Sarah Fox

Parents bring their children in the world. Parents have beliefs and value systems. But parents cannot control who their children are or how their child feels. We have the research. We know the extremely negative impact when caregivers deny, disparage, or punish a child due to the child's identity. We have far too many children who have been emotionally harmed by their parents' inability to support them. The state should absolutely NOT consider an adoptive family for a child if the adoptive family does not support the child's identity. A child in foster care has a right to be placed in a family that will love and support them unconditionally.