By Douglas V. Gibbs
There was a time in this country – not that long ago in the grand scheme of things – when a young person was responsible, reasonable and moral. They were still not wise enough for many things. The Founding Fathers, for example, while they still set the age to vote at twenty-one, the ages of children even as young as ten-years-old was not a symbol of ignorance or helplessness, but of emerging moral clarity and godly responsibility. Young John Quincy Adams was overseas serving his country as a diplomatic aide before most children can tie their own shoes without Googling it. The boys and girls of the founding era read Latin, studied Greek philosophy, memorized Scripture, and walked into Yale or Harvard at the tender age of thirteen. Thirteen! And now we’re told that ten and eleven-year-olds cannot possibly know right from wrong?
That’s the message from the modern mental health industrial complex, the mainstream media, and the public school bureaucracy.
Take the horrifying story out of Arizona: a group of fifth-grade girls were arrested – yes, arrested – for allegedly plotting to murder a male classmate in the bathroom. An unthinkable act. A shocking plot. And how did the culture react? With moral outrage? No. Instead, we got an all-too-predictable appearance of a child psychologist. On video, Dr. Mark Anderson trotted out to deflect accountability and rationalize evil.
What did the good doctor say? “At that age, children are not fully capable of knowing right from wrong.”
Really?
Let’s follow the logic. If eleven-year-old girls cannot comprehend the severity of murder, then how on God’s green earth are they equipped with making life-altering decisions about their gender-identity?
Personally, I believe that “gender-identity” is a social construct being pushed by a Cultural Marxist Agenda – biology is clear that boys are boys and girls are girls. But, in the minds of the leftist experts who are sitting there telling us that fifth-grade-girls cannot comprehend the right versus wrong dynamic when it comes to murder, these are the very same people pushing for children of the same age to decide whether they are a boy, a girl, neither, or something made up last week on social media.
Think about the contradiction.
When a child commits an act of violence, we are being told they are “not developed enough.”
When a child expresses gender confusion – something planted in their minds by radical activists in the media, in the classroom, and on social media – they’re hailed as “brave,” “authentic,” and “enlightened.”
This isn’t hypocrisy. This is strategic moral corruption. It is intentional.
The truth is simple and uncomfortable to the left: children are impressionable. Dr. Anderson is accidentally right – but only halfway. It’s not just peer pressure. It’s societal pressure. It is the consequences of institutionalized confusion being handed down from the top: from places like Disney, from CNN, from classroom curriculum filled with CRT, DEI, and LGBTQ propaganda.
Children are being catechized – yes, catechized – by the State and the culture in a false religion. One that replaces biological reality with ideological fantasy, replaces God’s truth with emotional impulse, and replaces parental authority with a parade of so-called experts.
And here’s what really boils my blood as a father, a patriot, and a Christian:
When parents try to protect their children – by removing them from woke indoctrination, by pushing back on school boards, by daring to speak biblical truth about sex and gender – they’re vilified as bigots, accused of abuse, labeled as domestic terrorists, and sometimes even face losing custody of their kids.
We live in a nation that used to be a constitutional republic where a twelve-year-old can be put on puberty blockers – but not buy cough syrup. Can have the school counselor ensure they get an abortion without parental permission – but require parental permission to be given an aspirin. Where teachers can affirm a child’s new gender without telling mom and dad – but if a parent objects, they are a threat.
That’s evil. That’s upside-down. That’s a world we were warned about in Romans, Chapter 1.
Now is the time for moral clarity. As Dr. James Dobson once said, “Children are not rugged individuals – they need to be taught right from wrong.” And Rush Limbaugh reminded us for decades that the media doesn’t report the news – it shapes minds and pushes an agenda. Pastor Jack Hibbs echoes the same from the pulpit: when a nation abandons the truth of God’s Word, lawlessness reigns, and children suffer first.
We don’t need more therapists to rationalize wickedness. We need parents, pastors, and patriots to step up and speak boldly, parent firmly, and stand unshaken in a sea of lies.
The solution is simple, but not easy:
- Restore biblical morality as the foundation of our schools and homes.
- Reclaim parental authority from the State.
- Reject the media’s shifting sands of moral relativism.
- And remind our children daily: you are fearfully and wonderfully made – not a project for leftist ideologues to experiment on.
We can’t get our political and cultural houses in order until we get our houses of faith and family in order first. The time for silence and complacency is over. Our children are under attack – from the classroom to the counselor’s office to the evening news.
The question is no longer whether we will take a stand, or when we will take a stand.
It’s how long did we wait until we did.
Prayers are a wonderful thing. Hope is a contagious thing. But prayers and hope without action rarely do a whole lot. Let’s put some legs on those prayers and hopes, shall we?
James 1:22, “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”
We have been called to live out our faith – not just listen to God’s truth, but act upon it. We are to be doers of The Word not just on Sunday mornings. It’s a daily mandate for parents, pastors, and patriots to take action – to protect children, to defend truth, and to stand against cultural lies that masquerade as compassion.
— Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
