Yes. I was physically shaking to find they were calling my girl a crazy name and "he". And, they refused to stop, but patronized me instead. Classroom teachers know your kid so well and you the mother must not have paid attention to her growing up or something. The other thing the teachers have been trained to do is beam and smile abou…
Yes. I was physically shaking to find they were calling my girl a crazy name and "he". And, they refused to stop, but patronized me instead. Classroom teachers know your kid so well and you the mother must not have paid attention to her growing up or something. The other thing the teachers have been trained to do is beam and smile about it while you feel you will crumble to the ground. If someone really did have a mental disorder called gender dysphoria (which I did not think for a min our daughter did) why would you start doing a happy dance about it? The whole thing has such a cult religious nature. Like - Jesus has been found to be talking through your child! Holy holy holy holy. You've got one.
Then, since you the mother are clearly upset you are offered counseling which is all about gaslighting the parent to go along with it. Parents are pressured to attend these "support" meetings which are really all about how GI is real and getting you to believe. I did not attend.
This one really is on the adults. Teens can be driven by peers to do weird stuff - but the adults in the room? I really do think a few "experts" need jail sentences.
I am so sorry to hear about your story. I completely agree with you. The school was "agreeing" with every thing I said and then not changing a thing. My 10 year-old was having nightmares because they showed her a movie suggesting that black people were CURRENTLY in the US being handcuffed and pushed off buildings for violating curfew laws. She asked to go somewhere on spring break where segregation was illegal. There were several girls in her 4th grade class social transitioning in school. I had never heard of puberty blockers until she told me in 5th grade (!) that her classmates were taking them. I'm 48 and have voted for Democrats for most of my life. The shit that the Democrats are up to right now is so poisonous that I will never vote for another Democrat as long as I live. The overreach is horrifying.
My husband and I promised to take the year off from the stress of all this stuff in Costa Rica. But, guess what?! The first people we met had a very similar experience as yours. They were just here to keep their kids safe.
Agree with you on all fronts. Please keep fighting the fight.
Thank you for sharing your story. Terrible. It's good your family can stay in Costa Rica. So smart to leave when your daughter was so young. I am not surprised you met another family fleeing the madness. I hope the ideology does not infiltrate the culture there. Our daughter is older than yours. I don't think I'd heard of "puberty blockers" even when we had the ROGD experience in high school. I'm worried about future generations, too.
Yes, I have voted for Ds and Rs - having been an Independent all my life. I don't think I will vote for a D again and I will not vote for any R unwilling to "fight a culture war". I wonder whether Tulsi Gabbard could run on the ticket with Ron DeSantis.
Thank you for the great link you provided recently.
Very bad. But, at least you know to tell your daughter that the pronoun thing is bad and your family isn't for it. And, she's young so she will listen to you.
Yes. I was physically shaking to find they were calling my girl a crazy name and "he". And, they refused to stop, but patronized me instead. Classroom teachers know your kid so well and you the mother must not have paid attention to her growing up or something. The other thing the teachers have been trained to do is beam and smile about it while you feel you will crumble to the ground. If someone really did have a mental disorder called gender dysphoria (which I did not think for a min our daughter did) why would you start doing a happy dance about it? The whole thing has such a cult religious nature. Like - Jesus has been found to be talking through your child! Holy holy holy holy. You've got one.
Then, since you the mother are clearly upset you are offered counseling which is all about gaslighting the parent to go along with it. Parents are pressured to attend these "support" meetings which are really all about how GI is real and getting you to believe. I did not attend.
This one really is on the adults. Teens can be driven by peers to do weird stuff - but the adults in the room? I really do think a few "experts" need jail sentences.
I am so sorry to hear about your story. I completely agree with you. The school was "agreeing" with every thing I said and then not changing a thing. My 10 year-old was having nightmares because they showed her a movie suggesting that black people were CURRENTLY in the US being handcuffed and pushed off buildings for violating curfew laws. She asked to go somewhere on spring break where segregation was illegal. There were several girls in her 4th grade class social transitioning in school. I had never heard of puberty blockers until she told me in 5th grade (!) that her classmates were taking them. I'm 48 and have voted for Democrats for most of my life. The shit that the Democrats are up to right now is so poisonous that I will never vote for another Democrat as long as I live. The overreach is horrifying.
My husband and I promised to take the year off from the stress of all this stuff in Costa Rica. But, guess what?! The first people we met had a very similar experience as yours. They were just here to keep their kids safe.
Agree with you on all fronts. Please keep fighting the fight.
Thank you for sharing your story. Terrible. It's good your family can stay in Costa Rica. So smart to leave when your daughter was so young. I am not surprised you met another family fleeing the madness. I hope the ideology does not infiltrate the culture there. Our daughter is older than yours. I don't think I'd heard of "puberty blockers" even when we had the ROGD experience in high school. I'm worried about future generations, too.
Yes, I have voted for Ds and Rs - having been an Independent all my life. I don't think I will vote for a D again and I will not vote for any R unwilling to "fight a culture war". I wonder whether Tulsi Gabbard could run on the ticket with Ron DeSantis.
Thank you for the great link you provided recently.
The American teachers at our (very normal international) school in Costa Rica are bringing it here. They are starting by talking about pronouns.
Very bad. But, at least you know to tell your daughter that the pronoun thing is bad and your family isn't for it. And, she's young so she will listen to you.