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Thank you for writing this. I'm happy you and your daughter were able to escape "the village."

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Here's an article on what some schools are teaching: https://jamesesses.substack.com/p/education-or-indoctrination

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This is frightening. How horrific that parents are no longer allowed to parent...that the government is literally telling our children, "You can't trust your parents." Sounds familiar...almost like how child abusers say, "This is our secret, so don't tell your parents!" It's so disgusting. This has to be stopped immediately...I live in the US, but I feel terrible for parents in Canada. The people of Canada have got to vote out the people making these policies. I'm so sorry you had to go through this.

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I’m sorry that you, and all the other caring parents who are alert enough to realize that the affirmation model is sorely deficient and defective, have to experience the social abuse of a system which, while populated by mostly caring people, have for whatever reason, jumped on the crazy train and are gleefully leading innocent children to a life of misery. I wonder how all these professionals in all these various areas got indoctrinated into this unfortunate mistake.

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I am happy to hear that you were able to save your daughter. Most of the families on PITT have suffered similar trauma. Our daughter had a secret new name and pronoun at high school. When we found out they would not stop using it. And, all language has been turned upside down including "It takes a village" which is now more like the village in Frankenstein that chased the creature with torches. The groomed child is love bombed and the parents are called all sorts of foul names if they are not on the affirmation train but think something else is going on. Now, any problem, struggle, or stress a teenager experiences is the result of "being trans" not the other way around.

Once this Salem Witch time period passes it must be studied thoroughly and I think we will need a museum dedicated to what happened and research dollars devoted to why it happened. This morning I read https://thepostmillennial.com/usa-today-deletes-controversial-pedophilia-tweets-stealth-edits-headline?utm_campaign=64487 "The USA Today piece cites the controversy between Old Dominion University and Dr. Allyn Walker, who talked about "destigmatizing pedophilia" and referred to pedophiles as "minor-attracted people," from last year." Walker identifies as some sort of "they".

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Isn't there some legal route that could be taken? It seems like all of this is a class action lawsuit waiting to happen. I guess it would mean having enough detransitioners join up and getting goo legal representation. So many kids are being harmed while we wait for this insane culture to get it's head out of its ass.

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In the UK, my story is the same except that my daughter, being late diagnosed and having a well disguised touch of autism, had the determination to medicate. It was impossible to protect a child once the child turned 16.

Children’s Services encouraged this vulnerable child down the affirmation route. They are powerless against this insidious lie.

Why does it seem that the village is blind to what is happening and the whole world is against mothers of these “dysphoric” autistic children?

A eugenics plot, or the very least are we hate targets being blamed for our children’s failure to conform?

Strange how we were accused of hate crimes when we continued to use the correct pronouns. Now at least there is a glimmer of hope in the UK as we no longer have to fear a criminal record for doing so. Just a glimmer of truth in the darkness.

I was powerless, sadly. All her intelligence was devoted to this magical transition which was to cure her autism, her sensory issues, stop those painful periods and make her body match her supposed sexual orientation.

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This is so well written! How on earth can this be happening....? I am continually stunned.

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In the US the village might encourage your kid to hide their gender questioning from you, entirely. Your child might be encouraged as a secret hidden from the parents, just as a predator might encourage a child to have a mysterious secret from the parents. Even a complicated child, whose history and struggles are unknown to these "helpful" villagers. All the villagers hear are the well tested lies the young person found online and adopted, believing them. And the lies pushed by activists who want medicalization for everyone, as far as I can discern. And they reward your kid, love bomb them, tell them they are special for this-- these kids don't realize they are already special as they are, already, in many cases, surrounded by love.

It's all so exciting to your child, who gets to wait until they hit 18 and then go get the drugs, fueled by online grooming, lies about whether drugs are needed and what they do and even biology, and the cheers of these adults who rarely see your kid and aren't paying attention.( Growing up! Being independent!) How could they pay attention...? They haven't been raising your complicated kid and have no idea what they are messing with, with their conspiratorial secrets, good intentions, and destructive ignorant interference. They aren't paying attention.

They need to get a clue and stop interfering until they do so.

I'm glad you saved your kid from their meddling!

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As a retired early childhood teacher, and as the ex-wife of a trans identified male, I feel for the parents and blanch at the way the schools are handling children with special needs. I saw my highly educated, intelligent but quirky 30 something husband be affirmed by a non-certified shrink, really a groomer and funnel to the surgeons, and heard him constantly quoting her pearls of nonsense. I knew something was wrong, when 20 years later, I suddenly have friends whose children or young relatives are spouting the same narrative. I detect a transfer from the generation of "transsexuals" who are now in their sixties (and have been donating their considerable wealth to the trans lobby) to the groomers of your daughter. What a relief to hear the happy ending! I am writing about these generational connections and the non-science of this movement in my blog, uteheggengrasswidow.wordpress.com Please feel free to comment and add information. My last post was about the remote narcissistic abuse children are exposed to through internet porn, tumblr and reddit. Even YouTube has free trans porn available without age limits! Stay well and keep yourselves healthy with outside activities and exercise!

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