{"id":1062648,"date":"2021-11-28T18:15:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T23:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1062648"},"modified":"2021-11-28T18:15:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T23:15:44","slug":"wisconsin-case-illustrates-public-schools-disdain-for-parental-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-case-illustrates-public-schools-disdain-for-parental-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Case Illustrates Public Schools\u2019 Disdain For Parental Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsin-case-illustrates-public-schools-disdain-for-parental-rights%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1062648&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>What\u2019s in a name?&nbsp;A&nbsp;child\u2019s&nbsp;name&nbsp;often&nbsp;signifies parents\u2019 hopes and dreams for them&nbsp;or connects that child to their family history. But, as parents in Wisconsin were shocked to learn, school officials planned to ignore their authority by addressing their confused&nbsp;12-year-old&nbsp;daughter with a male name and male pronouns, and without their knowledge or consent.<\/p>\n<p>They and another family have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/case\/bf-v-kettle-moraine-school-district\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sued<\/a>&nbsp;the school district for violating their fundamental parental rights. As Senior Counsel Kate Anderson, director of the Alliance Defending Freedom Center for Parental Rights, which represents the parents, explained, \u201cParents\u2019 rights to direct the upbringing, education, and mental health treatment of their children is one of the most basic constitutional rights every parent holds dear. Yet we are seeing an increasing number of school districts ignore parents\u2019 concerns, and even actively work against them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The case further illustrates the dangers of schools crossing the line from education to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/gender\/commentary\/woke-gender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indoctrination<\/a>. Gender ideology is a radical denial of the truth that we are born male or female. Instead, it asserts a false claim that children may be \u201ctrapped\u201d in the wrong body. Parental rights are among the oldest and longest recognized \u201cinherent rights.\u201d And indoctrination into gender ideology threatens parents\u2019 ability to direct both their children\u2019s education and health care.<\/p>\n<p>To protect children\u2019s minds, bodies, and family relationships from gender ideology, parents and lawmakers must actively protect parental rights in both education and health care.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers are going to work on this.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/parentalrightsfl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a> passed a robust bill of rights, and other states have passed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arkleg.state.ar.us\/Bills\/Detail?id=HB1570&amp;ddBienniumSession=2021%2F2021R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similar legislation<\/a> to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/gender\/commentary\/well-tell-you-what-60-minutes-wont-about-how-transgender-movement-endangers-kids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shield&nbsp;children<\/a> from gender identity ideology in accordance with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2021\/02\/18\/promise-to-americas-children-warns-of-destructive-equality-act-lgbt-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Promise to America\u2019s Children<\/a>. U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawley.senate.gov\/hawley-introduces-parents-bill-rights-defend-parents-role-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">introduced a&nbsp;bill<\/a>&nbsp;to protect parental rights, and states are likely to introduce similar legislation.<\/p>\n<p>And parents around the country are working hard, too, standing up to school boards to protest the indoctrination of children into both Critical Race Theory and gender ideology. In Loudoun County, Virginia, for example, the school board overrode the will of parents and implemented a <a href=\"https:\/\/go.boarddocs.com\/vsba\/loudoun\/Board.nsf\/files\/C5SKU952786E\/$file\/Policy%208040%2C%20RIGHTS%20OF%20TRANSGENDER%20AND%20GENDER-EXPANSIVE%20STUDENTS%20(June%208%2C%202021).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gender identity&nbsp;policy<\/a> that compels teachers and students to affirm a student\u2019s false gender identity&nbsp;without requiring parental notification.&nbsp;That fight led to a victory for parents in the recent Virginia governor\u2019s race and has emboldened parents around the country to continue fighting for their children\u2019s welfare.<\/p>\n<p>Experts in the field maintain that parents should be an integral part of a child\u2019s health decisions, including when the child experiences a desire to self-identify as the opposite sex. But as happened in Wisconsin, school officials too often ignore the risks and aggressively take the matter into their own hands.<\/p>\n<p>When the parents in this Wisconsin lawsuit finally learned that their&nbsp;12-year old&nbsp;daughter was experiencing anxiety, depression, and confusion about her sex, they took her out of school and concentrated on getting her the help she needed. After much thought and research, they decided that it was in her best interests to affirm the truth that she is a girl. Nevertheless, the school insisted on addressing her with a male name and pronouns, in spite of her parents\u2019 explicit instructions.<\/p>\n<p>Her parents had no choice but to withdraw their daughter from the school. After just two weeks out of school, she reconciled with her biological sex and told her parents, \u201cAffirmative care really messed me up.\u201d She explained that the rush to affirm that she was a boy increased her confusion and fueled her anger towards her mother.<\/p>\n<p>She is not alone. <a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedialegalfiles.blob.core.windows.net\/files\/BFcomplaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Up to&nbsp;90%<\/a> of children who don\u2019t undergo social transition before puberty end up accepting the truth that they are either male or female.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/adfmedialegalfiles.blob.core.windows.net\/files\/BFcomplaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr. Kenneth J. Zucker&nbsp;warns<\/a> that encouraging social transition is actually \u201cimplementing a psychosocial treatment that will increase the odds of long-term persistence\u201d of gender dysphoria. School officials do not have the medical expertise, much less the authority to make health care decisions for students.<\/p>\n<p>The Wisconsin lawsuit should be a wake-up call to all parents. Parents, not schools, have the authority and the duty to help children flourish according to the truth that they are born in the right body.<\/p>\n<p>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>Emilie Kao is senior counsel and vice president of advocacy strategy with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adflegal.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alliance Defending Freedom<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllianceDefends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Alliance Defends<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s in a name?\u00a0A\u00a0child\u2019s\u00a0name\u00a0often\u00a0signifies parents\u2019 hopes and dreams for them\u00a0or connects that child to their family history. But, as parents in Wisconsin were shocked to learn, school officials planned to ignore their authority by addressing their confused\u00a012-year-old\u00a0daughter with a male name and male pronouns, and without their knowledge or consent.They and another family have\u00a0sued\u00a0the school district for violating their fundamental parental rights. As Senior Counsel Kate Anderson, director of the Alliance Defending Freedom Center for Parental Rights, which represents the parents, explained, \u201cParents\u2019 rights to direct the upbringing, education, and mental health treatment of their children is one of the most basic constitutional rights every parent holds dear. Yet we are seeing an increasing number of school districts ignore parents\u2019 concerns, and even actively work against them.\u201dThe case further illustrates the dangers of schools crossing the line from education to\u00a0indoctrination. Gender ideology is a radical denial of the truth that we are born male or female. Instead, it asserts a false claim that children may be \u201ctrapped\u201d in the wrong body. Parental rights are among the oldest and longest recognized \u201cinherent rights.\u201d And indoctrination into gender ideology threatens parents\u2019 ability to direct both their children\u2019s education and health care.To protect children\u2019s minds, bodies, and family relationships from gender ideology, parents and lawmakers must actively protect parental rights in both education and health care.Lawmakers are going to work on this.\u00a0Florida passed a robust bill of rights, and other states have passed similar legislation to\u00a0shield\u00a0children from gender identity ideology in accordance with the\u00a0Promise to America\u2019s Children. U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley just introduced a\u00a0bill\u00a0to protect parental rights, and states are likely to introduce similar legislation.And parents around the country are working hard, too, standing up to school boards to protest the indoctrination of children into both Critical Race Theory and gender ideology. In Loudoun County, Virginia, for example, the school board overrode the will of parents and implemented a gender identity\u00a0policy that compels teachers and students to affirm a student\u2019s false gender identity\u00a0without requiring parental notification.\u00a0That fight led to a victory for parents in the recent Virginia governor\u2019s race and has emboldened parents around the country to continue fighting for their children\u2019s welfare.Experts in the field maintain that parents should be an integral part of a child\u2019s health decisions, including when the child experiences a desire to self-identify as the opposite sex. But as happened in Wisconsin, school officials too often ignore the risks and aggressively take the matter into their own hands.When the parents in this Wisconsin lawsuit finally learned that their\u00a012-year old\u00a0daughter was experiencing anxiety, depression, and confusion about her sex, they took her out of school and concentrated on getting her the help she needed. After much thought and research, they decided that it was in her best interests to affirm the truth that she is a girl. Nevertheless, the school insisted on addressing her with a male name and pronouns, in spite of her parents\u2019 explicit instructions.Her parents had no choice but to withdraw their daughter from the school. After just two weeks out of school, she reconciled with her biological sex and told her parents, \u201cAffirmative care really messed me up.\u201d She explained that the rush to affirm that she was a boy increased her confusion and fueled her anger towards her mother.She is not alone. Up to\u00a090% of children who don\u2019t undergo social transition before puberty end up accepting the truth that they are either male or female.\u00a0Dr. Kenneth J. Zucker\u00a0warns that encouraging social transition is actually \u201cimplementing a psychosocial treatment that will increase the odds of long-term persistence\u201d of gender dysphoria. School officials do not have the medical expertise, much less the authority to make health care decisions for students.The Wisconsin lawsuit should be a wake-up call to all parents. Parents, not schools, have the authority and the duty to help children flourish according to the truth that they are born in the right body.The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.Emilie Kao is senior counsel and vice president of advocacy strategy with Alliance Defending Freedom (@Alliance Defends).The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":321,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1062648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/321"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1062648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1062648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1062648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1062648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1062648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}