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Jeffrey Engel's avatar

There are so many points of contention. Let’s begin with the refusal to acknowledge that child consciousness is a thing apart that fundamentally shifts at around age 16. I often say that the difference between a psychotic adult and a young child is age. I’m a child therapist and to remind myself of childhood , I try to take Santa Claus as seriously as children do. We should be aware that the people we are attempting to open up to gender fluidity, transgender realities, and the realities of racial and national oppression, slaughter, starvation, and the stuff of human misery, believe that reindeer fly, that toys for every child on the planet can fit on a sled and can be personally delivered in a 24 hour period. They exist in a constantly morphing reality (kindergarten kids marrying each other) in which monsters exist in their closet, but also in their lives. They have little sense of limit, very harsh consciences, and an ability to feel personally responsible for everything. Consider the infatuations with rock stars and athletes in the 11-15 year old set. The knowledge that we want to foist on kids is better left to a consciousness that can handle it -say a curriculum tailored to a maturing adolescent

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LovingMother's avatar

Thank you. And, we are up against "experts" like Diane Ehrensaft of the UCSF Benioff Child and Adolescent Gender Clinic who thinks babies in their onesies are communicating "gender".

(also a key player in "Satanic Panic")

"TMI: Genderqueer 11-year-olds can’t handle too much info about sterilizing treatments–but do get on with those treatments"

https://4thwavenow.com/2021/04/13/tmi-genderqueer-11-year-olds-cant-handle-too-much-info-about-sterilizing-treatments-but-do-get-on-with-those-treatments/

and Jack Turban

"The Distortions in Jack Turban’s Psychology Today Article on ‘Gender Affirming Care’

Turban's public statements on pediatric gender medicine have been less than honest. Leor Sapir"

https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/the-distortions-in-jack-turbans-psychology

Have you read Steve Levine's paper? "Reconsidering Informed Consent for Trans-Identified Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults"

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0092623X.2022.2046221

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