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[@devils_rebellion5332]

It has reached my home and i explained to my daughter she is going through puberty and having all types of crazy feelings her self esteem was low so she wanted to be a boy and her friends were encouraging her to believe she is actually a boy. It was hard to do but i sat her down an explained to her the facts of biology and told her how much i love her and how awesome she is and its ok to be masculine and be a girl there is nothing wrong with it. You don't have to identify as a different gender to be yourself. I explained to her god made you unique and smart, her hormones are just making her feel new things because they are going crazy because of puberty. She was upset with me at first but by the end of this conversation we were laughing and we hugged and told me she loved me. I told her i didn't deny what she was feeling but i educated her on facts and now she is embracing being a tomboy because being a female that has masculine qualities and tendencies is ok, but she understands that she is female and that will never change.

[@vivienne-crf]

Bless you for having this conversation with your daughter and also thank you for sharing it with us all here. I know from my own experience how turbulent teenage years are, and specifically for girls, how incredibly alone and unimportant and unseen you can feel, when you're "that other one". What would be your best advice for parents facing similar situations, who ought to be encouraged to have that conversation as you have done with your daughter?

[@Sukhington86]

God bless you!! Thank you for standing up for truth and for honouring your own child, I am so grateful to read your words and your actions with your daughter. Thank you 🙏

[@sora1804]

Dats beautifull mom

[@LadySsS69]

Bless you for doing the right thing by your child by being a parent

[@Sunny-il7zr]

So so impressed and happy when I hear there are people who think like this still. Having "boy-ish" interests doesn't mean you're born in the "wrong body" or aren't straight anymore. You can love these things and still be a very straight and happy female.

[@Fifi-jb3yx]

I was a ‘tomboy’, but it was because i felt i wasn’t pretty enough to be girly. so i leaned hard into the opposite and pretended i didn’t care, to compensate. and a lot of it was internalised misogyny. i thought girly things were stupid and cringe because that was how people thought. but i ended up hating the niche of ‘funny tomboy’ i made for myself. if meant nobody else saw me as a girl either. fast forward a few years, and i realised how much i loved being a girl, how much joy i took in feminine things like makeup and haircare. if i had been met with ‘maybe you aren’t a girl’ from people instead of just ‘you’re a tomboy’ i could have easily have been pushed down a horrible difficult path and never confronted the side of myself that wanted to be feminine and a Girl with a capital G but was just too scared.

[@tatianadelgado4867]

Exactly..

[@nalanazi9866]

i'm pretty sure this is how most girls felt growing up.. including me, so yeah i'm not a fan of putting such decisions in 9 y.o. be kids

[@ihuomaotika2656]

You literally explained my life story

[@subhadramahanta452]

Same ig

[@seandoesnpcshit]

@@nalanazi9866 because you’re confusing children who are finding themselves out with genuine dysphoric kids who need help, and a lot of times cases like these are believed to be the cause of transgender people which resorts into them being refused care and treatment

[@meganfrost3946]

I remember at 15 I told my friend I thought I was a boy. Thank god he laughed. Now I’m extremely feminine, I was a confused kid

[@imelimel1559]

U still are. What a moron

[@galenjones9529]

Stats actually point that a lot of runts who think they're trans are actually just gay. They just haven't put two and two together yet.

[@LettuceBunnies]

Love that friend forever gahahaha

[@pileofsaltOG]

Just because you arent trans doesn't mean others aren't

[@rimafuu_miho1837]

​@@pileofsaltOG of course. But right now that's somehow like a trend, kids are encouraging in a young age, when personality and identity starts to form. That's not a easy decision, all of the body changes should be done later in life, in case the child will find out that this is not what they feel like.

[@jameschaypramouk1564]

Remember when she sang to ghosts to overcome their trauma. I mean, that was something.

[@putrinatasha6807]

When and what song

[@jameschaypramouk1564]

@@putrinatasha6807 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ_JiZicm8iXea8

[@samanthanguyen3235]

@@putrinatasha6807 I remember that it was during some kind of reality supernatural TV show and she sang Skyscraper to the ghost.

[@Alannateconta]

😂😂😂😂

[@Lee_.Writes]

That’s sweet tbh.

[@jackburton37211]

in 10-20 years the lawsuits will be amazing.

[@PInk77W1]

They will all be denied by big pharma bought and paid for judges

[@Stoutaragua]

...if they don't get dismissed by a gay/lesbian judge.

[@keenfire8151]

There won't be many because most trans people commit suicide.

[@mmly7143]

No they won't.... as a nurse, these kids will be messed up for life and no amount of money will fix it. The rate of self deletion in that group is scary

[@hollysmith7393]

Yes yes ! Class action suits for everyone ….. I remember when it came out many years ago about kids suing their parents when their parents had made a choice for them at birth when the baby was born with both sex organs and these kids when they became adults were committing suicide and suing their parents because they felt they should of had the right to make that choice for themselves at a proper age . I agree this isn’t going to go well in a few years

[@moheganforfreedom4265]

I've never heard anyone say Demi Levato so many times in one clip.

[@19Efy]

I was getting dizzy 😵 😅😅

[@AaronCMounts]

It helps drive the point home that she is influencing others to do things while escaping the consequences of what she is influencing others to do.

[@YoKeisha1]

She did push hard for this then changed her mind

[@IsSalvationReal]

@@YoKeisha1 Since I am still stuck on one album back from Disney. I didn’t know she pushed it and then gave it up because I thought it was a push for her because she’s lost. Stop following people especially when they have money. My friend turned into a man, only half way and stopped during the process because you have to pay to do it and a lot of it. We are from hood parts. A very sad and neglecting life she had. I always knew it was a identity crisis and through sexuality, that was the escape. Non of my friends believed me and now look at us all growing up. We are being mislead. I seen a comment about a girl liking females because of the same reason. It’s a real thing and it’s being broadcasted wrong. The media is flipping love is love.

[@Charlotte-rb8kc]

This young man is telling the truth. He is trying to warn parents to be careful as to who their children are being exposed to. Kids need protection from the craziness going on in this world. There are bad people out there with life threatening ideas for innocent children. Parents be on guard!!

[@bunnybimbo2149]

Me: "bro I don't care" *swipes away* Also me:*scrolls back cause I actually am curious*

[@erikalynn9106]

Bahahah same

[@oyleday0195]

Ok but did she ever identify as trans? Thought she just went with the gender neutral pronouns. These seem like totally different issues

[@Brother_Nazarite]

Non-binary is a "marginalized" group that is a "gender identity" on par with being trans. It is included in the LGBT..... His point is that there are people taking advantage, and using this as and opportunity to promote themselves, at the expense of others. And that there are groups (non binary, and such) that are no risk, and no commitment, while kids are having irreversible surgeries, and will suffer the consequences for the rest of their lives, because a pop star wanted to sell a couple of records. I think that's the gist of it, anyway.

[@fluz2222]

She identifies as her/she now. She removed the they/them

[@hmacklemore2226]

This video is on a super right-wing, conservative, misinformation channel. Of course they don't know what they are talking about. Demi's gender has never changed not has she ever discussed it.

[@ShindoWonderland]

Nope they/she never identified as trans. This is misinformation spread across the masses to preach hate on trans people and the LGBTQIA+ Community in general.

[@ladytea5162]

@@ShindoWonderland it’s not hate when she said this in a interview: “There might be a time where I identify as trans, I don’t know what this looks like for me. There might be a time where I identify as nonbinary and gender non-conforming my entire life, or maybe there’s a period of time when I get older that I identify as a woman.

[@MaryaLayaEspaldon]

I was 34 years old. I had decided that I wanted to remove my ovaries just because I can. My nurse friend told me don't do it. Removing any part of your body just because you can will cause your biochemistry to haywire. Don't it. I didn't. Glad I listened.

[@victoriarotramel2274]

You’re ovaries produce estrogen and progesterone so removing them means you immediately go into menopause. This can include hot flashes, vaginal dryness, depression, anxiety, mood swings, weight gain, hair loss, and trouble sleeping. It also of course makes it impossible to become pregnant. But if you wanted your fallopian tubes removed you could do that without so many negative effects. It’s still major surgery and requires 6-8 weeks of healing time but it is an effect method of permanent birth control.

[@JH-uv3qx]

True. Nothing in your body was created just for decoration. Every tiny thing has its own purpose in your health.

[@rhettgannon4417]

Demi Lovato identified as non-binary which is completely different to someone identifying as transgender. So this guy’s attempt at comparison is completely ignorant and misguided.

[@avocado2567]

The non-binary people now say that they transgender too (which is so disrespectful to trans people). She doesn't needs to be non-binary. The definition of it is just someone ,who doesn't fit in the social stereotyps of man and women. It isn't a third gender non-binary is something social. You can choose to accept it or not ,because the non-binary people choose to be non-binary .Unliked someone ,who is gay . She did it for money after all her music flopped, so she needed to create attention .Now that her music is doing better and she is working with other people, she doesn't need it anymore.

[@destiny9705]

She also identified with suicidal people when that was a thing too. She identified with dead people too lol sorry suicide isn't funny but her trying to to make a joke of it by trying to get attention is. And yes she did almost die because she overdosed on drugs. But its not because she was trying to off herself.

[@pidapida9630]

I see too many kids are missguided too, i believe shes not innocent. Its kinda like riding the wave giving bad influence

[@queenie3046]

I watched a transgender documentary about children it was very scary. I remember one girl was very similar to me, wanted to be a boy, acted like her older brother , rejected all "pink" things, etc. I'm now an adult and if my mum transition me based on my behaviour as a child, it would've ruin my life.

[@y0utuberculosis]

Your parents did exactly what trans kids parents do- allowed them to wear and act and be called what they want. And many kids like you will decide it's not for them and go back, and some won't. Kids are not given permanent surgery or hormones until they're old enough to make the decision (except in very rare cases where they are a severe risk to suicide). Don't act like what's right for you is right for every kid, because that's how kids end up dead.

[@queenie3046]

@@y0utuberculosis sorry, I didn't make it clear in the original comment. In the documentary it was pushing to start hormone therapy before to puberty started, with the youngest being 8 years ago. That was the scary part, these children haven't figured much out in life and their partner are pushing for radical treatment. - and they weren't suicidal. When I was younger, me rejecting girl things, was because I wanted to be like my brother because I admired him so much. I think it's common for some siblings to copy an older sibling, especially when there's a large age gap.

[@mv3671]

@@y0utuberculosis well said

[@leaderas2203]

Same

[@boopyournose5698]

Same. I was a tomboy for most of my life. Back then we all saw it as completely normal and it should be seen the same these days too. It's part of life to experiment while growing up.

[@melaninqueen6926]

When I was 8 I wanted to be a boy because the boys in the school stopped playing football with me because I’m a girl. I’m 27 now and a very feminine straight female. If my mom listened to me and let me transition I would of died by suicide by now. I love being a woman and wouldn’t change it for the world. People say it’s not just a faze but it was for me. I wanted to be a boy for about 6 months then I got over it and never thought about it again.

[@nathanmccoy9188]

8 year olds don’t transition in any permanent way. It’s entirely reversible if you let them dress a certain way or be called a new name for a while but you can’t reverse the negative effects that will come if they want that and you say no.

[@CaptainMorganne1227]

That makes sense but I feel like it's different with some people like people the want never goes away. And no one is doing surgery on children with a brain and children have been using hormone blockers for centuries cuz like there's a thing called premature puberty or whatever where children get puberty before they're supposed to and they get put on hormone blockers... and they know the symptoms and the possible side effects at this point and they are true still choosing to do it like come on

[@ressesdave2250]

Mam you do you think trans kids reasoning for transitioning socially is something that flippant. These kids are not like u as a kid these kids will be clinically depressed and resort to self harm. That's like you saying. I cried and was once but I wasn't depressed I got over it therefore clinically depressed people just need to get over their depression without the help from professionals.

[@ew9072]

dawg whos gonna let u transition at 8 years old if it only last ed 6 months. its a seriously rigorous process and they dont just give hormones to everyone (especially an 8 year old)

[@mozorellastick2583]

This is not what being transgender is, a transgender child will grow up into an adult and still be transgender, what u experienced was not transgenderism

[@slwilliams0717]

This is what needs to be trending. Media is pushing this onto children & they're confused on what exactly they're doing

[@coffeeking9565]

And what about the teens that aren't confused

[@lw4611]

Why is Demi Lovato being used as transgender example?😅 changing your pronouns to she/they doesn’t make you transgender

[@Ayo142]

That's exactly his point...

[@pancake_ghosty]

But she promotes it. Not just by the forced speech like you mentioned but by endorsing the movement and encouraging it to her teenage fans.

[@jane8527]

Exactly. It just makes you stupid

[@hayleypaigereviews6744]

She changed her pronouns to they/them and claimed to be trans and then went back on it saying she’s not and that she now identifies at a she/her. That’s the reason why she’s being used as an example, because she literally was and then changed her mind

[@buttwhole909]

You clearly don't know much

[@DietMountainDew_]

Any disorder, Demi claims it. Her entire career has been about her trolling everyone. I stopped listening to her interviews because she’s too self-obsessed. With every album release, there was a relapse, followed by cultural craze, and demanding people call her “they”. Without her drama, there would be no songs. She isn’t authentic and the most artificial artist I’ve known. She uses /exploits addicts and people who suffer and continues to make it about her. The business needs to drop her and let her cool down.

[@mv_vm_]

A lot of this is hugely down to the mental health diagnosis that Demi has. Unmanaged and without the appropriate support, the spiralling is very likely to continue. It's a huge shame, because those around Demi really should be supporting healthy habits and thinking, but there really is no money in being content and self assured.

[@sonnygirl8823]

You are so right ! I can not stand this women !As aperson that has been fighting drug addiction for years she took this ride and did nothing to try to help the community! She loves to keep herself relevant in the press and that is it!

[@BTSARMYJIMIN13]

It's kinda sad cause I used to be a big (kinda huge) fan of hers until I sensed like a pattern and i just got tired

[@blackwatch4709]

Apparently, this nut job can't speak to ghosts who have been oppressed by big mean men

[@AnneettaLife]

You hit the nail on the head. I think She loves playing the victim. She’s a pathetic human being who wants to feel special and be a part of something, and once the novelty fades she looks for something new to use a personality. She just can’t accept that’s there is nothing special about her.

[@etiennebrownlee4071]

I think it really depends on the situation and there are definitely levels to this, those trapped by this confusing idealism are mostly pubescent teens trying to figure out who they are, but after that period, in some few cases, the need to change is real and will never go away.. It really depends on what will make them happy and comfortable in their 20s, 30s and the last half of their lives.. some of these trans people got to decide at some point or they otherwise risk being depressed until they grow old..

[@i4linoz11]

I believe most of us girls had this period where we felt more like a boy than a girl. When I was younger, I would always want to be a boy because I thought life would be easier. But having restricted and unbothered parents made me analyse things differently and just said to myself that i’m different than other girls. Even today I have it hard because I don’t really match with women as I click with guys. It might be because of my personality or because I haven’t met my type of friends yet. One thing is for sure, I don’t hate being female, I just have a different personality than most women

[@nalaera8712]

hm no

[@polimeter]

Almost got me in the first half, not gonna lie 💀

[@dhuratakurti2487]

Well That makes you You, you think man have it easier, well I have to say they don't. First a woman will never get to know the pain a man has, and a man will never Get to know what a woman goes through. Thats why every single autome in us is different. We are different. No one will know our pain They will never get to go through it like Us.

[@quietguy-rx6kv]

There's a big difference between teaching kids to be tolerant and accepting of people who are different from them and actively pushing them to do something.

[@pageluv7016]

This is very true. When we were small I can remember we had girls who wants to look like boys specially people who play sports. And it was a girls’ school. So sometimes some girls Dress like boys.. cut hair like boys. But now they are grown up women, happily married. That’s how it is. When we grow up we want to check everything out there. That doesn’t mean you are going to do a permanent damage to yourself and your body. When you are young you are confused, you are getting to know yourself, about society, about your body. That’s what growing up is all about. But now?? Kids can decide what they want to do at very little age. Parents no longer have the control. It’s the government has the control even though parents give birth and take care of them. Specially the teachers and elders are brainwashing children so they grow up to believe certain things which are very wrong.

[@LoverOfTruthAndReality]

Yes, if you look closely ti doesn’t make sense unless you look at it as there’s an agenda. We got to as responsible human beings to stand up to this.

[@anomaly9156]

Even the government probably won't want that. This can affect child birth rates...

[@armyblink2525]

I do have a friend in elementary school, she look like a boy and her dream was to be a boy. Now she is happily married with 3 kids and is serving to her church. I saw happiness in her. I love it. And I wanted to encourage other confused kids to not drastically make a decision they will regret in the future

[@dragulouse2219]

Demi was never trans tho

[@letsstartadialogueeh7692]

Kindof an important point there. Almost like HES trying to push his own propaganda...or else is ignorant.

[@tinavalencia7411]

So why don't she stop talking shit about things she didn't do herself I can't stand her she can't even sing she sounds like a idiot

[@user-mp4xz3ko9y]

And even if she was, she was in contract with Disney and a child star. She wouldn’t have been able to even mention it so using her is as an example is ridiculous

[@bytchesagainstbullshyt6984]

She played the game...the whole pronoun 💩

[@dee4871]

I totally forgot that time

[@aisharoy3499]

We need to hear more of this

[@lotts_luvhr]

Why was I recommended this 😭 Edit: pls stop fighting in the comment section and touch some grass.

[@felix4820]

Why,do you hate facts or what

[@lotts_luvhr]

@@felix4820 it’s not even about that it’s just I really don’t care abt any this 😭

[@ito3192]

Fr, I keep getting transphobic bs

[@nevermind8636]

@@lotts_luvhr You’re so stupid , poor you , hope this dumbness works in my favor.

[@Ash_twd]

@@ito3192 they weren’t even talking about that lol dumbass

[@Qija1]

What. She never said she was transgender. She just tried out different pronouns. I don’t see how that’s an issue. Literally harms no one

[@jenaearreola2609]

That’s what he’s saying. For her it wasn’t a big deal, and for most adults it isn’t! She can do what she wants. But she has MAJORRR influence on genz and younger kids. It’s dangerous

[@seandoesnpcshit]

@@jenaearreola2609 no she doesn’t, i have a younger friend who listens to her and when she found out she never wanted to change her gender.

[@kellypeters5379]

In my time we were just called tomboys i just didn't feel like wearing make up, heels and skirts. Yes my family thought i could be gay but they never guestioned me and just let me be. In their eyes that was just me and nothing else.

[@tigre9271]

Demi Lovato is living her own crazy life. It's the PARENTS who are accountable.

[@felee6858]

That is why parents check their kids. They need guidance no matter when they are turning 18 living on their own they need guidance.

[@nathanmccoy9188]

Uh nah I think you should leave your adult children alone if you lee going to try to control their life. And probably actually just don’t have any kids if you’ll do that when they’re under roof as well.

[@TreborNitram1981]

Can you imagine the lawsuits that we're going to see in 20 and 30 years this is sickening and sad.

[@glifortconstant2461]

It doesn't matter much when you think about all the damage that all of us have to live through

[@javierbaza6943]

I only have one question!how many trangendet kids do u know?this moral panic is the dumbest thing ever!by the way I don't know any either!yall need a hobby or something!

[@caseymajor4803]

Why, how many children did you do this too?

[@MACsToyBox]

If those people live that long, sadly. Gender reassignment surgery rarely ends well.

[@POPDATA]

“They let my 9 year old naive self ruin my life permanently how coulddd theyyyy do this to me? Fvck u mom fvck u dad fvck u government you are going to pay me big time! Now pay meeeeeeee 100 million bucks”

[@sd1660]

Imagine being more outraged about fake osteoporosis than mass shootings in school…

[@kimch8486]

People who support this should be held criminally liable.

[@lenjcnt170]

As an asian I also question the education system in America. It’s as if no one taught them about the PUBERTY stage.

[@IsThisUsernameAvailable]

I told my family and my close friends I thought I was gender fluid cause someone told me I was due to showing "characteristics" of not being "cisgender" (aka a real woman), I am tomboyish some days and feminine on others, but apparently that is not allowed anymore without having to change your entire identity, so you try to convince you you are now trans and you try to convince other people as well, the more you say it out loud the easier it is to start believing it and accepting it, but I knew deep down something was wrong. I went to therapy, turns out I was having an existential crisis because I was afraid of the reality women have to go through. I didn't want to face the reality of being a woman, I was scared of being one, I didn't want to feel unsafe, or associated the idea of being a woman with something negative, clearly I was being misogynistic with myself which is insane. I was 17 and I'm now 20, and I absolutely love being a woman

[@IraQxNajafia]

Idk about boys but as a girl i wanted to be a boy for so many reasons to play with my older brother (it looked more fun), to go out more freely (my parents were more worried about me than my brother), in teenage years i wore boys clothing for some time bcs i got hit on by older men which scared me. then i grew up and that faze went away bcs i enjoy my being myself &men seemed a lot less scary . A lot of girls i know were the same, wanting the benefit of being a boy but then u grow up and i understand u can have as much fun &be safe as a boy while being a girl. That being said tell a child u can change gender which they will not understand thats a life long choice and that child is about to hate u for the rest of their life, when they decide they dont wanna be anything else besides that which they were born to be. Let them grow up and decide then.

[@bellarose8089]

The biggest problem is denying children bc people underestimate how well children know themselves. let them at least socially transition rather than letting them suffer silently. social transitioning isn’t damaging… like at all. and then when they are older they will be able to tell. Being trans isn’t a faze and not is it easy to just transition.

[@snehasingh6835]

For a while i am keeping the transgender thing aside. But being a girl in this world really sucks. I wish i was a boy (i ain't trans tho)

[@Mansoor765]

A simple question if a boy want be a woman, how doctors can construct vagina uterus, fallopian tube, ovaries etc. Or a girl want to be a boy how you construct va penis and testis, and all the male hormones. its just confusing to me. Because in Asia this nonsense doesn't happen.

[@LoverOfTruthAndReality]

So true Alaa, children won’t have the awareness and knowledge that their mind is likely to change so making such a dramatic change is destroy them and the science is showing there’s a high level of suicide in transgender, as there growing cased of transgender people changing their mind and want to go back…obviously they can’t. This is really bad situation.

[@Israhellgonnagetdestroyedsoon]

Same. That's the same reason why i want to be a boy. But now i'm proudly to be a girl

[@wickedgames5493]

When did Demi say she was transgender? She said she was nonbinary, BIG difference 😉

[@icesurf5815]

I can’t wait to just see all of the kids right now who are ruining their future complaining on social media about how they ruined their life

[@alwaysyouramanda]

Demi had a bad haircut, but just because it’s becoming a trend it doesn’t mean there aren’t true and valid cases of two-spirited people. They go way far back into history.

[@rbley7]

Its either going to be the worst or best decision for the kid. It will do permanent damage to the body or get the kid the body they want when they grow up. The question is, should choice be given or choice be taken away 🤷‍♂️ be condemned by choice of others or condemned by your own choices.

[@irenesantamaria254]

I think they should at least wait for the kid to make the decision on their own, when they are of age … like 18 maybe even 21

[@rbley7]

@@irenesantamaria254 The problem is that by 18, the kid probably have turned into a big burly dude which would already be impossible to reverse and turn to a slim female frame

[@irenesantamaria254]

@@rbley7 either way it’s damaging to the body so they should at least be fully aware of the risks and actually understand the longevity of side effects.

[@jaisinghchristiancoaching]

“The stupid social craze of transgenderism” absolute truth. God bless those kids.

[@hmacklemore2226]

There is no God, be quiet

[@jaisinghchristiancoaching]

@@hmacklemore2226 Well that's an intelligent response, no backup, no reasons just "there is no God, be quiet" how do you know? Are you the bastion of all truth and intellect in the word and can so righteously claim there is no ultimate source of life? If you're talking about a man in a cloud then I agree with you. That's not the God I believe in. The God I believe in is the source of all life. I said God bless those kids, so would you not want to bless children? Sounds like you need all the blessings you can get x

[@sipi2009]

Transgender people have existed long time, there is no "transgenderism", just transgender people. I've been hearing about this weird osteoporosis thing for a while now but no has actually ever had a source.

[@braveheart2516]

@@hmacklemore2226 There had to be a higher being in the beginning or how can nothing come out of nothing??

[@jorja4234]

@@braveheart2516 The big bang?

[@jeradhigginbotham]

Hold her accountable for those kids

[@tyquanwashington.8510]

This trend will go down in the history books just as lobotomies and ECT. It's absolutely medieval.

[@asifvaliji]

Wow... Why is this not talked about more? As a parent I have massive concerns about what is being 'pushed' on our kids. Any other parents worried right now by these crazy trends that ruin lives?

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

Watch some of the videos of the like 18-22 year olds in California being asked questions like “how many stars are on the flag” “what is 3x3x3” “who is the first president” They can’t answer any of it! When asked a question “what state is Utah in” the girl answered “what’s Utah?” personally I think it’s from being on a cell phone 24/7, not having to know anything cause it’s on the phone plus tiktok. In China (tiktok is owned by China) they reward people for smart things, making their country smarter. Our country it rewards stupid things. It also makes them want to constantly have attention and do anything for likes or “clout”. Be very careful about tiktok

[@melisamaras]

@@Catherine.Dorian. Be honest. It isn't just California.

[@buddyrichable1]

My kids are grown, but you parents with kids in school need to find out what’s going on in the classrooms right now. Hopefully all is well, but a teacher with an agenda can be a powerful influence on young children.

[@ricoatthebeach]

It's not talked about more because it's all a bunch of bullshit propaganda to make weak-minded people getting raged and support entrenched political ideology.

[@ricoatthebeach]

@@Catherine.Dorian. Those interviews are mostly done on Hollywood boulevard with tourists from other places.

[@DAFlint]

Just because one person does a PR stunt now every trans person since the 1920s is invalid. What Demi did has no bearing on countless others just trying to be happy. I don’t understand why so many people are obsessed with trans people, our bodies, our hormones. It’s none of the medias business. That’s between the doctor and the patient.

[@deztheray8935]

That’s not how it is though. Teachers are trying to push it on kids in many states, and the current administration has been pushing transgenderism because they’ve all made millions from investing in that industry. Also it’s taken over everywhere that too many people think that gender is about what’s in your head, but that’s not reality.

[@AaronCMounts]

Just remember this: The average gender transition, completed from one to the other, generates upwards of $1,200,000 in total medical expenses.

[@msteele5665]

Not to mention the school system pushing this on Kids. It’s sick.

[@dinayooo3660]

From the age of like 7 to like 12 I said I wanted to be a boy I knew deep down inside that I was really happy to be a girl I just happened to get along better with boys and was leaning more into my masculine side, but now that I am 18 I am a very proud woman. If all this stuff that is happening now was as popular when I was a kid I would of 100% thought that I was in fact a boy and that something was wrong with me. But I grew up and matured and I’m still a little more tomboyish but I’m a woman through and through

[@gracewatson6927]

So well said! It's tragic 😥 I weep for the children of this age!

[@asterix7842]

No, “lots of” nine year olds aren’t undergoing surgeries and chopping off their breasts. (do they even have any yet?) no one is “pushing it on kids” it’s not a “ social craze”.

[@chimbo8741]

Pretty sure most surgeons won't operate on minors even with parental consent. Fear mongering. No one is out here just chopping parts off of children for funsies. 🙄

[@jatindersingh-christianres5758]

It’s crazy to let children have surgery based upon subjective feelings! You wouldn’t let children decide what time they want to go to bed - but it’s ok for them to believe they are in the wrong body?!

[@stasiasimpson-christianres2818]

It’s absolute child abuse to allow a child to make a completely life changing decision, when they have not even gone through enough education and experiences to make a balanced and educated decision about something that will change their lives forever. The parents and guardians have a lot to answer for….this is absolute madness, it’s devastating, like all dads and trends, it will pass and then where are our children left? Mutilated and traumatised! This is not good enough!

[@SlayerRunefrost]

My kid claims to be transexual, but I told her (and biologically SHE is a HER tho I do try to be respectful) and I told her that that is fine, I love and support you no matter what BUT, I will not pay for any life altering surgeries or meds, if that is how you still feel when you're 18 and an adult, YOU can do whatever you want but I will not be responsible for life altering choices you make as a child that you regret and can't take back as an adult. Like it or not y'all, these are adult revelations that require adult minds to figure out. A child simply does not have the cognitive capacity to realize the long term consequences that these choices have. The reason I do things this way is because I know the swishifying effect media has on kids and am almost 100% positive that she will not feel the same after puberty has run it's course and of she does, well then, she'll be an adult and can make her own choices based on how she feels and that being the case, more power to her and I will still love and support her no matter what.

[@annalouiselomonaco4798]

How that's what I call a fantastic parent in the world 🌎. I wish there where more parents like you. Your child is very lucky to have you.

[@catherncampbell6403]

What a great parent

[@bambino05]

Hopefully they make it to 18 but with a parent like you statistically it doesn't look good.

[@lapapa7089]

You should show her the people that have or are de-transitioning. It’s quite impactful.

[@mimifineliving2010]

U are the best mother for your daughter

[@HeyitsMayteXO]

This is why as parents you need to WATCH your kids & ask questions about their day, EVERY day, and actually parent. My kids have absolutely no social media and it will stay this way for as long as I am alive. There is no social media in my house and we are not influenced by the outside world. I suggest this on you folks! It is disgusting and horrible to see what this next generation will look like in 10-15 years.

[@cel.este933]

When i was in middle school/high school i used to say I was a boy trapped in a girl's body. I was just a tomboy, but I'm 29 now and love all things feminine. Puberty is a hell of a ride

[@usagitsukinox0x0]

What is he trying to say lol

[@DanzoSan]

you honestly don't understanding what he's saying?

[@xueueux]

In my teenager life, I always feel am UGLY as a girl...I was a tomboy girl in my mid school, my mid school friends mostly are boys, at home, I mostly play with my brothers..though I played Barbie, I usually played with boys.. But when you hit puberty, there was unseen wall between girl and boys and I no longer feel fit in with the boys, and need to learn have girl friends.. I hated that period of time..but thank god that period of time is nothing like now with all those gender identity.. So I grow up and now among my friends I'm the most feminine one, love to style my hair, love to wear skirts..but my tomboyish character is still within me, as I don't afraid to have dirty work, and still able to just put on my jeans, tie my hair and get things done physically...

[@bluepineapple3D]

Thank you, Micheal, for speaking the truth.

[@Idont8225]

I sometimes really wish i was a boy but i still embrace my body my feminine side as well as exploring my masculine side. So its completely normal to be a girl and be masculine or a boy and being feminine. You are still who you are . Your preferences doesn't change who you are.

[@tomhasker-christianrespons7332]

Mr Knowles is spot on. We must let our children be children and help them understand they are already sacred and perfect as they are, as God created them, boy or girl. Not force on them an agenda that risks their long term health permanently - just because it’s the latest craze.

[@vicom134]

So I guess you criticize parents who bring their children to church too?

[@louiseerbslisbjerg7854]

🤣 "Not force on them an agenda"... and "God" kn the same sentence? That is an agenda - your agenda.

[@gankdalfthedank9855]

Crushing your estrogen levels is extremely dangerous, I have no idea how careful they are actually being with managing these gender transitions particularly from female to male. Estrogen has significant neuro protective properties, also eyesight and bone health as mentioned here

[@riku2700]

Yeah I seriously can't see this generation of transgender living very long at all

[@JAGraptor]

A millstone comes to my mind for what some of these celebs have imposed.

[@spiritual_lifecoach_vab]

It NEEDS to be MANDATORY to have a MINIMUM of 1 yr of emotional therapy and care of a professional before any medical treatments like this is preformed bc there are too many simply confused overwhelmed kids that just guidance not a medical procedure.

[@sofiabutterflies1635]

If a 9yr old CHILD making huge decisions like this than there's NO ADULT in that household and the parents are equally confused to allow such thing at such a young age. decisions like this should b legal at the age of 21-25 that's when life hits and u finding out who u really are.

[@mekhiahillgren6038]

Lots of trans kids die by then.

[@AlissaSss23]

It's ALL BS, no one would to that to a child, it's illegal. He's looking for clout

[@Birchlead]

Also my opinion. I support my trans friends. I just don’t think literal body modification should happen until your brain is fully developed.

[@indiragaviria3733]

Facts this is getting out of control

[@AradiaAries]

Okay but there's something even more radical.. it's called, Parents. You know, the people who are supposed to be responsible for these kids, and stop them from making bad decisions because they're children.

[@winnyzinny6969]

The Truth. Sick of seeing celebrity kids being pushed towards this craze

[@kylebuffkin7514]

Her name is demi, says everything

[@melisamaras]

So what about Demi Moore, whom she's named after? 🤔

[@Digmer]

I thought it was demetria.

[@robertsteele474]

@@melisamaras Semi Demi?

[@randeephantom355]

Yea- that's a good one for real!!!! Demi---- Lmao! You right. Says it all

[@DeathOfARockStar]

Actually her name is Demetria.

[@PriyankaSingh-oc8jr]

Tell me you're transphobic without telling me you're transphobic:

[@lindsay3793]

Tell me you condone child abuse without telling me you condone child abuse.

[@PriyankaSingh-oc8jr]

@@lindsay3793 tell me you eat up every misleading information you gather all over the internet without tell me you do :

[@lindsay3793]

@@PriyankaSingh-oc8jr I'll tell you how I block child groomers without telling you that I block child groomers.

[@devadethereal6301]

Nobody's letting kids do any of that stuff, either. Even just to get the hormone pills from the doctor it's required that they get counseling for support and to be sure they really want to start the transition. They absolutely NEVER do surgery for that on minors. They're only getting puberty blockers, the effects of which are completely and easily reversible should they change their mind.

[@traceydumase]

The adults responsible for those children will some day be held accountable. I can guarantee you.

[@tracisanchez3399]

Very sad times we are living in

[@minastirith997]

end times

[@GriBlanco]

AND scary and dangerous!

[@howdoilearnkorean1687]

I remember her saying she’s nonbinary not transgender. Was still a pr stunt though .

[@megisholla5644]

Blame the parents for allowing their children follow strangers

[@juleslund1515]

Everyone goes through this phase as a child..it's part of discovering who you are.

[@Samthewise92]

Can you please name a single kid that had happened to cause I’m still waiting. 😂😂 this frickin lie is so annoying.

[@Flu_Tang_Clan]

Thanks for calling what it is: a trend.

[@yorkiemom6144]

And the only reason is getting so much attention is because the conservative media keeps on shining a light on it. Ever hear of this Streisand effect?

[@WorgenGrrl]

Transtrenderism

[@multidimensionalhypercube]

I mean it isn't but pop off

[@AirWindFire]

Being a Brit means I’m automatically offended when anyone tries to frivolously sue the NHS, but I rejoice every time someone who was mutilated as a child or now recognises that they had unaddressed mental wellness issues take legal action. The medical professionals involved have forsaken science, ethics and reason for their own egos need to be a trailblazer. If a child doesn’t have the mental capacity to consent to intimate relationships how can they possibly recognise the life long implications of gender reassignment? Because those that wish to lower the age of consent are watching too.

[@maatacco3815]

I am 60 + I felt like a boy in my youth, was a tomboy and played with boys, cowboys and Indians in those days. As I became 11, 12, 13 I did not feel like that anymore. I liked being a girl now. Its a phase that we go through. So its so evil for some parents to allow their child to change their bodies before they can understand their bodies. These times are super crazy. Mental illnesses on all levels

[@HiHi-fu4qp]

U know what- I keep getting political things and I just want to watch food videos so screw u youtube and screw you algorithm

[@Softnsweetbb]

Osteoporosis at age 9?! Lmao what on earth is he talking about lmao.. I’m trans and transitioned as a child. Can somebody please point me to the afflicted children lol

[@ijustwannacommentnotmyreal9814]

How did you transition as a child

[@Softnsweetbb]

@@ijustwannacommentnotmyreal9814 it wasn’t easy, but I did it. How I was able to is my business, respectfully.

[@timeisfluid]

This is why we need to teach our children what emotions are because children don't understand emotions and are being pushed to do crazy things at a very young age and it's really sad

[@123itsme]

Demi never said she was male, either…

[@ErrinT80]

Demi Lovato never fought Chuck Norris

[@chromicapop4595]

Oooh yeah nor did she have the self awareness to like not do questionable things I still am wondering about her now cause of her behavior🌝

[@LordOfLight]

Who, exactly, is "pushing this on kids"? Please be precise in your answers and give sources.

[@jamieK111]

Take two minutes to search for yourself for videos by young people who transition describe the influences and how fast it goes from "I"m 13 and uncomfotable with my body" to being on cross-sex hormones, or statistics on the sudden, massive spike in cases.

[@yorkiemom6144]

Nobody. They just have a problem with anyone who doesn't look and act exactly like them. Can't talk about why little Jimmy likes little tommy, that's grooming. But posing toddlers with machine guns? Having 12 yr olds wearing "fuck Biden shirts? A-ok. Don't teach about slavery, The savagery is much too graphic. Teach the Bible. (Have you READ the Bible? Incest, murder, infanticide. Yeah, it's a love fest). As an aside, you know that in the Bible abortions were performed by PRIESTS. The hypocrisy is astounding

[@The_Future_isnt_so_Bright]

J-E-W-S

[@agataolejarczyk1496]

Yes, I'd like to know that too. What is going on?

[@mistaando9741]

No one wants to argue with pedophile groomers.

[@nohnoroi6221]

if I ever have a child, I'll tell them to wait until they're 25 to make a big life changing decision. Because our brain will mature and fully develop at that age.

[@Happymind-happyworld.]

I hate when people blame influencers or celebrities for things like as if these kids don’t have parents.

[@birch98]

Absolute nonsense. Nobody is ‘pushing this on kids’.

[@IITJII95]

Yes they are.

[@SchmitzDaniel]

This is shocking and I question how much we are looking after the well-being of our children individually and collectively as a society. We all remember all the different phases we go through growing up and it's part of growing up physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. But to change one's body through operations and drugs is just irresponsible to allow that to a child! Where is the real education of helping children to become healthy grown adults?

[@dylanvanheerden]

Where do you see children getting operations and drugs? It's not a new craze. It's social acceptance. We are seeing more people come out as trans because they feel safer and more supported in society at this time. Do you know how hard it is, the hoops you need to jump through and the amount of steps there are to get hormones or surgery? First of all children aren't getting surgeries. Second of all in order to get hormone blockers, surgeries or more, you need to see two psychologists, as well as, your general practitioner talking with you, educating you about these things. You can't go and get it like a new pair of flared pants and the fact that y'all think so or are commenting affirming something similar is scary and worrying.

[@glittermoon1111]

My BIGGEST question is WHY?!? Why are they pushing this so hard!? Why are they encouraging youth to cut off their parts? What is the reason?

[@raziakhader4635]

Thank you for making people aware of the evil agenda

[@y2khira]

My sister wanted to be a boy till the age of 8.she never wore skirts only jeans and a cap..always dressed as a boy. We had school uniforms , so her KG principal allowed her the boys uniform but when she got to 1st standard in a big school put Principal denied that..she would cry and demanded every neighbor who was out to go inside the house when she had to boards our school bus...but by the age of 10 she was completely normal....she's a tomboy but now 23 years old she loves to do makeup get dressed up pretty...when she made few girl friends in school at 8 she changed..before that she was only friends with boys...had she been in US today, she'd undergone so lany life-threatening surgeries, mental trauma depression, us in debt

[@TheOliviahumphries]

wow... my heart breaks for our children! This is so so tragic! God help us all! It's tragic how the media influences and children are left completely unguided and it's destroying them! My heart breaks.

[@sasanshirvani5655]

When we do not help ourselves god will leave us to rot. We have to help ourselves.

[@ricoatthebeach]

If children are less completely unguided than their parents suck at being parents.

[@nybrite46]

There is no God and that is why the world is as it is

[@AlissaSss23]

No it's not! Because it's not true

[@GriBlanco]

This is why it is of utmost importance that during the very early years of children parents make it a priority to instruct, teach, guide and instill high values and principles in their children. Or the world will “educate” them and distort their minds to ruin them. What we’re seeing today is a severe consequence for not making our kids a priority and teaching them the way we need to and instead letting the media and schools be the teachers. It is TRAGIC!

[@pain_crystal_2685]

Idk how it is in America but in European countries when the patient is just a kid the only thing they can do is give a medication to suppress their puberty, nothing more, cause they want to know if they are really sure of a big thing like modifying their body. I feel like if kids say that they are trans, that the parents should support them, let them dress how they want to and take them to a therapist or something in that area so they can really discover if it is something serious or it’s being mistaken by another thing. Just my opinion, hope u have a good day/nigth!

[@heavi-armed-infadel]

You're spot on Mike!

[@mellaberry6353]

Being a trans kid isnt a mad dash to mutilate them as fast as possible. Social transitioning and figuring out ones own identity is such a massive part of the process. More than anything, trans people want to be understood as people first and trans second. Ethical medicine does the best it can to give people the highest quality of life. We have tested and evaluated every treatment we give to people with careful consideration. Trans people have incredibly high suffering and suicide rates so it's in our best interest to treat them. I dont know exactly what studies or events you are referring to when you cite all the horrible things happening to trans children, but I can assure you that surgery on minors is very rare and almost no reputable surgeon would do that. Tranistioning is a long process of slightly altering natural development, its complicated and surgery is usually the last steps. And for the drugs and hormones (I'm going to assume this is about puberty blockers) that are causing all of these other problems, the human body is very complicated and our understanding of it is limited, sometimes medications have unforseen side effects. Now that we know this is happening, it can be taken into account when making decisions about someones transition path options.

[@letsstartadialogueeh7692]

Thank you for your well thought out and reasonable comment.

[@pepperducks9019]

THIS

[@Ayo142]

Ok, so no. There is little to no test on regards of hormone blockers and its effects on kids that actually don't need it. The only research we have in what those meds do in a body with an issue that needs such drugs. Hormone blockers are harmful for a developping body, I know it, you know it, everyone knows it.

[@AVportau]

damn straight.... how dumb can adult people be?

[@joyceneal6169]

Do you really need to ask? Let's see. Eating meat is racist. It's fine to take children to sex shows. It's ok to pay some "health" provider to butcher your minor children. They can't define what a woman is but swear men can bear children and "chestfeed." It's fine to put grammar through a gender blender to create mystery pronouns. I'd say some adults can be willfully and horrifically stupid. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤮🤮💀💀

[@norrispg4212]

You need to distinguish between what doctors are prescribing puberty blockers for: there is a benefit to a puberty blocker for a 10 year old who has started puberty as opposed to a 10 year old who wants to transition - or is told by a parent to transition.

[@Rasheens-Story]

I’m sure they are informed about the possible health complications that will follow doing any kind of procedure as such. It’s their decision whether or not they want to proceed with that if they’re of age, if they are not of age then it’s up to the parents to figure it out on the child’s behalf.

[@caitlinmillington6094]

I genuinely dont think it was a pr stunt from demi. She "came out" not long after nearly dying from an overdose i think she just mentally wasnt quite there and latched on to it to gain some sort of answer for why she wasnt quite right? If that makes sense.

[@stytler06]

but if you can find something, even just a label that makes you feel human and connected then why is that wrong? what affect does me calling my former sister my brother harm?

[@moderatecatlady4282]

Okay so one small problem with your defending Demi in this way- this whole clip is based around Demi now going by they/them pronouns. You said she. This is why everyone is confused, even you while defending “they/them”.

[@moderatecatlady4282]

That was the man’s point to make. It doesn’t really matter why Demi no longer wants to be called she, what matters is that to her the implications are far less damaging than tue children he is referring to here.

[@hayabusa4uall]

People suffering the consequences of their own actions are absolutely hilarious. This is how life works

[@bambino05]

Its not really hilarious seeing all the lgbtq+ youth die because their parents are too thick to have an independent thought and go to Facebook for science but you go off sis.

[@mandysaied]

As a parent it’s not so funny when you realize how easily it could be your kid having these life altering decisions pushed on them by other adults when you’re not around. It reinforces that I need to parent for the preteen / teen / adult i want my kids to become. Remembering to not get caught up in the younger years when you can easily dismiss their feelings and thoughts.

[@hayabusa4uall]

@@combatcurtful if your kids are being experimented on/with then you have failed as a parent

[@devzverse]

@@combatcurtful they never told your kids that they need to transition!

[@M-ANTONY-888]

NO kid wants to change, its their parents that are unhappy with their kids.

[@cindyc.7366]

Thank you for this truth