The number of transgender-identifying youth has nearly doubled in recent years.                                                                       
Friend,
Earlier this month, Democrat Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed an executive order prohibiting the enforcement of court orders or child protection laws from other states if they interfere with a parent’s desire to provide puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and sex change operations to their minor children.

The number of transgender-identifying youth has nearly doubled in recent years, leaving parents, educators, medical professionals, and politicians at odds over what policies will best protect the long-term health and well-being of our youth.
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As a one-sided echo chamber pushes an “affirmation-only” model — which promotes “preferred” names and pronouns, experimental drugs, and medically invasive surgeries that leave children with irreversible damage to their healthy developing bodies — a growing share of the public feels silenced and ignored.

Children often imagine themselves as something they’re not.

Kids role play and pretend to be different characters from beloved movies or books. Parents can and should encourage such imaginative play and might even consider buying costumes, even using the character’s name for a time. But there are limits. Adults are there to pull them back to reality. That’s a parent’s job.

Society has always understood that kids need special protections because they are too young to make informed decisions about their long-term best interests. In other words, kids — including teens — are naturally short-sighted. Fitting in with a peer group and following a trend can seem the most important priority in the world to a vulnerable 13-year-old. That is why we wrote “The Moms’ Guide To Parenting Trans-questioning Kids ([link removed]) ” as guidance for other parents who may be struggling to navigate this new horizon.
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We know that it is the job of parents and society to provide guidance and guard rails so that children, teenagers, and young adults can navigate life and learn from the various phases they enter and exit to emerge as healthy, confident, self-assured, and productive adults who are ready to lead meaningful lives.

Your Fellow Concerned Parent,
Carrie Lukas
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