Gender Dysphoria and other Games People Play

I have strained conversations with teachers, some of them childhood friends, about gender ideology. When breaching etiquette and asking uncomfortable questions, impertinent and impolite, I have seen various reactions. Sometimes teachers become very agitated; other times they become excited and more animated. The responses always start with an ad hominem personal attack on me. In various ways I am often told that I must be intellectually and emotionally retarded. But the most common response I get is silence - ghosted, no response, excommunicated from the tribe.

Thankfully I have a loving family. My 88-year-old mother, in particular, is a source of love and comfort during these trying times. My mom is a layman psychologist, who helped me by helping herself. A cowgirl, raised by her grandmother and father, clearly battling her own demons, she taught herself the theories of child development through Transactional Analysis (TA) psychology. As a nursing instructor and hospital administrator when I was a child, I watched her use her best tools of psychology in her work; in her divorce from my alcoholic father; and with me, and my brothers when we were belligerent, little know-it-alls. I use these psychological tools myself, in my family and at work, as my mother did before me. I helped write a guideline based on these tested methods, to help other parents facing gender ideology.

The indoctrination of gender ideology in schools is a growing problem in Canada. “Gender dysphoria” is a term being used to prey on children to describe a mystical soul unleashed, like a poltergeist, angry, unwhole (and misgendered at birth), potential unrealized. There would be no gender dysphoria if there were no ideology.

The Genderbread man and the trans flag were enough for decades of undying allegiance by academic devotees. Having spent time with modern teachers during my time at the University of Calgary, graduating with an Interdisciplinary Master Degree in Education (M.Ed.), I went up against teachers with the power to bake gender ideology into the system, grooming children into believing they have 'gendered souls'. The school boards enforce this by shutting down any debate or expression of contrary opinions. It’s all so very unprofessional and needs to be exposed: the social transitioning of children into believing they were born wrong; pressuring schools to use inaccurate sex-pronouns; and robbing girls of sports.

My 10-year-old daughter was enticed by the "furry" movement; girls wearing cute cat ears are part of a larger movement of sterilization and misery directed at kids. The only choice for me was to homeschool. Schools are putting our entire systems at risk when they double down and undermine parents.

Parents can fight these zealots by asking questions and standing for truth. I have joined Parents for Choice, a think tank in Alberta, educating and encouraging parents to push back by becoming elected members of school boards. You can help by: joining a school board; writing a letter to your representative; or speaking out when possible. (I also suggest homeschooling until this all blows over).

I, with my astute colleagues, have written a guideline which clearly outlines what is best practice for children with ‘gender dysphoria’. The guideline is based on child development and introduced through Transactional Analysis/Gestalt theory, which is based on the book, Games People Play. This guideline will help you use child development theory as a means to address the deadly Games teachers are playing with kids.