Mother’s Day, suffering of orphans

The change in the concept of Mother’s Day decided by the Lully school sparked a virulent controversy. State Councilor Mrs. Hiltpold intervened strongly to lecture the school, ignoring the latter’s principle of autonomy. The State Councilor very clearly disavowed the school by asserting that “the management of the DIP is in no way associated with this isolated approach, which we do not support either in substance or in form.

It does not in any way serve the pedagogical or educational objectives.” The magistrate asked the management of the Lully school to reverse its decision, so that “the traditional crafts for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day continue to be made by Lully students and presented during these holidays”. State Councilor Hiltpold rushed over. She intervened too quickly in an emotional debate, without obviously knowing the basis of the decision taken.

“This year, in this school, there were two students whose parents died.”

This year, in this school, there were two students whose parents died, a father and a mother respectively. In addition, another student is placed with a host family. The language of the missive to parents, which was described as militant and wokist, was above all draped in a veil of modesty so as not to exclude or hurt a certain number of children, and not to create, in the name of principle of a celebration, a painful moment for them.

Children, due to profound and inevitable social changes, are increasingly numerous to have only one present or known parent, two mothers or two fathers, separated parents, step-parents, biological or adoptive parents, several grandparents. parents present on a daily basis, a host family, etc. The approach of this school, which notes this, must be understood as an approach of care, thoughtfulness and openness, allowing these children to make gifts for the people who are dear to them, leaving them free to choose them. For my part, I salute and thank this management for its educational sensitivity.

The magistrate believes that this management made an error. His intervention contradicts his public declarations on the autonomy of establishments. Will the State Councilor now intervene with directives to specify which songs can be sung at school and the color of the markers for the drawings? Will she propose to include Mother’s Day in the Constitution? We no longer know, we don’t know, we no longer understand anything. The feeling of waste in the face of the magistrate’s non-respect of the choice of teachers and management, experts in the field who do not need the intrusion of politics into their practice, dominates, as does sadness in the face of violence. comments and the negation of the children’s feelings. Mother’s Day, suffering of orphans.

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