Mothers often quickly disabuse children of wrong understandings. Some do this by long intellectual discussions regarding the various options, some with a simple, straightforward and now not so popular, slap, others with a simple honest word. This mum does it well here.
Gender mistakes are common today, encouraged by psychiatrists who themselves are confused and mixed up children. It is to be regretted that such have had a powerful influence on society in the West in the last 20 years.
The biblical view, not one supported by many Archbishops and Bishops today, is that we are born either male or female. The only exception being those who are known as 'intersex,' a terrible situation that may be difficult to rectify and complicated for the health professionals let alone the child. You and I and either male or female, and scientists who study such things indicate it is impossible to be born in the wrong body.
This does not end the belief many have that this is the case. Some are encouraged by others to take drugs and even operations, to change their appearance according to taste, others are mentally ill or have serious life problems. These require care and help to find normality, they do not require to be encouraged into a false position.
Schools appear keen to accept whatever self ID a child may demand. The mother in the picture would, in my view, make a good teacher in such situations. Truth would defeat passing temptations.
Let us consider, the trauma of your life, have you ever been tempted to become gay, trans, or a cat, because of the trauma? Has the treatment offered by life damaged you in your response? Those who suffer this way, and suffering it is, require our care, not condemnation, they are just like us in the end, but we are luckier than they.
With the news of the Billionaires submersible having imploded and scattered wreckage around the 'Titanic,' the press have been forced to return to the royals to fill space. There is little real news, a murder or two, rising interest rates, and the usual squabbles which do not demand large headlines, are all that remains. There is a mass of real political crime of course but the right wing press will be keeping quiet on that, especially as their owners are involved, allegedly.
So Kate fills the page, drunken women at Ascot take up space, and elsewhere the many voices attempting to find someone to blame for the submarine fail. The concert at Glastonbury also gives an excuse to see near naked women, people struggling in mud, and dope being peddled. All just what the 'Daily Mail' reader wants to see.
Football says nothing much either. Speculation regarding players moving clubs, the training restart, pre-season friendlies announced, and all the time the media filled with non stories to fill space and keep up the clickbait hoping an advertiser might fall for it. Nothing much to see here.
I sit at night staring at an empty screen, except for the spiders crawling about everywhere.
One thing is good this week, the washing has been done, two machine loads in two days, and it dried quickly, that speaks volumes for how hot it has been in here. This room is usually a cold one.
