boy studyingWhen it comes to teaching our children, educators should have access to plenty of information to teach each child as best he or she can. That information, however, shouldn't need to include a detailed account of each child's birth, yet that's what they're asking for in one California school district.
That's right, the Dry Creek School District has a question on its application asking whether a child was delivered via c-section or "vaginal delivery." If you do note that your child entered the world via c-section, they want to know why. Parents, justifiably, want to know why in the hell it matters and what business the school has asking in the first place.
So far the school district hasn't answered the question. What possible answer could they come up with? Someone was just curious? A general question, such as: Were there any birth complications that you think we should know about? or something to that effect would be okay, but this? NO!
I can find no studies that say children born via c-section are at higher risk for learning disabilities later in life or anything else. In fact, most studies say the opposite -- that means of delivery do NOT affect the rate learning disorders. According to CBS, "a number of scientific studies in medical journals have concluded that the method of birth delivery cannot be linked to intelligence."