Reason #9877 to homeschool your children
I read this repulsive article this morning (not for younger readers) and thought it was a perfect example of what feminist ideologies have done to destroy the innocency of childhood:
When we lose sight of the beautiful and glorious differences that God created for men and women, it quickly leads to confusion. More and more little children are being brainwashed with all of this nonsense from Kindergarten in the name of "education."
This is the future generation of America. God help us. How we need more parents to wake up and take responsibility to raise their children with the understanding of the beauty and wonder of God creating them either male or female and to realize that when men and women fulfill their God-given roles together, it is a glorious thing. Let us raise our children to be bright and shining lights to this sin-darkened, confused culture!
posted by Crystal Paine at 10:30 AM
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WOW!!! There are a couple of different thoughts going through my mind in the midst of feeling absolutely speechless.
First it is abhorent that society has become so overrun with "professionals" who tell us we don't really know what's best for our children. I think a lot of these parents have just given up which is horrible.
Secondly what is normal has somehow become twisted. I know many little girls who could care less about wearing dresses or having long hair with barrettes adorning it. Or who would much prefer catching frogs and playing soccer to playing dolls and taking ballet. However, to say you do some things like a boy so
therefore you are a boy is ridiculous. I mean I love to swim, and groom my hair, but that certainly doesn't make me a duck (ok, that was a stretch but you get my point.)
Lastly, I guess my thought is that there are so many variant shades of personality that we take on during our lives, that it is impossible to determine who a child is going to be.
Ughh... I could go on, and right now everything I type doesn't seem to come out how I mean it, so I suppose I will end there. But truly it is such an incredibly sad commentary on our society and the absolutely evil that is facing the youth of our nation.
http://health.msn.com/centers/depression/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100141460
I found this interesting, sort of an overall commentary on chasing after the world's ideals and the consequences on younger adults.
I am so glad you are here, your blog is so helpful to me!
Crystal,
This article seemed pretty balanced to me, in as much as I appreciated the reporting of conservative responses as well as liberal views.
I noticed that most of the cases reported dealt with parental RESPONSE to their child's gender-variant behavior, rather than parent initiative- IE it did not seem to be the problem that parents were the ones to push gender-variant dress, manners, etc. on their children. At worst, the parents were just tolerating the deviant behavior in their children. It did not seem to be the parents' fault. Maybe there are some parents out there who could benefit from hearing what you would do or what you would suggest for parents who find themselves with a radically "tomboy" daughter or "effeminate" son. I am curious- how would you respond to/discipline a child of yours who did not naturally behave in gender-appropriate ways?
You're correct-that was an awaful article.I was not surprised sadly enough that the school was in San Francisco-known to be the gay capital of the US.
Thankfully every school my children have attended has had seperate bathrooms!!
As an adult living in Iceland I couldn't bring myself to use the unisex bathrooms.
MM: I don't think most parents are pushing or encouraging children in this direction (at least, I certainly HOPE not!). I do, however, think many other sources are - such as the books listed at the end of the article and many things which are taught in public schools (not all schools teach this yet, but they are quickly moving in this direction).
I think the worst thing that parents can do is take their child to some psychologist who diagnoses a child with a gender-variance disorder and then continue to feed this to their child.
I think the best thing parents can do is model the beauty of a male or female in their own life and hold up this before their children. Little children are so impressionable. Pour in the good stuff and it will usually reap good fruit.
Tammy: I know that schools in California have been heading in this direction for a long time. I have heard that they have little classes with preschoolers and kindergarteners basically asking them to question if they are truly a boy or girl. Talk about messing with a child's brain! However, I was surprised that this was happening at a private school in California.
I think there is a big difference between making sure the gender-confused children don't get beat up by their peers and accommodating their behavior. I think the school should focus on counseling for these kids instead of staff "sensitivity" training sessions.
I finished my last year in the public school system 4 years ago. I can honestly say that in the public schools, most of the staff are so worried about being labeled "intolerant", that being gay/lesbian is often treated like an act of bravery.
My high school was in a very conservative area out in the country, so I would imagine this is pretty common in the public school system.
Of course, I would agree that the children with the gender confusion should never be subjected to abuse of any kind from teachers or peers. It's the fact that schools are encouraging this behavior that is so scary to me. Boys and girls need to know and understand that they are different, and that they are equally special.
What a dreadful article :-(
There was a segment on the show "60 Minutes" last night that touched a bit on "gender neutral children".
I am really, really shocked by that artice. I teach public school and I have never seen anything like that! Of course, I teach in a very conservative Pennsylvania school so I am sure things are radically different elsewhere.
I can't imagine allowing my little boy to dress up in a tutu and take ballet with girls... sensitivity is one thing but encouraging your child to live a life of sadness and ridicule is another. At 4, the parents need to be encouraging the child in more appropriate interests. I find it hard to believe that a 4-year old is that dead set in his ways already and that he has no other interests than that. It seems at that age it is as much the parents pushing the interests and the child wanting to pursue them. ???? I surely didn't allow my kids by age 4 to totally dictate their activities. They are too young at that age to make all of the decisions. They are now 6 and 8 and they still don't make the decisions in our house. They can give their input but I guarantee the day they told me that they wanted to wear a pink dress and take ballet, I would simply tell them no. I am the parent and I need to be teaching them right from wrong. I want them to learn to be independent and make decisions on their own, but as the parent, it is my job to teach them how to make correct decisions. Hopefully, when they are adults I will have taught them to be good, strong, Christian men that take care of their families and make the decisions for THEIR children to help them to grown into good men and ladies.
Sorry for rambling... I am just in shock after reading that article. Wow. I would have never in a million years thought something like that would be happening. I am glad I am living in my very happy and maybe naive (thank goodness) world.
Amen to what you said, Crystal! May God have mercy on us and help us!
That is so sad... and sickening! What is happening to the innocence of children in our society? I guess it is becoming nonexistant. = ( I am so thankful for the privelege of being able to homeschool someday, Lord willing. = )
This article made me sick to my stomach. It also makes me want to move! I live in the Bay Area, and things like this make me want to move out of the area. It definitely makes me more resolved to homeschool.
Thank you for the article heads up.
Take care,
Leigh
Aside from my disgust, I honestly do not understand the logic that says your gender is whatever you feel like it is! I guess you have to be super-educated to come up with that one.
AmieB has it right. You're either born with boy parts or girl parts. There's not much substance to this gender neutral theory. My 3-year-old son likes pink things, his older sister's dress up clothes, and Barbie. He also likes Thomas the Tank Engine, airplanes, match-box cars, Superman, and baseball. Is he confused? No, I think he's just 3.
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