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Over the last 7 years I have traveled the U.S. making countless presentations. During many of them I have stopped and asked the audience a largely rhetorical question. That is: Is there anything you wouldn’t do to protect your child/grandchild if he/she was being threatened? Their responses were predictable. So far, their words have not been followed by actions. While the numbers are increasing, hooray, there are still woefully too few of us who have been moved to get off of the couch and engage those who are harming our children. Perhaps it is because that harm is mostly invisible. There are no discernable physical injuries. Never the less, the harm is real. You’d better sit up and pay attention. There are lots of predators out there and they are hurting our kids right now.

Perhaps the biggest threat to our children’s safety is the Progressive Left (PL) who currently control the strings of our government. In August of 2020, California passed a bill that would allow an adult to have sex with a minor and avoid being put on the sex offender list under a couple of circumstances. If a predator has sex with a minor of the same sex who is less than ten years his junior he gets a pass. So if a 19 year old male has sex with a 10 year old male he will avoid being added to the sex offender list. Not only should this creep be put on the sex offender list, he should go to prison for a long time.

Moving away from government directly, to government funded entities, our Universities. In Nov. of last year a professor of sociology from Old Dominion U. made a case to destigmatize pedophilia. He went on social media and suggested the term pedophilia was just too harsh. Instead of that ugly word he thought the term minor-attracted persons was nicer. It is unconscionable that such a warped person could have been entrusted with the education of our students. Sadly, he is not the only warped mind in our public universities.

It seems that every year our children fall farther behind their global peers in education. The PL responds to those facts by demanding more money for teachers. (Not surprising in that the teacher’s unions are the PLs largest contributors). They fight to discontinue School Choice and to limit the number of Charter Schools available to parents and their children. There are dozens of government schools in Baltimore, Chicago, and other “blue” cities where not a single student, not 1, performs up to grade level in Math. How is that possible? The PLs are adamant that these children remain prisoners of their zip code. They don’t care about the children as long as the donations keep rolling in.

Government schools are teaching our children to deny the greatness of our country. They teach that our country is, and always has been, a racist country. They are telling some of our children to be ashamed that they are white and others that, because they are black, they have no chance for a prosperous future in this racist country. Government schools, by lowering the achievement bar for minorities, imply those minorities are not capable of doing the work their white counterparts do. Shame on them.

Under the guise of “equity” the PL has mandated that boys who identify as girls MUST be allowed into girl’s locker rooms. They mandate these same boys MUST be allowed to participate on the athletic teams designated for girls. Only blind demagogues would fail to see the inequity of forcing girls to defeat bigger, stronger, faster, boys in order to achieve success.

God meant for children to be raised by their parents. But we are inundated with plans that gives government the power to take over that responsibility. Government schools try to “help” children in their confusion as to whether they are boys or girls. They do so while encouraging children to not tell their parents. A few states are allowing minor children to flee to government clinics where they might begin hormone treatments or prepare for sex change surgeries without notifying parents. I understand why rabid PLs would be in favor of this. I don’t understand why anyone who is, or ever has, raised a child would be so passive as to allow laws permitting this kind of severe child abuse to be passed.

This last one should be filed under the I wouldn’t believe it if I didn’t see it myself department. Everyone knows we have a serious worker shortage in the U.S. Since the COVID shutdowns it has become increasingly difficult to get lazy ass loafers back to work. Multiple millions of Americans have decided to cash in on the government’s generosity. (The PLs find this an equal trade as they see the number of people who are dependent on the government’s largesse increasing). They sit at home and receive free benefits. To you and I it seems quite obvious how to solve this problem. Take government benefits away from able bodied freeloaders and force them back into the workforce. Problem solved. But you see, this is where you and I and politicians are different. Able bodied freeloaders vote. And they would be very angry with any politician who tried to make them go back to work. Kids don’t vote. So in at least 11 states, many of them Republican, there is a movement to reverse some of the child labor laws that have been in place to protect our children for a very, very, long time. This is the preferred approach when one lacks courage, common sense, or common decency. That anyone is having this discussion while multiple millions of perfectly healthy 18-55 year old adults lounge around is despicable.

I’ll close by asking the same question I began this with. Is there anything you wouldn’t do to protect your child/grandchild if he/she was being threatened? It is time for those of us who are concerned for the future of our progeny to quit saying what we will do, and actually do something. The task at hand is difficult, yet at the same time simple. We know what the problems are. Now we simply must identify those who are creating, or allowing, the problems to continue. We must call them out and demand immediate action. When we are ignored we must remove them from any area of responsibility. We are part of a strong majority. When we are silent, we are complicit.

Thank you for taking the time to read my words. I hope you will take the time to become actively involved in protecting (y)our children. Bob