Geez Louise.
My guess: They are trying to foist this on as many people as possible and they know that if they start pushing it on parents from day 1 that many parents are sufficiently suggestible that they’ll go for it. And of course the kids will be influenced by those parents along with the toxic culture that surrounds us.
Re: Y'all's conversation of transgender babies
Generally's reply to bitt:
My guess: They are trying to foist this on as many people as possible and they know that if they start pushing it on parents from day 1 that many parents are sufficiently suggestible that they’ll go for it. And of course the kids will be influenced by those parents along with the toxic culture that surrounds us.
Wneighbor:
It took 3 months for me to be ready to share this slide on the open thread. (Generally, I believe you were the person I shared in PM) But the following just made hubby and I sick.
(got to try to leave out identifying details)
All 5 of our children and 21 grandchildren live in other states than us so we don't see them as often as we wish. We were blessed to attend the 6th birthday party of a granddaughter we don't see but every 2-3 years.
There was a party guest who is a classmate of our granddaughter. A more rowdy than normal child in a frilly dress. As you can guess due to the slide topic, after the party our son and daughter-in-law told us the child was born male but the parents determined at age 4 that this boy was really a girl.
The child's grandparents are reportedly Christians and did not approve of the transgender switch. The parents determined that they and their child were attacked, unloved, misunderstood, yada yada.... broke all relationship with family and moved several hundred miles and several states away. As a parent and grandparent, that in itself breaks my heart.
They moved to this different state. Resettled in a small community, renamed their boy with a girl's name, found a medical person who has agreed to make necessary physical/hormonal adjustments to this little boy as he grows up. They have not allowed the grandparents, aunts, uncles etc from the former location any contact due to their "not being supportive" of the boy's true gender. That poor child has no grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins now. Just adding that as a minor thing in addition to this parental decision to strip him of gender and identity.
The place that this family purchased to live is an old church that they've renovated into a house. Frankly, that information probably doxes the family to anyone knowing them. It is a beautiful, old, white frame building that is obviously meant to be a house of the Lord. But they have adorned the building with many flags representing homosexuality and transgender bulldroppings. A perversion of the highest order.
Yes, this is all things we research about, post about, daily. But to have our God loving Christian children have to confide in us their heart's struggles over this is worse than research and study. They struggle with decisions of how to keep our grandchildren on a Biblical path (hate the sin love the sinner.) The boy forced to be a girl is in my grandaughter's class in school. They live as neighbors. Many options for change are out there but would require major upheaval in our kid's and grandkid's lives. There is no secret to this little boy being "transgender" in the school or community. Our kids also have to deal with an ever-present threat of "hate speech." Unless they can find a workable new living solution they must teach the grandkids to avoid getting in trouble in school for "hate speech."
I know this story is nothing new to any of us. It has just impacted my husband and I (as well as our kids) in a very hard way. We grieve the abuse of this little boy. He was a sweet kid. We are angered at the actions of those parents, not just at their abuse of the boy, but at depriving his grandparents etc from being part of the kid's life. It enrages us at the defiling of that church. It's only a building but represents our faith too. And our hearts are just sick that this is the real world in which our children have to navigate the rearing of their children.
My FreeQ friends there are even more parts of this abominable situation I am leaving out in order not to dox too much. All hubby and I can do is pray. It is the best most worthwhile action. The fact that we are having to pray this way at all is evidence of lack of prayer in and over our nation for generations. Unbelievable. And yet this is our world today. For all here who are believers I think you'll agree it's hard evidence (among much) that we're at the end of The Book.