Schools are pushing gender pronouns and hiding it from parents

By John Ransom for RealClearWire

A new report reveals that students in the nation’s largest school districts are encouraged to change their names and pronouns without parents’ knowledge, even as the same schools require parental approval for over-the-counter medicine.

A report released by The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI), found “Eight of the nation’s 20 largest school districts allow students to use names and pronouns in school associated with their gender identity without parental knowledge and consent,” the DFI said.

“Yet these same districts, including the New York City Department of Education, Los Angeles Unified School District, and Chicago Public Schools, require parental permission to dispense over-the-counter medications to students at school,” DFI added.

The report comes a day after news broke that St. Paul Public Schools is “clearly instructing teachers to use students’ preferred names and pronouns with or without parental consent.” According to to WZTV Nashville.

While schools are following parents’ wishes about medication, the same logic is not being applied to the use of pronouns, the study said, defying “the social and cultural consensus that parents decide what is best for their children.”

“School districts across the country are failing to respect parents’ rights to make decisions for their minor children,” said Bob Eitel, co-founder and president of DFI.

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Dozens of parents spoke The New York Times Last month, he said keeping secrets from parents was “stabbing in the back by the school system.”

The Time details A transgender clinical psychologist who advocates for parental rights, Dr. Work by Erica Anderson.

“Family support has been proven to be the most important factor in helping gender-questioning children.” Anderson Said Fox News Digital.

“So I think it’s a serious error in judgment to deliberately deprive a child of support at a time when they need it most,” he said.

The DFI report says there are serious risks associated with changing how children interact with teachers and peers.

“Interim guidance from the United Kingdom’s National Health Service describes ‘early social’ The DFI report states that transitioning children is an ‘active intervention’ that ‘should not be seen as a neutral act’.

A wide range of lobby groups, including GLSEN, the Human Rights Commission, the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Education Association, have created the guidebook, the survey said.

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DFI recommends Governors, Legislatures, Boards of Education, Education Agencies, school districts, school boards and schools push back against such guidance to ensure that parents direct medical and mental health decisions for their children.

“Most importantly, parents need to know their rights and demand transparency from their schools,” the report concluded.

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