Activists Override Parents on Masks & Transgenderism

Parents have a right to refuse their child’s participation in an experiment, whether that’s gender transitioning or masking in schools. And yet we’ve seen how easily activists, who insist that “the science” and the experts are on their side, can override parental objections.

Take a National Geographic piece from February titled, “Do masks really harm kids? Here’s what the science says.” The author, Amy McKeever, acknowledges parents’ concerns that “masks harm kids by impairing their ability to breathe, slowing their social and emotional development, and causing them anxiety” but swiftly casts them aside — “experts say that the science doesn’t back up those worries.”

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Madeleine Kearns

Madeleine Kearns is a former staff writer at National Review.

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Parents have a right to refuse their child’s participation in an experiment, whether that’s gender transitioning or masking in schools. And yet we’ve seen how easily activists, who insist that “the science” and the experts are on their side, can override parental objections.

Take a National Geographic piece from February titled, “Do masks really harm kids? Here’s what the science says.” The author, Amy McKeever, acknowledges parents’ concerns that “masks harm kids by impairing their ability to breathe, slowing their social and emotional development, and causing them anxiety” but swiftly casts them aside — “experts say that the science doesn’t back up those worries.”