Are kids now supposed to refer to their
parents as No. 1 and No. 2?
By Emma R.
The French Parliament has voted to
banish the words ‘mother’ and ‘father’ from official paperwork in the
education system.
The new naming convention is aimed at ending discrimination against
same sex parents but critics argue that it “dehumanises” parenthood and may
lead to rows over who gets classified as ‘Parent 1.’
“This amendment aims to root in law children’s family diversity in
administrative forms submitted in school”, said Valérie Petit, MP for the REM
party of President Emmanuel Macron.
“We have families who find themselves faced with tick boxes stuck
in rather old-fashioned social and family models. For us, this article is a
measurement of social equality.”
“When I hear people say this is an old-fashioned model, I would
remind people that today among unions celebrated, civil or marital, some 95 per
cent are man-woman couples,” Conservative MP Xavier Breton said of the latest amendment, while fellow Conservative
Fabien Di Filippo denounced the move as a “frightening ideology.”
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