Posted on 10/24/2018 3:30:34 PM PDT by reaganaut1
In child health care, the bond of trust between parents and doctors is critical. But when it comes to the treatment of youth with gender dysphoria, that bond is under a new threat. As part of an investigative series, I have been in touch with an overwhelming number of parents of trans-identifying youth who feel their voices are being shut out by activists.
One online group — with a membership of over 1,000 parents — has written a moving letter to the American Academy of Pediatrics about their recent one-size-fits-all, trans-affirming policy statement. They beg for consideration. They beg for critical thinking. They beg for their children. Here is their response:
Dear American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP):
We need you and our children need you. There is a great and growing disservice that needs your attention, scientific curiosity, critical thinking, clinical experience, and compassion.
We have serious concerns about the AAP’s Policy Statement “Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents” (Rafferty et al., 2018). While we believe that AAP’s intention behind this position statement is to protect the health of today’s gender-diverse youth (children through young adults), we are deeply concerned that the clinicians using affirmation therapy are inadvertently inflicting physical and psychological harm.
We are members of a rapidly growing online community of over 1,100 parents of transgender-identifying youth who need your help. We have no unifying political affiliation. We empathize with mature transgender-identifying people who deserve respect. We need to stop the harm to our children.
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Ja wohl, Obergruppenfuhrer!
Interesting book called THE CODDLING OF THE AMERICAN MIND talks a bit about this phenomenon.
wish it were different.
It will never be different as long as people acqiesce so easily, and just accept tyranny as a fait accompli.
It will never be different as long as people acqiesce so easily, and just accept tyranny as a fait accompli.
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exactly, and these parents are doing that with this letter.
The beginning of saying that we need to be able to speak of these issues that have been made off-limits by the tribunals that hold power over how we think and speak and act nationally.
Start investigations into your own state’s Human Rights Commission (tribunal) those are the folks that work with people who sue cake makers, florists, and license holders who do not hew to the leftist social agenda.
Thanks, you have been a wealth of information. It is highly unfortunate that is has come to this. Somewhere there needs to be a solution to the madness.
For the time being, we can just pray to God that he opens their eyes.
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