<p>It is unclear who, exactly, goes to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democratic</a> officials for parenting advice, considering their first inclination when hearing you are pregnant tends to be recommending abortion.</p>
<p>But for some reason, the lieutenant governor of Minnesota recently offered advice on what to do when your child is out of the womb.</p>
<p>On Thursday, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/protect-my-kids-from-ghouls-minnesota-lt-gov-slammed-after-telling-parents-to-support-gender-affirming-care" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan recently spouted radical gender ideology to a crowd, stating, &#8220;When our children tell us who they are, it is our job as grown-ups to listen and to believe them. That’s what it means to be a good parent.&#8221;</p>
<p>Her comments came in defense of an executive order signed by Democratic Governor Tim Walz that legally protected things such as puberty blockers, hormone therapies, and more for minors.</p>
<p>To illustrate how dumb that is, let&#8217;s use a comparison rather than address radical gender ideology directly.</p>
<p>If your toddler came to you saying he or she is are a bird, you might play along with it and encourage them to use their imagination. If that 2-year-old were about to jump from the roof because he thought he could fly, you wouldn&#8217;t play along with it anymore. If you actually believed your child was a bird, then your son would get seriously hurt or worse — not unlike the sex-change surgeries Flanagan touts.</p>
<p>Of course, this is also horrendous advice for other aspects of life not related to gender dysmorphia.</p>
<p>If your son came to you saying, “Mom, I’m a failure,&#8221; you wouldn’t say, “That’s right, son!”</p>
<p>&#8220;Good parents&#8221; would not affirm their son&#8217;s statement that he is a failure. They would likely encourage that child to try, try, and try again until he or she succeeds. Mistakes don&#8217;t define people, their tenacity to overcome their failures does.</p>
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<p>Or, if a daughter said, &#8220;I&#8217;m never going to get an A on this test,&#8221; a good parent wouldn&#8217;t let their daughter wallow in self-pity. A mom or dad would likely tell that daughter, &#8220;Not with that attitude you won&#8217;t,&#8221; and help their child study.</p>
<p>So, if your son comes to you saying he is a girl because he likes to play with dolls, or your daughter says she is a boy because she likes to play sports, how is it good parenting to &#8220;believe&#8221; them?</p>
<p>Isn&#8217;t it more prudent to say, &#8220;Well, son, some boys like to play with dolls, and that&#8217;s okay; It doesn&#8217;t make you a girl. And some girls like to play sports, but that doesn&#8217;t make you a boy.&#8221;</p>
<p>Yet leftists like Flanagan encourage parents to abdicate their duty of guiding their children through life.</p>
<p>As Daily Wire host Matt Walsh put it, &#8220;No it is not our job as grownups to simply believe whatever our children say. In fact, our job very often is to do exactly the opposite.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">No it is not our job as grownups to simply believe whatever our children say. In fact our job very often is to do exactly the opposite. <a href="https://t.co/7OsJGjY4ih">https://t.co/7OsJGjY4ih</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1636207242805497856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.</em></p>

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