does not exist without homophobia. kids are proving, they have to prove they belong to be men you re in seventh grade and you say something, you re speaking out about something being cruel, then someone is going to say to you, d