Think of it. You're a good parent by your own estimation, and I think a lot of us are. You don't starve your kids, you make sure they have clean clothes and hot food on the table. You also offer a stable routine and emotional support when it's needed. You don't beat them or deprive them of the essentials, so, yeah; good.
So imagine your surprise when you find out that your child is planning, or in some cases, has already gone through gender reassignment surgery. Without your consent or knowledge. It's happening, people. School counselors and officials will often encourage the child's so called gender dysphoria and if that wasn't bad enough, they refuse to tell the parents about their child's desire to now be referred to by the opposite gender pronoun to which they were assigned at birth. Say what?!?
I have been a parental rights advocate for some time now, and I get a filtered report of all things parental rights; those that happen in the United States and those abroad. Sadly, America is not the bastion of freedom it once was and the comparison of what happens in other countries is not too different to what happens to parents here on our own turf. So, today when I opened my notifications, I saw an article that caught my eye, "Gender transitions for kids easier than tonsillectomies: What about parental rights?"
In the article it describes several cases just as the one(s) I cited above. Some of the schools got their directives from none other than the Obama administration via a letter which encouraged school districts to affirm transgender students. However, the Obama administration wasn't and isn't the only force behind those affirmations. The LGBT Human Rights campaign and their activists teamed up with the National Education Agency to step in and provide guidelines for those students who showed signs of gender dysphoria. All without involving the parents.
The article also mentions that sometimes children make claims like this is because sometimes they feel pressured to do so; maybe because lots of friends did and they want to be part of the trend. Life changing decisions are being made on a whim. Yikes.
Obviously, this is a huge intrusion into our rights as parents. How do we prevent things like this from happening? I'd like to think that it starts with us, the parent. Be involved in your child's school if you can. Talk to counselors and administrators to show them you're an involved parent. And above all else, pray for your child. We can all agree that we need us some Jesus now and always.
