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A Florida mother is filing suit and issuing a stark warning to parents nationwide after her transgender child transitioned at school without her consent.

Florida mom and mental health professional January Littlejohn and her attorney Vernadette Broyles discussed the lawsuit and why she is "outraged" over the incident.

"This is happening all over the nation," Littlejohn warned on "Fox & Friends First" on Monday. "This same protocol is in place in many, many schools across districts everywhere, and even the guides being used to dictate these transgender support plans that cut parents out even have the same language."

"So this is a very systematic way that parents are being excluded from important decisions occurring with their children, and further, social transition is a medical intervention that schools are grossly unqualified to be taking these steps without parental involvement," she continued.

According to Littlejohn, her daughter, who was 13 years old at the time, expressed confusion over gender during the pandemic after a group of friends transitioned to the opposite sex.

She eventually found out the school was working on a "transgender support plan" with her child, but the school initially declined to allow her involvement given she was "protected by a nondiscrimination law."

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And this is why Florida needs its "anti-lgbt" bill, because the alphabet crowd in teaching has taken it upon itself to parent other people's kids instead of just doing their job as instructors.

Protected by nondiscrimination law?

I am pretty sure I can discriminate against my own children. I do it all the time.

Want to talk about a sure thing? This mom is about to make some serious money, unfortunately at the potential long-term expense of her child.

I would love to see a coherent attempt at defending the school on this.

I would also love to see a winning lottery ticket on my counter.

I might be in court, not for a lawsuit, but for what I would do to that teacher and administration.

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It depends on how far along the school has pushed the child in the process. She might have saved her child if she caught this in time.

Also I fully support this woman suing these people into poverty. That is the only way we can stop this crap from happening else where.

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Maybe tap the brakes here. Mom essentially punted the whole thing to the 14 year old and the school

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According to a series of emails, Littlejohn first raised concerns about her child identifying as non-binary to the school in late August of 2020. In one email from August 27, 2020Littlejohn writes the child "would like to go by the new name…and prefers the pronouns they/them." She adds the family has not used the new name at home, but that she told the child if they want to use the new name with their teachers, Littlejohn wouldn't stop it.

In a follow-up email, the teacher asks Littlejohn whether she wants the teacher to share the name with other teachers. Littlejohn writes that she's having a hard time with her child's new name and says "whatever you think is best" and adds the child can "handle it," and "take the lead on this."

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So, we had a guide to help teachers and administrators have conversations and protect and support children who came to them that were battling gender identity issues. Teachers and administrators don't want to be in that space but our job is to protect and support children. Period," said Leon Superintendent Rocky Hanna.
He's really upset that a situation in Leon has become a big deal statewide, and nationally. Hanna notes that teachers have no training on how to deal with situations like these hence, the creation of the instruction guide.
"I think I did a survey and there were five support plans out of 30,000 students. But if you're reading the media you'd think this was commonplace in our classrooms and it's simply not the truth."
Hanna believes the situation between the district and Littlejohn has been misrepresented. He says the parent contacted them and that the district was acting on the direction Littlejohn gave them which the district believed was to let the child handle it.

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So you left it up to the kid and the school to decide, and NOW you're crying foul? Mom ain't gonna make a dime, and deservedly so.

That's code for, "We just made up this reasoning that's ludicrous prima facie so you'll go away because lawyers are expensive."

It's like the prosecutors in the Rittenhouse case refusing to search or investigate Gaige Grosskreutz or look at his cell phone in contradiction to basically all best practices and normal procedures based on some novel and obviously bull**** reasoning on Marsy's Law.

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Want to talk about a sure thing? This mom is about to make some serious money, unfortunately at the potential long-term expense of her child.

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Maybe tap the brakes here. Mom essentially punted the whole thing to the 14 year old and the school

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According to a series of emails, Littlejohn first raised concerns about her child identifying as non-binary to the school in late August of 2020. In one email from August 27, 2020Littlejohn writes the child "would like to go by the new name…and prefers the pronouns they/them." She adds the family has not used the new name at home, but that she told the child if they want to use the new name with their teachers, Littlejohn wouldn't stop it.

In a follow-up email, the teacher asks Littlejohn whether she wants the teacher to share the name with other teachers. Littlejohn writes that she's having a hard time with her child's new name and says "whatever you think is best" and adds the child can "handle it," and "take the lead on this."

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No, I think the issue is that they came up with the plan and started enacting it without telling the parents anything at all. She's trying to act with whatever control she has left because the school will obviously do whatever it wants, while also not doing anything to push her daughter away. Essentially, she's not going to make a bad situation worse.

The school should not act to undermine parental authority and influence, end of story.

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I would love to see a coherent attempt at defending the school on this.

I would also love to see a winning lottery ticket on my counter.

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I'm still waiting for our local expert to weigh in, who has been notably absent from these

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Maybe tap the brakes here. Mom essentially punted the whole thing to the 14 year old and the school

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According to a series of emails, Littlejohn first raised concerns about her child identifying as non-binary to the school in late August of 2020. In one email from August 27, 2020Littlejohn writes the child "would like to go by the new name…and prefers the pronouns they/them." She adds the family has not used the new name at home, but that she told the child if they want to use the new name with their teachers, Littlejohn wouldn't stop it.

In a follow-up email, the teacher asks Littlejohn whether she wants the teacher to share the name with other teachers. Littlejohn writes that she's having a hard time with her child's new name and says "whatever you think is best" and adds the child can "handle it," and "take the lead on this."

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So you left it up to the kid and the school to decide, and NOW you're crying foul? Mom ain't gonna make a dime, and deservedly so.

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No, I think the issue is that they came up with the plan and started enacting it without telling the parents anything at all. She's trying to act with whatever control she has left because the school will obviously do whatever it wants, while also not doing anything to push her daughter away. Essentially, she's not going to make a bad situation worse.

The school should not act to undermine parental authority and influence, end of story.

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When the mom tells the school "whatever they think is best" and that the 14 year old "can take the lead", nothing good will come of it. All because mom wasn't comfy with things.

Fox News did a great job of only posting the incendiary portion of the story, leaving out the fact that the school district has an email chain.

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Want to talk about a sure thing? This mom is about to make some serious money, unfortunately at the potential long-term expense of her child.

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Maybe tap the brakes here. Mom essentially punted the whole thing to the 14 year old and the school

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According to a series of emails, Littlejohn first raised concerns about her child identifying as non-binary to the school in late August of 2020. In one email from August 27, 2020Littlejohn writes the child "would like to go by the new name…and prefers the pronouns they/them." She adds the family has not used the new name at home, but that she told the child if they want to use the new name with their teachers, Littlejohn wouldn't stop it.

In a follow-up email, the teacher asks Littlejohn whether she wants the teacher to share the name with other teachers. Littlejohn writes that she's having a hard time with her child's new name and says "whatever you think is best" and adds the child can "handle it," and "take the lead on this."

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So you left it up to the kid and the school to decide, and NOW you're crying foul? Mom ain't gonna make a dime, and deservedly so.

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No, I think the issue is that they came up with the plan and started enacting it without telling the parents anything at all. She's trying to act with whatever control she has left because the school will obviously do whatever it wants, while also not doing anything to push her daughter away. Essentially, she's not going to make a bad situation worse.

The school should not act to undermine parental authority and influence, end of story.

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When the mom tells the school "whatever they think is best" and that the 14 year old "can take the lead", nothing good will come of it. All because mom wasn't comfy with things.

Fox News did a great job of only posting the incendiary portion of the story, leaving out the fact that the school district has an email chain.

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And you're intentionally ignoring the sequence of events. That email chain is after they've come up with this plan and started implementing it without parental notification or consent. Say it with me so we all know we're clear, "The emails were after the school created and implemented this plan without parental notification and consent. AFTER." At that point, what was done was done and she's stuck in a ****ty position where the school is doing whatever it wants and she's just along for the ride.

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Want to talk about a sure thing? This mom is about to make some serious money, unfortunately at the potential long-term expense of her child.

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Maybe tap the brakes here. Mom essentially punted the whole thing to the 14 year old and the school

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According to a series of emails, Littlejohn first raised concerns about her child identifying as non-binary to the school in late August of 2020. In one email from August 27, 2020Littlejohn writes the child "would like to go by the new name…and prefers the pronouns they/them." She adds the family has not used the new name at home, but that she told the child if they want to use the new name with their teachers, Littlejohn wouldn't stop it.

In a follow-up email, the teacher asks Littlejohn whether she wants the teacher to share the name with other teachers. Littlejohn writes that she's having a hard time with her child's new name and says "whatever you think is best" and adds the child can "handle it," and "take the lead on this."

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So you left it up to the kid and the school to decide, and NOW you're crying foul? Mom ain't gonna make a dime, and deservedly so.

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No, I think the issue is that they came up with the plan and started enacting it without telling the parents anything at all. She's trying to act with whatever control she has left because the school will obviously do whatever it wants, while also not doing anything to push her daughter away. Essentially, she's not going to make a bad situation worse.

The school should not act to undermine parental authority and influence, end of story.

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When the mom tells the school "whatever they think is best" and that the 14 year old "can take the lead", nothing good will come of it. All because mom wasn't comfy with things.

Fox News did a great job of only posting the incendiary portion of the story, leaving out the fact that the school district has an email chain.

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You're still not getting it. Even if the parent reached out to the school, thinking that they might have the resources available to assist in dealing with her daughter's issue, their job was to ASSIST the parent. The parent does not abdicate their right to be involved in decisions regarding their child.

I can easily see where the parent would reach out to the school, thinking it would be a collaboration. In no reality would a reasonable person think that the school would be relieved of their obligation to keep the parent involved, unless the parent EXPRESSLY INDICATED that they wanted no part of it.

after a group of friends transitioned to the opposite sex

And there it is. Part of the problem. Some of these kids think this is a "neat thing" to do they don't really mean it.

We're now having groups of children in the schools all wanting to change?

Highly unlikely.

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A Florida mother is filing suit and issuing a stark warning to parents nationwide after her transgender child transitioned at school without her consent.

Florida mom and mental health professional January Littlejohn and her attorney Vernadette Broyles discussed the lawsuit and why she is "outraged" over the incident.

"This is happening all over the nation," Littlejohn warned on "Fox & Friends First" on Monday. "This same protocol is in place in many, many schools across districts everywhere, and even the guides being used to dictate these transgender support plans that cut parents out even have the same language."

"So this is a very systematic way that parents are being excluded from important decisions occurring with their children, and further, social transition is a medical intervention that schools are grossly unqualified to be taking these steps without parental involvement," she continued.

According to Littlejohn, her daughter, who was 13 years old at the time, expressed confusion over gender during the pandemic after a group of friends transitioned to the opposite sex.

She eventually found out the school was working on a "transgender support plan" with her child, but the school initially declined to allow her involvement given she was "protected by a nondiscrimination law."

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I simply don't believe this……if it was actually true there would be dead people as a result. I don't doubt they are trying redefine the normal family unit but to actually implement a rapid brainwashing technique on a kid…..that type of act should result in a school being burnt down.

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Want to talk about a sure thing? This mom is about to make some serious money, unfortunately at the potential long-term expense of her child.

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Maybe tap the brakes here. Mom essentially punted the whole thing to the 14 year old and the school

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According to a series of emails, Littlejohn first raised concerns about her child identifying as non-binary to the school in late August of 2020. In one email from August 27, 2020Littlejohn writes the child "would like to go by the new name…and prefers the pronouns they/them." She adds the family has not used the new name at home, but that she told the child if they want to use the new name with their teachers, Littlejohn wouldn't stop it.

In a follow-up email, the teacher asks Littlejohn whether she wants the teacher to share the name with other teachers. Littlejohn writes that she's having a hard time with her child's new name and says "whatever you think is best" and adds the child can "handle it," and "take the lead on this."

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So you left it up to the kid and the school to decide, and NOW you're crying foul? Mom ain't gonna make a dime, and deservedly so.

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No, I think the issue is that they came up with the plan and started enacting it without telling the parents anything at all. She's trying to act with whatever control she has left because the school will obviously do whatever it wants, while also not doing anything to push her daughter away. Essentially, she's not going to make a bad situation worse.

The school should not act to undermine parental authority and influence, end of story.

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When the mom tells the school "whatever they think is best" and that the 14 year old "can take the lead", nothing good will come of it. All because mom wasn't comfy with things.

Fox News did a great job of only posting the incendiary portion of the story, leaving out the fact that the school district has an email chain.

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And you're intentionally ignoring the sequence of events. That email chain is after they've come up with this plan and started implementing it without parental notification or consent. Say it with me so we all know we're clear, "The emails were after the school created and implemented this plan without parental notification and consent. AFTER." At that point, what was done was done and she's stuck in a ****ty position where the school is doing whatever it wants and she's just adding for the ride.

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Anonymous source doesn't care.

Hang them for child abuse.

I can't watch the video right now. Was there medical/chemical/surgical intervention? The way I read what is in the thread, the mom is basically trying to stay hands off when it comes to what her daughter is called/identifies. There's a big gap between giving the school the go ahead to refer to Sally as Shawn, and beginning hormone injections without parental consent.

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I can't watch the video right now. Was there medical/chemical/surgical intervention? The way I read what is in the thread, the mom is basically trying to stay hands off when it comes to what her daughter is called/identifies. There's a big gap between giving the school the go ahead to refer to Sally as Shawn, and beginning hormone injections without parental consent.

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No, it's strictly social at this point, but even that is a big deal. It's basically psychological conditioning. It's the oft repeated, "Say something enough and it becomes true."

It's kind of like how a person can go over a thought enough to burn it into their brain as a false memory. Repeat it enough and it becomes "real" in the sense that you "remember" it and feel it. There are levels of susceptibility because no two brains are alike, but it is certainly possible. Address someone a certain way enough and immerse them in an experience or modified reality and eventually it sticks.

ETA If anything, it may be more serious than physical intervention because you're essentially trying to rewire someone's brain to lead to those things.

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Maybe tap the brakes here. Mom essentially punted the whole thing to the 14 year old and the school

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According to a series of emails, Littlejohn first raised concerns about her child identifying as non-binary to the school in late August of 2020. In one email from August 27, 2020Littlejohn writes the child "would like to go by the new name…and prefers the pronouns they/them." She adds the family has not used the new name at home, but that she told the child if they want to use the new name with their teachers, Littlejohn wouldn't stop it.

In a follow-up email, the teacher asks Littlejohn whether she wants the teacher to share the name with other teachers. Littlejohn writes that she's having a hard time with her child's new name and says "whatever you think is best" and adds the child can "handle it," and "take the lead on this."

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So you left it up to the kid and the school to decide, and NOW you're crying foul? Mom ain't gonna make a dime, and deservedly so.

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No, I think the issue is that they came up with the plan and started enacting it without telling the parents anything at all. She's trying to act with whatever control she has left because the school will obviously do whatever it wants, while also not doing anything to push her daughter away. Essentially, she's not going to make a bad situation worse.

The school should not act to undermine parental authority and influence, end of story.

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When the mom tells the school "whatever they think is best" and that the 14 year old "can take the lead", nothing good will come of it. All because mom wasn't comfy with things.

Fox News did a great job of only posting the incendiary portion of the story, leaving out the fact that the school district has an email chain.

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And you're intentionally ignoring the sequence of events. That email chain is after they've come up with this plan and started implementing it without parental notification or consent. Say it with me so we all know we're clear, "The emails were after the school created and implemented this plan without parental notification and consent. AFTER." At that point, what was done was done and she's stuck in a ****ty position where the school is doing whatever it wants and she's just adding for the ride.

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Not sure you can make that claim of "after" since this apparently dates back to August of 2020.

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In one email from August 27, 2020Littlejohn writes the child "would like to go by the new name…and prefers the pronouns they/them." She adds the family has not used the new name at home, but that she told the child if they want to use the new name with their teachers, Littlejohn wouldn't stop it.

In a follow-up email, the teacher asks Littlejohn whether she wants the teacher to share the name with other teachers. Littlejohn writes that she's having a hard time with her child's new name and says "whatever you think is best" and adds the child can "handle it," and "take the lead on this."

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So then, according to the timeline, the kid goes to the school, and the school implements the plan. I don't think this is the school's place in the least bit, but there are emails from the parent that say the kid "can take the lead". So at that point, after mom has said to let the kid handle it and the kid then goes to the school looking for guidance, what is the school to do. Mom said in an email to the school that she "wasn't comfortable", so how is the school supposed to react? What is that kid going through at home? Hard to say, but I can see how the school might think it was a bad situation...or at the very least, a situation of the parents being unconcerned for the kid.

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Hanna believes the situation between the district and Littlejohn has been misrepresented. He says the parent contacted themand that the district was acting on the direction Littlejohn gave them which the district believed was to let the child handle it.

"That student approached them," Hanna said. "They went to them for guidance and help. And all our people were trying to do was keep that child in a safe place."

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Maybe tap the brakes here. Mom essentially punted the whole thing to the 14 year old and the school

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According to a series of emails, Littlejohn first raised concerns about her child identifying as non-binary to the school in late August of 2020. In one email from August 27, 2020Littlejohn writes the child "would like to go by the new name…and prefers the pronouns they/them." She adds the family has not used the new name at home, but that she told the child if they want to use the new name with their teachers, Littlejohn wouldn't stop it.

In a follow-up email, the teacher asks Littlejohn whether she wants the teacher to share the name with other teachers. Littlejohn writes that she's having a hard time with her child's new name and says "whatever you think is best" and adds the child can "handle it," and "take the lead on this."

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So you left it up to the kid and the school to decide, and NOW you're crying foul? Mom ain't gonna make a dime, and deservedly so.

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No, I think the issue is that they came up with the plan and started enacting it without telling the parents anything at all. She's trying to act with whatever control she has left because the school will obviously do whatever it wants, while also not doing anything to push her daughter away. Essentially, she's not going to make a bad situation worse.

The school should not act to undermine parental authority and influence, end of story.

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When the mom tells the school "whatever they think is best" and that the 14 year old "can take the lead", nothing good will come of it. All because mom wasn't comfy with things.

Fox News did a great job of only posting the incendiary portion of the story, leaving out the fact that the school district has an email chain.

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And you're intentionally ignoring the sequence of events. That email chain is after they've come up with this plan and started implementing it without parental notification or consent. Say it with me so we all know we're clear, "The emails were after the school created and implemented this plan without parental notification and consent. AFTER." At that point, what was done was done and she's stuck in a ****ty position where the school is doing whatever it wants and she's just adding for the ride.

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Not sure you can make that claim of "after" since this apparently dates back to August of 2020.

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In one email from August 27, 2020Littlejohn writes the child "would like to go by the new name…and prefers the pronouns they/them." She adds the family has not used the new name at home, but that she told the child if they want to use the new name with their teachers, Littlejohn wouldn't stop it.

In a follow-up email, the teacher asks Littlejohn whether she wants the teacher to share the name with other teachers. Littlejohn writes that she's having a hard time with her child's new name and says "whatever you think is best" and adds the child can "handle it," and "take the lead on this."

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So then, according to the timeline, the kid goes to the school, and the school implements the plan. I don't think this is the school's place in the least bit, but there are emails from the parent that say the kid "can take the lead". So at that point, after mom has said to let the kid handle it and the kid then goes to the school looking for guidance, what is the school to do. Mom said in an email to the school that she "wasn't comfortable", so how is the school supposed to react? What is that kid going through at home? Hard to say, but I can see how the school might think it was a bad situation...or at the very least, a situation of the parents being unconcerned for the kid.

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Two years ago, Leon County parent January Littlejohn had a conversation when her then 13-year-old came home from school and told Littlejohn that school officials had asked the child about what bathroom they wanted to use.

"I immediately contacted the school and was told by the guidance counselor and assistant principal that I couldn't be given any information about the meeting," Littlejohn said.

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Maybe tap the brakes here. Mom essentially punted the whole thing to the 14 year old and the school

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According to a series of emails, Littlejohn first raised concerns about her child identifying as non-binary to the school in late August of 2020. In one email from August 27, 2020Littlejohn writes the child "would like to go by the new name…and prefers the pronouns they/them." She adds the family has not used the new name at home, but that she told the child if they want to use the new name with their teachers, Littlejohn wouldn't stop it.

In a follow-up email, the teacher asks Littlejohn whether she wants the teacher to share the name with other teachers. Littlejohn writes that she's having a hard time with her child's new name and says "whatever you think is best" and adds the child can "handle it," and "take the lead on this."

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So you left it up to the kid and the school to decide, and NOW you're crying foul? Mom ain't gonna make a dime, and deservedly so.

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No, I think the issue is that they came up with the plan and started enacting it without telling the parents anything at all. She's trying to act with whatever control she has left because the school will obviously do whatever it wants, while also not doing anything to push her daughter away. Essentially, she's not going to make a bad situation worse.

The school should not act to undermine parental authority and influence, end of story.

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When the mom tells the school "whatever they think is best" and that the 14 year old "can take the lead", nothing good will come of it. All because mom wasn't comfy with things.

Fox News did a great job of only posting the incendiary portion of the story, leaving out the fact that the school district has an email chain.

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And you're intentionally ignoring the sequence of events. That email chain is after they've come up with this plan and started implementing it without parental notification or consent. Say it with me so we all know we're clear, "The emails were after the school created and implemented this plan without parental notification and consent. AFTER." At that point, what was done was done and she's stuck in a ****ty position where the school is doing whatever it wants and she's just adding for the ride.

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Not sure you can make that claim of "after" since this apparently dates back to August of 2020.

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In one email from August 27, 2020Littlejohn writes the child "would like to go by the new name…and prefers the pronouns they/them." She adds the family has not used the new name at home, but that she told the child if they want to use the new name with their teachers, Littlejohn wouldn't stop it.

In a follow-up email, the teacher asks Littlejohn whether she wants the teacher to share the name with other teachers. Littlejohn writes that she's having a hard time with her child's new name and says "whatever you think is best" and adds the child can "handle it," and "take the lead on this."

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So then, according to the timeline, the kid goes to the school, and the school implements the plan. I don't think this is the school's place in the least bit, but there are emails from the parent that say the kid "can take the lead". So at that point, after mom has said to let the kid handle it and the kid then goes to the school looking for guidance, what is the school to do. Mom said in an email to the school that she "wasn't comfortable", so how is the school supposed to react? What is that kid going through at home? Hard to say, but I can see how the school might think it was a bad situation...or at the very least, a situation of the parents being unconcerned for the kid.

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She gave them consent on using a new name, not on transitioning the kid.

You take is idiotic.

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Want to talk about a sure thing? This mom is about to make some serious money, unfortunately at the potential long-term expense of her child.

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Maybe tap the brakes here. Mom essentially punted the whole thing to the 14 year old and the school

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According to a series of emails, Littlejohn first raised concerns about her child identifying as non-binary to the school in late August of 2020. In one email from August 27, 2020Littlejohn writes the child "would like to go by the new name…and prefers the pronouns they/them." She adds the family has not used the new name at home, but that she told the child if they want to use the new name with their teachers, Littlejohn wouldn't stop it.

In a follow-up email, the teacher asks Littlejohn whether she wants the teacher to share the name with other teachers. Littlejohn writes that she's having a hard time with her child's new name and says "whatever you think is best" and adds the child can "handle it," and "take the lead on this."

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So you left it up to the kid and the school to decide, and NOW you're crying foul? Mom ain't gonna make a dime, and deservedly so.

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No, I think the issue is that they came up with the plan and started enacting it without telling the parents anything at all. She's trying to act with whatever control she has left because the school will obviously do whatever it wants, while also not doing anything to push her daughter away. Essentially, she's not going to make a bad situation worse.

The school should not act to undermine parental authority and influence, end of story.

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When the mom tells the school "whatever they think is best" and that the 14 year old "can take the lead", nothing good will come of it. All because mom wasn't comfy with things.

Fox News did a great job of only posting the incendiary portion of the story, leaving out the fact that the school district has an email chain.

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And you're intentionally ignoring the sequence of events. That email chain is after they've come up with this plan and started implementing it without parental notification or consent. Say it with me so we all know we're clear, "The emails were after the school created and implemented this plan without parental notification and consent. AFTER." At that point, what was done was done and she's stuck in a ****ty position where the school is doing whatever it wants and she's just adding for the ride.

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Not sure you can make that claim of "after" since this apparently dates back to August of 2020.

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In one email from August 27, 2020Littlejohn writes the child "would like to go by the new name…and prefers the pronouns they/them." She adds the family has not used the new name at home, but that she told the child if they want to use the new name with their teachers, Littlejohn wouldn't stop it.

In a follow-up email, the teacher asks Littlejohn whether she wants the teacher to share the name with other teachers. Littlejohn writes that she's having a hard time with her child's new name and says "whatever you think is best" and adds the child can "handle it," and "take the lead on this."

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So then, according to the timeline, the kid goes to the school, and the school implements the plan. I don't think this is the school's place in the least bit, but there are emails from the parent that say the kid "can take the lead". So at that point, after mom has said to let the kid handle it and the kid then goes to the school looking for guidance, what is the school to do. Mom said in an email to the school that she "wasn't comfortable", so how is the school supposed to react? What is that kid going through at home? Hard to say, but I can see how the school might think it was a bad situation...or at the very least, a situation of the parents being unconcerned for the kid.

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No ****. It's only the first paragraph.

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Two years ago, Leon County parent January Littlejohn had a conversation when her then 13-year-old came home from school and told Littlejohn that school officials had asked the child about what bathroom they wanted to use.

"I immediately contacted the school and was told by the guidance counselor and assistant principal that I couldn't be given any information about the meeting," Littlejohn said.

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So you think that happened before the emails about the name change and "let the kid handle it"? I don't.

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I can't watch the video right now. Was there medical/chemical/surgical intervention? The way I read what is in the thread, the mom is basically trying to stay hands off when it comes to what her daughter is called/identifies. There's a big gap between giving the school the go ahead to refer to Sally as Shawn, and beginning hormone injections without parental consent.

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No, it's strictly social at this point, but even that is a big deal. It's basically psychological conditioning. It's the oft repeated, "Say something enough and it becomes true."

It's kind of like how a person can go over a thought enough to burn it into their brain as a false memory. Repeat it enough and it becomes "real" in the sense that you "remember" it and feel it. There are levels of susceptibility because no two brains are alike, but it is certainly possible. Address someone a certain way enough and immerse them in an experience or modified reality and eventually it sticks.

ETA If anything, it may be more serious than physical intervention because you're essentially trying to rewire someone's brain to lead to those things.

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Luckily, we have a word for this. It's called "grooming."

It is not the schools job to jump in this mess. Reading writing math science history. Not social education.
Don't know how any parent can not notice a change in their kid and think everything is okay

A group of friends?

This is social contagion, purely driven by peer group approval and attention seeking.

The posters here defending this in any capacity are pathetic. The school should be sued into the ground, and if the mother was complicit at all she should be charged with child abuse.

Stop defending this insanity.

I can't believe we have liberal posters here defending this sick behavior. They always give their sick brethren the benefit of the doubt.

Those teachers would have a lot more to worry about than a lawsuit if they did that to my child.

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The posters here defending this in any capacity are pathetic. The school should be sued into the ground, and if the mother was complicit at all she should be charged with child abuse.

Stop defending this insanity.

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There is always one or two who volunteer to defend the indefensible on these threads.

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I might be in court, not for a lawsuit, but for what I would do to that teacher and administration.

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I asked some people around me to raise their hands up if they agreed 100% with you.

"Existence is not grooming"

-An idiot I haven't seen post in a while

I stand corrected.

Honestly, I should have read the article, but the whole 'kids transitioning' thing is not a topic I care to be an expert on. People are weird.