California Democrats, including Scott Wiener and Gavin Newsom, have passed legislation that raises serious concerns about parental rights and government involvement in decisions concerning our children. SB 107, California’s gender-affirming health care law. This legislation allows California courts to exercise temporary custody involving children seeking gender-affirming care, including children coming from other states. If a parent objects, the state can take custody and allow the child to medically transition. We are talking about potentially life-altering medical decisions involving minors, and laws that remove children from loving parents. Then there’s AB 1955, the SAFETY Act, signed by Gavin Newsom in 2024. This law prohibits school districts from requiring teachers and staff to notify parents when their child identifies as transgender or begins using a different name or pronouns at school without the child’s consent. Think about that. A parent can send their child to school that child can gain access to closets set up by teachers and dress with chest binders and clothes of the opposite sex. Teachers are creating files that are not put into the child’s actual folder ( which violates FERPA) with questions of how that child identifies and if they want to keep it a secret. No adult, no teacher should be keeping secrets from parents. Meanwhile, California allows children as young as 12 to consent to certain mental health services without parental permission when they meet specific legal requirements. School-based health centers can also provide primary care, reproductive care and mental healthcare without parents consent or notification. At what point did we decide that parents should be excluded from conversations about their own children’s mental health, identity, and medical care? We are talking about vulnerable children. Children who may be struggling emotionally, dealing with trauma, searching for acceptance, or simply trying to figure out who they are and they are preyed upon. Removing parents from these conversations creates serious concerns about transparency, accountability, and who ultimately has authority over decisions affecting children. And when the state becomes involved in custody disputes, parents deserve due process and clear protections against government overreach. If you believe California’s child welfare system, including CPS and DCFS, is beyond criticism, you haven’t been paying attention to the longstanding concerns about family separation, government accountability, and financial incentives within the foster care system. I have spent years fighting legislation in California, and one thing has remained consistent: Parents should not be treated as obstacles in their children’s lives simply because the government disagrees with them. There is a difference between protecting vulnerable children and creating policies that exclude parents from decisions that can have lifelong consequences.

Meta has officially labeled me a dangerous organization. Just a mom who helps families figure out how to engage and homeschool. Politics is important but so is building out your community and support system. I’m so glad to be able to still connect with my friends online but it’s so important to meet in person. I’m going to have to dump my website since it’s been blocked