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Exactly! Exactly how I feel. Thank you.

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Ogni volta che leggo una delle vostre storie ci rivedo un po' la mia con mia figlia quello che trasuda da tutte le storie è il dolore la compassione e l'amore immenso che noi madri abbiamo per i nostri figli

Sono sicura e lo voglio sperare che capiranno un giorno l'amore autentico e indissolubile e si riavvicineranno a noi ❤️

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This is so painful & beautiful to read. The fatal flaw of this gender movement will be underestimating the parent-child bond. We will never back down. Knowing what I know now from parents like you inspires me. I cannot imagine the pain of seeing your child suffer like this.

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Dec 3, 2021Liked by PITT

I do hope that you don't blame yourself because you needed to return to work and couldn't be there for your daughter 24/7. Few of us have such a luxury. Watching our children mature and separate from us is challenging, yet inevitable and necessary. How could you possibly have known about the sinkhole of evil seducing your daughter right under your nose?

You're right to point out the cultural misogyny underlying the motivation of young girls who seek to transition. If ever there was a fundamentally feminist issue, it's this one (regardless of the sex of our child). Yet, the number of feminists and lesbians who support this cult of mutilation and child abuse today is truly mind-boggling. Feminism is not what it once was. It's morphed into a sister cult to transism. Modern feminists deny the fact that men and women are different in many respects -- as well as alike in others. They believe that sex is a construct, and that only gender is real. This makes as much sense as debating how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.

Your description of the immutable bond you share with your daughter comes directly from the fact that we are mammals, primates -- sentient, feeling human animals who live in and through our bodies. We deny this fundamental reality at our peril.

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Poetic and beautiful. My experience with my daughter mirrors yours. It is as if we travelled the same road. My child is going in and out of desistance. She is dipping her toes in and out of the reality pool. May she dive in soon as I hope all of our precious children do. Thank for sharing such an eloquent piece.

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Thank you for writing thoughts which I share with you. The intense emotions of rage and pain we mothers feel, I understand.

Our daughters have been groomed and blindly led by internet forces beyond our control. How do we fight this powerful madness?

My daughter will always be my daughter. I told her so before she left home. The world calls her a man. The world has just tried to redefine a man as anyone who wants to be a “man”. Stupid.

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Thank you for writing this wonderful piece which speaks for so many of us. That really resonated about avoiding life's intensity and being a divergent thinker. That's my girl! I understand teen girls need to individuate. Like you, I know our mother-daughter connection is deeper and stronger than these messages "coming at her from a broken civilization". Who would have predicted that a mother would need to re-enforce what a boy and a girl are after puberty? I recognize strength and courage in my daughter and I can see that the cognitive dissonance is exhausting.

Every word of your paragraph which includes "Their testosterone shows." is brilliantly spot on. Indeed, our daughters are vulnerable young women trying to shield their hearts and we do not want them to blame themselves when they wake up. These billionaire men are not vulnerable young women.

Beep/Bop/Boop.

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Beautiful and bittersweet words.

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Dec 3, 2021Liked by PITT

❤️

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Dec 3, 2021Liked by PITT

This beautiful, eloquent letter made me weep also. I am sending it to all the strong mothers and young women I know. Thank you for articulating this deep truth. I hope your daughter can feel your immense love and find her way out of this cult.

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Dec 3, 2021Liked by PITT

Thank you for sharing this. I’ve been drafting a letter to my son also. One I hope to give you him soon. ❤️❤️❤️

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Yes, Mom. Yes, Ma'am. GO.

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Dec 3, 2021Liked by PITT

Wow. This is our story too. Thank you

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This is so beautiful. I sobbed the whole way through. Praying for positive outcomes for you and your daughter. A mother's love is really really powerful.

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This is the most powerful essay on the topic I have ever read. We must continue to fight for the future of all our daughters and all our sons.

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Dec 3, 2021Liked by PITT

Wow. Just wow. And thank you.

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