Usually I do not get involved in “political battles,” but when issue have to do with medical concerns that lead to devastation of my patients and children, I feel I have to say something.
As many of you know I have been very critical of US public schools’ decision to implant and require all students to use Chrome books and other electronic devices. We are now starting to see the tragic outcomes of this decision with increases in dry eye symptoms and even vision loss from scar tissue from dry eye in children use electronic screens excessively, as well as increase percentages of anxiety, depression, sleep issues, cyber-bullying, etc. Dry eye can be a horrific, life-time-of debilitating pain for some; it seem natural to speak out against the use of electronic screens at school and try to get the Trojan horse back out of our schools.
I feel similarly with some school board’s decision to get rid of biological terms of “male” and “female” or their encouragement to embrace transgender identity and other medical issues.
This is something that should be really looked into before being pushed onto our children.
Fairfax County Schools for some reason is trying to push new changes on all children without doing proper medical research on the outcomes. This is truly malpractice on the part of this and other school boards.
Sexual identity is a medical issue. Homosexuality is truly a medical issue. Bruce Jenner medically shut down his testes by taking so many hormones his whole life and turned himself into having female feelings, etc. It is a travesty to see it happen.
Here is what Fairfax is apparently doing. It is medically a very bad decision for our children. At least school boards should do a controlled trial to see if they can prove it helps and does no harm with at least 10 year follow up data before pushing it on the whole district. They could have 1 school allow the dangerous substance below enter the mind of the students and keep the other school the way they are currently & report on suicide rates, depression, anxiety, feelings of acceptance, etc. 1, 2, 5, 10yrs down the line. Have an independent group with doctors, teachers, parents, student, bipartisan/sides, guiding and evaluating the results of the study.
But do not let any School Board make a blanket decision like they did with allowing electronic screens in all classrooms, ever occur again without long term medical research outcomes data.
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THE SEVEN WORST CHANGES
- Fairfax kids will now be taught they weren’t actually born male or female.. Advisors scrubbed “biological sex” from all lessons and replaced with the politically-charged “gender-fluid” propaganda term “sex assigned at birth.”
- Kids will be taught to embrace transgender identity, but won’t be told about the risks. Advisors approved 7th and 8th grade transgender lessons, but voted to keep all health risks and side effects out of the lessons.
- 9th graders will be taught daily-drug regimen for non-monogamous condom-free gay sex. Yes, you read that right. The drug regimen PrEP, which aims to reduce new HIV infection in gay men in the fast lane, which AIDs experts call “a catastrophe” for encouraging risky sex — which is NOT even approved by FDA for use by children under 18 — will now be taught EVERY YEAR to students in high school.
- Students will no longer be told “abstinence is the only 100% effective method” to prevent STIs. Advisors mocked abstinence education, then voted to take out this phrase.
- Students will not learn about risks or side effects from contraceptives. They’re instructed in every imaginable contraceptive drug, device, and cream, but Advisors voted against sharing any health risks or side effects with students (oddly, 10th graders are told about contraceptive “disadvantages” — shhh, don’t tell the Advisors!).
- Parents lose right to opt-out child from dating lesson. The School Board assumes that parents consent to all of this crap unless they take affirmative steps to opt-out their kids (yes, they are hypocrites). Advisors voted to strip parents of their right to opt their kids out of the 8th grade lesson on dating. How dare they.
- “Clergy” removed from list of “trusted adults.” At last the Sex Ed Advisors have identified a word they find too offensive for students to hear!
“Community Review” and comment period is now open on these controversial changes. See link below to send your thoughts to the School Board.· Teach students they might have been born in the wrong body. Advisors scrubbed “biological sex” from all lessons and replaced with the politically-charged “gender-fluid” propaganda term “sex assigned at birth.” Fairfax children must not think they were born actually male or female.· Teach them to embrace transgender identity, but don’t tell them about the risks. Advisors approved 7th and 8th grade transgender lessons, but voted to keep all health risks and side effects from “gender transition” OUT of the lessons.· Teach 9th-12th graders daily HIV drug regimen for MSM without condoms. PrEP is not for kids, its designed for adults “at very high risk” of contracting HIV (men who have sex with men without condoms). AIDs experts call PrEP “a catastrophe” for encouraging risky sex and PrEP is NOT EVEN approved by FDA for children under 18!· Stop telling students that “abstinence is the only 100% effective method” to prevent STIs. Advisors mocked abstinence education, then voted to stop telling students that not having sex always prevents the sexual transmission of disease. (Fortunately, Virginia law still requires the teaching of Abstinence, so the topic is covered, sort of.)· Don’t tell students about risks or side effects from contraceptives. They’re instructed in almost every imaginable contraceptive drug, device, and cream, but Advisors voted against sharing many health risks or side effects with students.· Strip away parents rights to opt-out child from dating lesson. The School Board assumes parents consent to all of this controversial content unless they take affirmative steps to opt-out their children. But Advisors voted to strip parents of their right to opt-out from an 8th grade lesson on family and dating.· Scrub the offensive word “Clergy” from list of “trusted adults.” At last the Sex Ed Advisors have identified a word they find too offensive for students to hear!
Speech by local mother Laura Murphy who has been fighting against inappropriate material in English Literature and the School Libraries for years, and now battles school Sex Ed Curriculum committee as they promote “Biology is meaningless” and “Sex Assigned at Birth” in the public schools.
Speech by local parent John Murray who leads a local group (ParentandChild.org) focused on raising awareness on the harmful content of the public school’s FLE (Sex Ed) program and helps parents navigate it’s complex curriculum through Red/Yellow/Green colored charts to make informed decisions and opt out if needed. (See https://youtu.be/alrV4GYz-gw at 8 minutes long)
· Teach 9th-12th graders daily HIV drug regimen for MSM without condoms. PrEP is not for kids, its designed for adults “at very high risk” of contracting HIV (men who have sex with men without condoms). AIDs experts call PrEP “a catastrophe” for encouraging risky sex and PrEP is NOT EVEN approved by FDA for children under 18!
What can be done?
If you have an effeminate boy, there is plenty of research that testosterone levels can be increased by playing sports, lifting arms, standing in power positions, doing “boy” activities.
Just because people have made fun of this type of “treatment,” do not discount it as helpful. These things can make a difference and it beats medications and sex-change operations which can lead to a life time of medical, social, and psychological issues.
Natural treatments are possible to help “hormonally confused bodies.” As parents and doctors we have to help our children through these medical issues.