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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They think kids will be better off in foster care?  This is a parents right to make that choice.[/quote]
This entirely.
I think that maybe we have gotten too caught up in being progressive that we have forgotten that kids are kids, and that they are constantly evolving.
My child came out a few weeks ago— decided that she wanted to be a “they/he” and wants to go by a different name.  Looking through their texts with their friends, this has only been a thing they communicated to anyone since November.  When I asked them about it, they said that only have felt like a “he” applied for the past couple of weeks!  My gut reaction was to be supportive/show unconditional love, so I had contacted their guidance counselor literally the night they came out and initiated this process to change their names/pronouns at school.  If I had waited and just talked to them more, no way I would have done that.  I know when you’re sure you’re sure— but at thirteen how can you be so sure you want any labels applied to you— and you sure as hell should have waited more than two weeks before deciding that.  That’s shorter than I make them wait before making large purchases!  I made them wait three months before agreeing to get their hair colored!
Either way, if this had happened in California, and I had shown any sort of “maybe you should wait” approach, I would have been afraid it could be used against me to get my kid taken away.  That’s wrong.  [/quote]

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