Questionable Content In Public Schools

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Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Sexually explicit books available in public school libraries and teachers allowing students to secretly change their pronouns is becoming more and more common around the country. Many parents are now speaking out saying administrators have a woke agenda and are preying on our children. Imagine you’re in your child’s public-school library and find what appears to be sexually explicit pictures in books. Or imagine your child is secretly changing their pronouns at school with the encouragement of their teacher. This is happening around the country more and more, there are complaints, there are lawsuits, there are school board fights. Some parents might find it acceptable, but many are now speaking out saying administrators have a woke agenda and are preying on our children at a time when they are at their most vulnerable, while their brains are still developing. We’ll hear from a mom who won a lawsuit against her daughter’s school district for secretly transitioning her. We will also hear from guests on both sides of the debate of whether or not sexually explicit books should be allowed in school libraries and classrooms.

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0:00.0	The school told me her new name would be Skyler and that she was a boy.
0:03.6	Jessica sued her daughter's school district for secretly transitioning her 11-year-old daughter.
0:09.6	I did want to tell my mom, but I was told that I couldn't.
0:13.2	Did you have any guilt for hiding something from your mom?
0:16.8	I felt horrible.
0:17.6	There's a policy at schools called the Parental Secrecy Policy.
0:20.7	Keeping it secret from parents doesn't help a child because it could kill the child.
0:25.6	Tonight we are talking about a topic that is highly charged emotionally. It has evoked strong
0:41.0	feelings and opinions culturally and political. Why is it such a hot topic? Because we are
0:48.2	talking about our children and what they should or shouldn't be taught about in school.
0:56.0	We're talking about whether or not they're being educated or indoctrinated when it comes to certain
1:02.5	issues about their sexualization.
1:05.9	We're talking about if it should be done, when it should be done, who should do it, how much parents are entitled to know.
1:14.7	Everyone, and I mean everyone seems to have strong feelings about it.
1:19.7	But here's the thing, I don't really care how you feel.
1:24.7	I barely care how I feel.
1:31.3	What matters to me is the science, the data. What results tell us is in the best interest of the children.
1:36.3	I could care less about self-referential agendas.
1:39.3	What I'm interested in doing here at Dr. Phil Pryntime
1:42.3	is having intelligent conversations
1:46.2	where all sides can weigh in
1:49.3	and have an intelligent fact-based conversation,
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