The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is taking its message into classrooms, child-care programs and school boards, urging organizers to approach child care "from a socialist perspective" through initiatives such as Socialist Sprouts, and its been an initiative for years, a parental-rights watchdog warns.In New York City, the DSA's "Red Sprouts" program held a training session in October 2026 to equip organizers to provide "resistance-driven childcare" at demonstrations, meetings and community events.The training encouraged participants to incorporate political themes into childcare through "radical storytelling", "cooperative games" and age-appropriate discussions."There's been a real influx in enthusiasm and their ability and desire to recruit and grow their movement," American Parents Coalition leader Alleigh Marré told Fox News Digital."What's particularly concerning and insidious, is their direct efforts to apply that to not just adults, but to youth."Marré said the American Parents Coalition is working to equip parents with resources to identify and question political activism in schools, including through its "Lookout" initiative.New York City Democratic Socialists hold a rally in Union Square on Nov.
16, 2025, to mark the start of a campaign to tax the rich and win universal childcare.(Selcuk Acar/Anadolu)PARENTS SHOULDN’T NEED THE HELP OF CONGRESS TO SEE THEIR CHILDREN’S SCHOOL CURRICULUMThe New York City DSA chapter also established Comrades With Kids, a family-focused organizing group that seeks to be a "political and social home base for working-class families." The group posted photos of DSA-themed coloring pages for children provided at a Zohran for Parents event in September 2025.The New York initiatives are part of a larger effort by the DSA to incorporate childcare and political education into its organizing activities.For years, the DSA's National Political Education Committee has offered training on approaching childcare for activists...