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Therapist: Forcing Children to Declare and Use Pronouns Risks Psychological Harm

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Therapist: Forcing Children to Declare and Use Pronouns Risks Psychological Harm
A LGBT activist holds pins about gender pronouns at the University of Wyoming on Aug. 13, 2022. Patrick Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
By Jannis Falkenstern
10/19/2022Updated: 10/19/2022
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A “disturbing trend” in schools across the country risks psychological harm to children by forcing them to identify their gender, declare their preferred pronouns, and refer to others with confusing pronouns that don’t seem to agree with reality, a California child therapist told The Epoch Times.

Pronoun discussions can usher in a more serious form of confusion, known as delirium, warned Teva Johnstone, who practices in southern California. It’s especially risky for young children, she added.

It’s the practice of asking children to refer to a male as “she,” a female as “he,”or one individual as “they” that damages kids, she said. And forcing children to use pronouns that don’t agree with the gender they observe causes “a risk of psychological harm.”

That’s because most children learn early that pronouns are supposed to represent the observed sex of that person, said Johnstone, who specializes in counseling young patients with psychological disassociation.

She helps children suffering from a “mind-body disconnect,” mostly found in those with autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

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