MARSHFIELD, Wis. – Marshfield school board member Mary Carney doesn’t believe kindergartners need graphic lessons on world poverty and violence.

And she doesn’t think Kermit the Frog should be instructing them on how to be good global citizens.

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“I just have concerns that it’s too graphic, even though these are Muppets characters,” Carney told the Marshfield News Herald. “Unfortunately in this world there is a lot of war and strife and poverty; I understand that. I just don’t know how appropriate that is to be teaching that to 5-year-olds.”

She’s not the only one.

At least one online reviewer of the Jim Henson book “For Every Child a Better World” described it as traumatizing.

“My parents read this book to me as a child, I am now 28,” Jeremiah Moberly posted to Amazon. “The illustrations left me traumatized. It comes from a great place and teaches valuable understanding about the world around us, but a little sad at times.”

Carney will argue this evening for a second time to remove the book from Marshfield’s curriculum after pleading her case in July when board members approved an updated social studies curriculum districtwide, WTSP reports.

“Why are we subjecting the youngest children in our community to such negative, dark, depressing imagery?” she questioned at the time, according to the News Herald. “I believe young children should see the world for what it truly is – beautiful, good and hopeful – and their innocence remain intact for as long as possible.”

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Carney took issue with “For Every Child a Better World” and other materials approved by the board she believes “downplays American exceptionalism” in favor of a focus on students becoming “effective members of global communities.”

“I believe that effective members of Marshfield, Wisconsin, American communities would have a greater benefit to us all,” she said. “Yes, we live in an interconnected world – I’ve traveled the world, and I was an exchange student in high school, and it was a wonderful experience – but must we sacrifice our identity and values?”

Carney the changes to the social studies curriculum teachers students “what to think, not how to think” and pointed out this summer that the current social studies materials have worked well with nearly 89 percent of students ranking proficient or advanced in the subject on standardized tests. She believes the district’s new focus is too prescriptive.

“The focus is away from … American exceptionalism and being proud to be an American, and the focus is instead on being kind of a citizen of the world, and we can no longer just be isolated, or ethnocentric,” Carney said in July. “I think it’s a philosophical shift.”

“My question is, why such a drastic change from a program that’s obviously working very well?” she questioned.

Two other parents have also raised concerns about the district’s social studies changes, according to the News Herald.

Regardless, the curriculum was approved by a 4 to 1 vote with a promise to review books that will be included in the change.

This evening, board members are expected to revisit “For Every Child a Better World,” though those tasked with reviewing curriculum and instruction don’t seem inclined to ditch the book.

“Looking at it, I do not have concerns,” board vice president Amber Leifheit, who chairs the board’s curriculum and instruction committee, told WTSP.

Leifheit alleges Carney is the only person in the district opposed to the book.

“I believe it shows compassion for people other than yourself,” she said. “I think that’s a good thing.”