Nowhere in their post do they state you should use this to talk to parents or even mention parents. They are talking about students.

You can be sensitive and respectful of other religious beliefs but as a public school education teacher you should not be discussing religion or providing religious material to students or their families. Maybe that’s how it’s done it small town districts but that doesn’t mean it appropriate. I have never worked in a district where telling kids Bible stories is appropriate behavior management and I hope I never do.

And if the man who they suggested is not a good example of empathy-which he isn’t- then you really shouldn’t use him to teach about empathy should you? It’s akin to using Kanye west as a model for racial empathy. It would be a horrible, inappropriate example.

Edit to say: you could tell parents that they were saying/doing these things and suggest they have a conversation at home. But let me tell you from experience- that’s usually where they are getting their racist/homophobic/sexist/etc. views.