Abigail Shrier: California’s New Law Lets Schools Keep Secrets from Parents

Protests at a Chino Valley Board of Education meeting on gender policy on July 20, 2023, in Chino, California. (Photo by David McNew via Getty Images)
Gavin Newsom signs a bill that keeps parents in the dark if their kids change gender identity at school.
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Child predators follow a common playbook: target the victim, gain their trust, fill a need, and, crucially, isolate the child from her parents. For several years, this has also been standard California state protocol with regard to schoolchildren questioning their gender identities. On Monday, this scheme became law.
The “SAFETY Act,” AB 1955, signed by …
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