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Gender ideology is insidious. Read the entire essay here.
“Jeannette Cooper never imagined she’d lose custody of her child. The 44-year-old lifelong educator always considered herself a loving and responsible mother to her daughter Sophia. But when, at age 12, Sophia suddenly claimed to be transgender, Jeannette was skeptical. Sophia had never exhibited signs of gender dysphoria. In fact, Sophia exhibited many more traditionally feminine behaviors and preferences than Jeannette ever had. To Jeannette, it didn’t make sense.
But Sophia insisted, not only that she was trans, but that she was ‘unsafe’ around Jeannette. What followed was an almost Kafkaesque series of court proceedings and therapy sessions in which Jeannette’s ex-husband, lawyers, therapists and other individuals and institutions supposedly concerned with Sophia’s best interests worked to erode Jeannette’s most basic parenting rights. Nearly three years later, Jeannette can’t even visit with the daughter she loves. She lives less than ten minutes away, but can only communicate with Sophia by U.S. Mail. All because she insists that Sophia is a girl.
Finally ready to tell her story, Jeannette is speaking out to warn parents how gender ideology has become the latest weapon in parental custody battles, severing one of the most fundamental bonds in life under the guise of protecting children.”
People and institutions go to such lengths to embrace lies and move away from the reality we all share. :(
Credit: Stephanie Winn @sometherapist
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#Slots4Tots Some kids don’t just show an affinity for gambling; they genuinely identify as gamblers from as young as 2-3 years old.
The early signs are unmistakable: You might catch them secretly downloading the World of Poker app or a virtual slot machine game on their iPad, they may treat their piggy banks like high-stakes treasure chests, get engrossed in arcade games, utter “cha-ching” while playing video games, or they may even calculate the odds of getting a double scoop of ice cream at dinner.
As an inclusive and modern adult, it’s your duty to affirm and educate your gambler-identifying child. Share with them the rich tapestry of people who’ve gambled throughout history: from the ancient Mesopotamians who rolled six-sided dice to the gold rush pioneers in the saloons of the Old West and, of course, to the high-rollers lighting up the Las Vegas Strip today.
Introduce them to iconic gamblers from all walks of life and cultural backgrounds. Show them vintage ads, complete with cherries, BARs, and 7s, that made slot machines the epitome of cool. Make sure they understand they’re stepping into a long, glamorous, and diverse tradition that aligns with how they identify. Don’t hold back on the lingo either.
Teach them about “hitting the jackpot,” “rolling the dice,” and “pulling the one-armed bandit.” Make sure they know their “wilds” from their “scatters” and the importance of “RTP” (Return to Player). Affirmation goes beyond just acceptance. Help them craft their first ‘gambling resume’—highlighting their top scores in mobile games that simulate slots and help them take an accounting of their piggy bank funds to allocate cash for their future bets. Gambling is healthcare.
Don’t be gamblerphobic.
Legalize slots for tots, if they’ve got a piggy bank, give them a shot.
From @sometherapist on twitter.
Some parents think they have a right to be informed about how their children identify at school.
Oftentimes, though, it’s these very same parents you just know are itching to stop kids from living as their true selves — especially if that involves being transavian.
Parents, if your children are wearing cardboard wings at school, but not even telling you about it at home, there’s probably a good reason. And in order to find it, you need to look in the mirror.
Have you earned the privilege of knowing your child’s species identity?
Do you create a safe, non-judgmental atmosphere at home, where your kids can tell you anything without fear that they’ll hear something oppressive and traumatizing, like, “I just want you to love and accept yourself as you are, and respect that nature has its limits?”
Let’s be honest, parents. Until you come around to respecting and supporting your child as the stunning and brave bird kid that they are, you have no right to know how they identify at school, or what they get up to there.
So don’t blame teachers, administrators, or school counselors when you’re the last to find out that your kid jumped off the roof. You have no one to blame but yourself.
This interview is so good!
The truth about transgender ideology as always been there, it has just been that people have been too afraid to speak out against it. The tide is turning.
On Feb 21, 2023 the Florida House Health & Human Services Committee heard testimony from licensed psychiatrist Stephen Levine MD. He outlined 13 scientifically false assumptions which serve as the foundation of affirmation-only therapy for gender dysphoria in kids.
00:00 Stephen Levine Presentation
00:08 The 13 Untruths of Gender Ideology
01:10 Medical Misadventures
02:04 1 – A Trans Identity is immutable and unchanging
02:14 2 – A Trans Identity is rooted in biology
02:28 3- Gender Identity has no connection to sexual orientation
03:18 4 – No form of Gender Identity is a symptom of something else
03:38 5 – Gender dysphoria is a serious medical condition requiring intervention or not
04:01 6 – Associated emotional problems are due to discrimination
04:17 7 – There are no effective alternatives to affirmative care
04:40 8 – Exploratory psychotherapy is conversion therapy
04:59 9 – Affirmative Care improves mental health and social function in the long term
05:30 10 – Affirmative Care prevents suicide
06:24 11 – Teens know whats best for themselves
06:39 12 – Meeting diagnostic criteria for gender dysphoria predicts good outcome
06:51 13 – Regret and detransition are rare
07:27 Conclusion
If you are violating one of the principles of human medicine – first do no harm – it may be wise to reconsider your position on ‘gender-affirming treatment’ regardless of how lucrative it is.
“Children are being harmed. Young people are being harmed.
In many ways, this story is not new. From snake oil to thalidomide, from lobotomies to opioids, medicine has a long history of fake cures and terrible practices. In his 2022 book The Skeptical Professional’s Guide to Rational Prescribing: The Impact of Scientific Fraud and Misconduct, Dr. Charles Dean writes that in modern times the challenges facing medicine include “untoward ties with drug companies, the power of the pharmaceutical industry to co-opt physicians and institutions, the failure of peer review, the use of fraudulent data, and the failure of institutions to monitor their investigators…other topics are also in need of review, including publication bias, spinning poor or questionable results into positive outcomes, omitting or changing the primary outcomes of studies after the data fail to deliver the expected results…” Certainly, many parents see all this in play in the unfolding gender medical scandal.
However, what is new is the Gordian knot of confused cultural ideas about gender and sex, along with a tangle of transgender activism, tribal politics, and medical lobbying that have ultimately allowed malpractice to continue. Those who can see some of the problems with the current protocol–otherwise ethical professionals–make calls for randomized trials, better research, and the restriction of these drugs and surgeries to “some” children. But they forget the most basic principle of medicine: primum non nocere: first do no harm. Decades of research have made clear that there is no good evidence that any of these medications or surgeries help anyone; there is good evidence that they harm. So what type of medical ethics is a clinician practicing when she begins the first stage of sterilizing a trans-identifying child, even a highly distressed one?
For those doctors, therapists, politicians, journalists, and educators who have grasped what’s going on, there is a tremendous urgency to raise awareness in order to change the current medical guidelines and stop the horrendous mistreatment of gender-diverse kids.”
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