"Non-Affirming" Parents vs. the State of Montana | Guest: Todd & Krista Kolstad | Ep 944
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
- Today we're joined by Todd and Krista Kolstad, Montana parents who find themselves entangled in an ongoing months-long custody battle for their 14-year-old daughter. The couple candidly open up about the challenges they faced and the heartbreak they endured after losing custody of their daughter. Montana's Child and Family Services gained custody of their daughter when they refused to affirm her newfound "gender identity" as a boy. We delve into the origin of the dispute, starting as a seemingly minor disagreement and escalating into a legal battle that no parent could anticipate. The Kolstads courageously navigate through the difficult terrain of their daughter's claims of wanting to harm herself, shedding light on the emotional toll this took on their family. Then, we give our take on the corruption within government organizations created to "protect" children and how we can fight back against cases where their actions are not for the good of children.
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Timecodes:
00:00 Intro
00:31 The Kolstads' story
45:45 How to support
46:17 Allie's thoughts
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The Kolstads' GiveSendGo: www.givesendgo.com/GBMG9
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I’d like to add “Don’t let CPS in your house without a verified court order or police without a verified search warrant.”Praying for you all 🙏🙏🙏.
Yes! This! 100% don’t let CPS talk with your child alone, don’t let them in your house. Don’t give them a tour. Tell CPS they can speak with your lawyer, give them your lawyer’s info, and close the door on them. This situation could’ve been avoided. :/
Yeah, people can't assume any of this is happening in good faith or that these various bureaucrats want to help you. They're not your friends.
Even outsourcing to a random counselor is a huge gamble.
💯CPS is not on your side! They are just another arm of the progressive government and the governor of Montana ought to be ashamed of himself for supporting this! Is he a RINO!? I just saw a video of him standing with Governor Abbott of Texas, so I wonder why he adopts some Republican policies, and not others?! So troubling and what a terrible, terrible situation!
Yes, agree! Ally did another podcast of a family who went through something similar, I think it's called holistic mom faces custody dispute something along those lines. Lesson learned is CPS is not to be trusted!
Never ever let the social worker in your house without a lawyer
Wow, custodial parents are not allowed take their child across state lines but hospitals can!?!? Outrageous!!!!😡😡😡🙏🙏🙏😭😭😭
Umm yeah… I’ve been warning people about this… many have… we were dismissed as racist crazies. Sorry you missed the memo… glad to see you are waking up.
She is a minor child, this is horrific! And some stranger driving her alone out of state. This is a crime. Praying for your family.
My 3 year old son got out of the house while I laying down nursing my baby to sleep. He got brought back by a sheriff who opened my door and shouted sheriff's office. My dogs were barking crazy. I ran out with my top undone still scared to death trying to get my dogs of the deputy. Anyway he looked at me and said if he gets out again I am arressting you and taking your children. So I called my husband crying and telling him he needed to get more locks for the door bc he got the chain lock undone. Well later cps showed up. I would not let them in my home and answered the questions on the porch. She said she needed to see the kids so I went and got them and brought them outside. I told her my husband was bringing home locks. She said she would have to come back and see the locks installed. But that was the only place I let her see when she came back. I am scared to death of those people. Don't trust them one bit.
I believe you can refuse to let them in or even see your kids if they don’t have a warrant or police with them. But please check and make sure what the laws are in your state.
My goodness this happens to a lot of moms I have a autistic evader who is 4 . We have weird locks on things to keep him safer including the inside of some doors . I always explain it to people . We have to keep him out of bathrooms for now .. we have alarms on the doors if he tries to leave . All for his safety . Kids can get outside and have it not really be your fault .. it’s absurd that an officer jumps right to abuse !
From these podcasts, I learned you don't need to let CPS in. You can bring the children to the door to let them see they are okay. And if there is a report, get a lawer if possible
You should not trust them. Record everything on your cellphone. If there are two people there have them both recording, if you have a video camera connected to your computer have it recording. (they're at work and they have no expectation of privacy in your home or on your property) Don't sign anything. Let them view the children from a window, don't bring them outside, and don't let them inside. Be very polite to them, especially on camera. Once they close the case then the best thing to do is move somewhere else, preferably outside of that county.
It’s crazy because I’m a foster parent and they wouldn’t allow me to put a top lock on my back door
I'm a Montanan born and raised and these precious parents are the Montana I once knew. As with so many people I am furious and heartbroken about what these people have done with my state, which I no longer recognize. God bless you, Kolstads, and God bless you, Allie for fighting the good fight. I will pray for your daughter and your family. May God redeem and restore EVERYTHING that's been stolen from you 💗
Came here and said the same thing! Also in Montana and I’m so sad and angry that these people keep changing our state
I’m in Montana. This is crazy! Unbelievable. Unacceptable. I hope they find a good resolution soon. ❤
Also in Montana this is crazy
Just moved from Montana after 20 years there. Bizarre this could happen, especially since the state legislature and governor are Republican and have specifically buckled down on gender confusion issues. I could see places like Missoula, Bozeman, and Whitefish (where I lived) pursuing parents in this way, but not the state.
@@ThriveLiving that's what I was thinking. Montana as a red state allows that. The Republican party is getting woke.
Montana here too & I don’t understand what is happening to our children
it is not gender confusution he knows how he is the only ones confused are the parents@@ThriveLiving
Sickening and bizarre how easily CPS intervened in this case, but way too many parents who are hardcore drug users, abusive and/or neglectful are given numerous chances. It’s blatantly clear there’s a deeper plan with this trendy issue.
C p s. is and has been co rrupt for a long time, it’s just now getting light shined on it with cases like this
Completely agree. We fostered a baby who is now back with his mother. Praise God she is now sober. It was a long 10 months for our family, and I do believe had we not pushed the baby’s mom to go to rehab, I literally drove her there, she would not have gone, and we would still be fostering and having visits with her even while she was using, regardless if it was best for her child or not since CPS in that county pushes reunification pretty hard.
C p s is and has been co rrupt for a long time, it’s just now getting light shined on it with cases like this
Absolutely! Interesting C P S would be pushing for reunification with druggie, alcoholic , abusive parents.. but loving parents who accept her for who she was genetically/biologically born , even when she didn’t accept her own self , they would tear this loving family apart. The parents did the right thing. In my opinion the state kidnapped her child. Most people struggle to accept and know themselves for decades . Why would a child be given full drastic autonomy?? This is a psychotic upside down world. Lord Jesus may your will be done in these cases. Bless and surround these parents in Jesus name.
@@talkslikeaduck1Yes as a parent I would accept her feelings but also sit with my child and go over hormones and puberty and mental health details. I'd say that even if I don't like it or don't agree, she could make her own decisions when she becomes a grown fully informed adult. Not at 13.
Halfway through listening. This poor family. From the moment anyone first suggested sending their daughter out of state, they should have gotten a lawyer.
Way before that, actually
Something very similar happened with me and my child. My daughter told us she was gay at 16 years old and I as a parent was trying to wrap my mind around it. I started counseling for myself voluntarily. A couple of weeks later she asked me if she could go to a sleepover with a bunch of girls.I didn't know the parents of the girl who was having the sleepover and I asked for their phone number and address so I could meet them. She wouldn't give it to me and so I said no. She was very angry and demanded an explanation. I told her if her straight sister asked me if she could go to a sleepover with a bunch of boys the answer would be no. Its no different in your case. She went to the DHS and told a bunch of lies about myself and my now ex husband. Family counseling was ordered by the DHS. We were all in compliance. Through this whole process our other children were almost taken away, our living conditions were fine and she lied that I made her do all the housework. Complete lie... We went to court hearings and we're put through complete hell. In the end I now have a child abuse record ( on her word only) and I lost my career in the medical field.She won a Matthew Shepherd scholarship based on all the lies about us and wrote about us in her "WInning" essay. 4 years of University college paid for!!!! She has now transitioned to a man, refuses to speak to me at all and holds a position now as a " counselor" for others as her. I want to scream at the top of my lungs that this person may have a degree for this but is a complete scammer. My whole family was torn apart. These people are only out for themselves.
Omg 😱
NEVER let any person from the state or fed in your house without a judges order!
Right! It's so sad how many people don't know. 🥺
I would not have known this!
We need a video with pointers like these!
I had no idea about this !
Or a lawyer! They can fudge the details on a order
This story is so heartbreaking. These parents clearly love and want the best for their daughter. I truly hope and pray your family is able to overcome this.❤
I can’t fathom going thru this. As parents we would never have believed that medical kidnapping is more likely than stranger danger.
These poor folks are free to wait for the legal system, but in my opinion, if these monsters ripped my child from my home, I would quit my job, sell everything, pick up my child, and move somewhere where no one could find my family. It sounds drastic, but the alternative is much, much worse. Sometimes we are placed in such situations and so have to act decisively for the love of a little one...
Exactly
This story is the reason for the second amendment.
The problem is far more tricky once the child is a teen. It's easy to take a child, an unwilling teen that is willing to run away, tell ppl you're abusing them etc, that's not so easy.
I am so desperately sorry for this couple, and their confused daughter.
I agree wholeheartedly.
They were members of a church. Why didn't they have a posse of men helping them? To make a show of force to say, "No, you can't have this girl".
I got in trouble with APS a number of years back as a healthcare worker with something that wasn’t fully my fault. I did the same thing when they came to talk to me. I thought I would be fine and I regret that so much. You are right that as honest people we think we don’t have anything to hide but that just isn’t true in our system. I completely agree: layer up, don’t talk to anyone until you have advice from a professional. They can’t force you to, but they absolutely will poke at anything you say for something to use against you. “You have the right to remain silent,” use it.
I can't believe what I'm hearing here! I live in Casper! Have been since 2015 with my husband (he was raised here) and daughter. I always thought Wyoming had bans in place that protected my daughter and other kids from situations like this! I am outraged and will be speaking to my congressman about this! I don't want my daughter to be able to change her gender without my consent by state's standards
Lots of people in California don't know about the bill passed that removes our parent rights when it comes to this subject but it happened about a year ago I think. It's scary
Glad this couple is getting this info out. Praying for them and this situation.
Im excited you are having Dr. James White on your show soon! Looking forward to this conversation!!
My dislike and distrust for c p s started when I was a child.😢 My mother Had Acute chronic pancreatitis And risked her life giving birth Twice and my family was always there for us. If she was down or having a surgery I was always with someone that Loved me. When she was doped up after a surgery in the hospital, CPS came in and tricked her into signing some paperwork. And lost my Brother to the system. Later it happened Again. They came in the hospital room while she was still on medication doped up from surgery. But this time she refused to sign until my grandma came. Thank God for Grandma. She ripped Up that paperwork and Call her other daughter and brother in law. I call them mom and dad today. I am legally adopted by them. I grew up with two moms and a dad. The only way to keep them from taking me from her was to Take me away themselves. I'm 42 now and I still hate CPS. Thank god for my family. The way I see it They told her she was a bad mom for having an illness that she couldn't control. But yet she was responsible enough to always make sure I was with the right people when it was time to go to the hospital. I also am living my life with severe depression and anxiety. I have real bad separation anxiety. Social anxiety. PTSD. Oh yeah, and then there's fear of abandonment. And spending my whole life in therapy. And fear of having kids. I can't move on and live normal life. I still live with my adopted parents. And we lost my mom a few years ago. Thank god for the time I did get to have with her. Watching this story makes me wanna put myself in mom's shoes. And feel the way she was feeling when this was happening.😢
I pray that this family gets the outcome of they deserve.
May Jesus help you move on.
*It's like CPS basically acted as if having Pancreatitis is a choice.. like it's not.. I was hospitalized with Hepatic Failure and that wasn't a choice.. it literally happened to Me.. and I'm lucky to be alive today.. because if I didn't go to the hospital who knows what would've happened!*
Coming from experience as a minor in a psych facility, this was not even an issue 3 years ago. I would go to the medical director and hire a CRIMINAL attorney. This is basically munchausen by-proxy in a hospital setting. They are forcing the troubled kid identity onto her for insurance and parasitic purposes. I’m confused why the parents do not have authority and what case manager presented for abuse…because the girls in the unit are often severely abused and not able to escape troubled homes. But these people are criminalized? This is insane and I almost don’t believe it. Justice will prevail. Unfortunately, this story is only the beginning.
There are so many stories like these today! Watch the others Allie had shared. It truly defined the word “unbelievable.” :(
This is UNREAL. 😢 The dangers of even having a phone that young is scary too- and public school - it’s too risky. This is a nightmare and they are wonderful parents. I cannot believe this world we live in.
Yep I work in psych (and see gender issues a lot) and there is no way I’d ever allow my child to attend today’s public schools. Phones are also a big factor in their issues so absolutely hold off on phones for as long as possible.
I actually worked in a psych hospital with kids in MN and what they’re describing is commonplace in MN regarding the child steering the ship. In fact we could keep it all secret from the parents. I left and refused to raise children in that environment. Many states are like this. Be very careful where you choose to raise your children.
This is absolutely insane. I am so sorry this is happening. I cannot believe how messed up our world is. My daughter felt this too we didn't completely say NO. We helped her just as you guys were helping your daughter. I can't believe how out of control this is. 😢 Breaks my heart for you and your family.
Peer pressure is such a huge factor in the way kids are shaped, I’m just gonna pray for the parents to get the right lawyer & to help them understand this situation & continue to be able to protect their daughter from any more harm & for her to remember how she was raised & that she comes to her senses as well. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
I am astonished by the bravery of these parents. Todd and Krista thank you for standing up and fighting the good fight. I am sure she misses you very much despite all of the other stuff swirling around. I hope and pray you get to hug her soon. Much love.
This is severe overstepping by a government entity. Parents deal with stuff differently, no family deals with problems the same. Sue the state and get your kid back, then sue them for the extra problems that this will cause.
Praying for this family.
When did the government start telling parents what they can & can't say to their children. Yet kids are put into foster homes & abused & killed all the time. This is
ridiculous, officials should get their head out of their butts. God bless these parents & give them the strength to fight this.
The medical community started asking this in 2017 I had to ask every patient about their sexual identity and preferences and I let the patient read the questions. Triage is often crowded and privacy is not the greatest, I told the administration that these are not questions that need to be asked in triage it has nothing to do with identifying the symptoms of their complaint and should be reserved for when they get a room to be seen in private. Luckily there were enough complaints by patients sent in about this line of questioning they changed it for that reason. Turns out they were doing a study to find out how many patients identified as homosexual or bisexual for risks of Sexually Transmitted diseases. It is so hard to be a nurse and a Christian in this secular medical field. I pray your daughter comes to understand how you are fighting for her life. Prayers for you and your family.
Yes, I used to go to a clinic that wanted to know all kinds of invasive things that had nothing to do with my health.
I'd cross them out and write, "Not relevant."
They shouldn't even be doing a study without informed consent from the patients! I wonder if that was even vetted by an IRB? Or just the ciinic going rogue?
This saddens me greatly and sickens me more! I live right next to MT. No where are we safe from this horrendous ideology. I have 3 grands and this is beyond alarming! God have mercy on us!
Oh my goodness. What a nightmare this is. I'm so so saddened for this family. I will be praying on this 💔🙏. You're doing great Mom and Dad! I'm so sorry this is happening.
If I were in this situation, that dcfs worker would haven’t have even made it into our home. No warrant? No entry.
Thank you for this content, Allie. I feel so bad for those two loving parents. The horrors they have been through. I will keep their situation in my prayers.
I live in the Netherlands, and it is very common for children to bike to school by themselves when they are still quite young. Because of this, most of them get smartphones at a young age. As soon as my oldest will need a phone, I will gladly buy a Light Phone for her. Also, we as Millennials can be grateful that we understand the dangers of social media, so we can do everything in our power to protect our children from it.
What is a light phone?
I have complete compassion for this couple and I am praying so hard for this child, their daughter. And for them as they walk this road. The Lord is with them and I pray that He intervenes in a huge way.
That being said, this is a great warning to parents and this is something my husband I have talked over so much. We need to be ultra careful about what jobs we let our children have while they're in the home... What people? They are hanging around there and elsewhere. Oftentimes it is not good for children to roam the mall or other places before they have the maturity and the decision making and discernment that comes with being an adult. Also, the public schools are dangerous. Not to say that there aren't some public schools out there that are good. However, if you start seeing that your child is having issues in school and you're not necessarily supported by the administration or they have a culture that is otherwise to your belief, then We should have our child taken out of that school immediately. It's not in our best interest to wait around and see what a secular government and administration will do with our kids.
This is absolutely heartbreaking 💔
Thanks for sharing your story. Praying for you from Australia 🙏🏻
sadly I think this will also happen soon here in Australia, very scary world we are in right now :-(
This is horrifying! Thanks to the parents for coming forward, that was very brave. What an upside down world we live in.
I grew up in Oklahoma and when I moved to Colorado people gave me a hard time about moving to a “blue” state but what they don’t realize is that the red states are just as dangerous BECAUSE of the complacency and false sense of security that conservatives living in red states have. All conservatives everywhere need to be active in their communities and to hold all “republican” leaders accountable.
Never heard of this and I live in Montana. This is crazy! And I see this in my daughter’s high school. It’s at a ridiculous craze going on.
A craze that's being "taught" in higher education and enforced by trainings & policies in schools & hospitals. Very powerful entities are propagating this wickedness.
This is horrific! Praying 🙏!!!
I pray for Jesus to heal this family and that he comfort these parents in this hard time. May God reach their prodigal daughter and that she be receptive and realize the truth and love of the gospel
If this happens to your daughter, pull her out of school immediately, homeschool or online school, remove ALL social media, smart phone .
Teachers will affirm, help hide the new trans identity
One day she will see how much her parents loved her. And how they won't stop loving her.
I've been to rehabs, I've been to wards, I've been to therapists, you name it. Now I work in healthcare. NEVER is it EVER a good idea where a patient is in a setting and they "get what they want" If someone needs outside help they need structure. CPS and these doctors doing these surgeries are getting BANK ROLLED for this type of stuff. My heart breaks for this family and this little girl. Hopefully she doesn't end up on this show herself talking about her detransition and how it's too late for her like I've seen so many times on other platforms.
I hope every parent in the US understands that this could happen to their child!!!
If they're were ever a reason for a Call to Violence THIS IS IT!!
How in the world could this happen? This child truly has been kidnapped
CPS (Child Protective Services) has been growing in power for decades. They routinely circumvent parental rights. This has happened because even being investigated by them is taboo. NO ONE stands up to them. They operate in secret (sealed) courts. I've actually heard judges tell parents "the constitution stops at those doors." They prey on the weak and poor. Many of their intake questions are to determine the financial ability of the parents to hire an attorney. They are actually trained to treat people who are on government assistance differently than people who make a lot of money. They are essentially police officers, not social workers, like the secret police in Nazi Germany. They are dishonest, will twist your words, and consider it a "win" when they get to remove a child from their parents. For example, during an interview with a young father of a female infant. "Have you ever touched your child's genitalia?" The father answered, "No of course not!". Then the agent asked him "Do you change her diaper?" The father said, "Yes all the time." "So you have never cleaned your daughter when you changed her diaper?" The father answered, "Well, yes of course I've cleaned her with baby wipes." So the agent documented. "The father first denied ever touching his daughter's genitals but when pressed admitted to touching her genitals multiple times." Later I heard the agent bragging about this and how in court the judge removed the child. I have had a lot of experience dealing with them because I have children and then I worked for them on several contracts as a computer technician and printer repair technician.
They gave custody back to the legal mother, this story is so disingenuous.
@@NStreit04 The court gave custody to the biological mother who lived in a different country.
I'm so saddened hearing this story. I was happy to donate to the defense fund and I'm praying God will provide a kick-a$$ attorney who sues the state of Montana and the hospital.
What?! I am in Montana and I’m just learning about this. The last 2-3 years there have been so many liberals moving here from CA and other places and the conservative mindset of our state is changes quicker than I realized! 😢
Exactly. I'm shocked at how quickly the mass migration of liberals has changed the political and social landscape. I just moved from Montana after 20 years there. Bizarre this could happen, especially since the state legislature and governor are Republican and have specifically buckled down on gender confusion. I could see places like Missoula, Bozeman, and Whitefish (where I lived) pursuing parents in this way, but not the state.
They ruin the states they move to not just change it.
As a former WA resident, I was thinking the same. "Wait, what? Montana?😮"
I am so sorry to this family. I can’t even imagine. Prayers for you all. 😢❤️
This is so criminal. Sickening. I cannot believe there wasn't at least one sane person within this mess..
They only hire those kinds of people. They look for activists.
My mom worked with cps for a while while in Montana. The drug use and neglect is wild and very under served. Insane to me that this is even something cps would have time/resources for…
That’s what I thought. There are severe cases of abuse and neglect that don’t even get investigated. I’m surprised they have time for this.
This absolutely breaks my heart. I have no other words 😔
It's horrible to listen to all these stories of hospitals kidnapping children. Maya Kowalski won a law suit against John's Hopkins Hospital after they destroyed her family. My hope is that more families sue these hospitals.
Prayers for this family!!
This is madness💔 Prayers for the families struggling with this issue. Dear Father in Heaven let the Holy Spirit guide and give wisdom for you.
Just gave to your give fund go page for attorney fees. May the Lord provide an incredible team for you and sets a standard in this arena for parents globally! Keep fighting the good fight in Jesus name .
I am amazed that this is happening. Horrified. Allie, you explained so wellwhat is really going on and what to do re cps. Thank you for speaking out on these unbelievable things that are taking place. Everyone needs to know. This is so wrong and so pervasive. Our legislators need to step up and confront these issues.
As a Montana native, this is absolutely terrifying. The western side of the state is scary liberal. This would be very unlikely to happen on the eastern side. One of the major hospitals in Billings is a Catholic hospital. Its very nice to have that option available!
Sounds like this is in Billings and surrounding area… this is horrifying
What about Bozeman? That place is nuts from all the liberal migration there, complete with rainbow crosswalks. Just moved from Montana after 20 years there. Bizarre this could happen, especially since the state legislature and governor are Republican and have specifically buckled down on gender confusion. I could see places like Missoula, Bozeman, and Whitefish (where I lived) pursuing parents in this way, but not the state.
Praying that God helps this family. Like Matt Walsh says: don't give your kids phones with internet access. Pull your kids out of public school, for God says to us parents: train your child in the way he should go.... Never let the government inside your house without a warrant. And I think hiring a lawyer is a must.
I am so thankful and grateful that I homeschool my kids.
The school, therapists, summer job employer, CPS, police and hospital all worked against these parents. Parental rights are all but dead now.
I bet when the social worker was talking to their daughter on the porch she was telling her how to get in the hospital so this could move forward
I thought the same thing!
As soon as I heard she said she drank toilet bowl cleaner . . . I was a teenage girl at one time and NO way would any of us have chosen toilet bowl cleaner as a thing to drink. Ever. I wish so much there was a recording of that conversation. I bet it went something like this “did you take pills, or maybe do something like drink toilet bowl cleaner?”
I spent my first 36yrs confused and unhappy. I am a female, but believed I was in the wrong body. I grew up in a very religious family and was scared to tell anyone. I married a man, had three beautiful babies but was never happy. When my kids were still in elementary I decided I wanted to be happy and left my husband with kids in tow. I am now 54 and live with the fact that I deprived my children, they're father and his parents of so much. I experienced the lifestyle I thought would make me happy. What I realized is that I would never be able to feel whole. Surgeries can not make you feel complete. My family have always been supportive which is very important. I am now living a happy life with myself. I still am not attracted to men but I choose not to be with women because I feel that it is wrong. These people that want to mutilate children are lying to these kids. There are zero medical procedures that could make me feel the way a man feels when with a woman. Communication, research and time is the only way to get through this.
The recommendation I would give is for parents to cut off all social media access to their children, and to get them out of public school! If those things are done, they will have no seed planted in their mind of this evil nonsense that’s going on in the country.
I went through the confusion on wanted to be a boy when I was a child, but Jesus Christ made the way for me and delivered me from that confusion. One thing I can say that my mother never stopped praying for me to break that chain in my life. Please believe that god listens to our prayers. He is our lawyer. He is our protector. He made the way for me and he will make the way for this generation in Jesus mighty name
I'm so sad this is happening in my home state. These psycho Healthcare and CPS workers are so saturated in these systems
Since when did the kids become the “adults” in this matter? When I was a kid the school nurse needed my mom’s permission to give me an aspirin. Now this? There is more behind this - this is something evil going on. PLUS I never remember anyone in Jr High or High School being confused about their sex. Tomboys, yes. No big deal. And bullying has been around since Cain and Abel. It happened to me and never in my wildest dreams did I think becoming the opposite sex was the solution. Ok, end of rant.
Love that merch 💯
Also, God bless you for taking a stand.
BUT for the Mercy and Grace of our Heavenly Father ✝️🙏✝️
This is terrible. Teenage children go through a lot of emotional problems without the interference of the government workers. No one seems to ever tell the truth about transitioning and the effects on their future. The medical industry create permanent patient when they physically transition a person. I think the schools push a lot of these ideas on the children.
😢 my goodness I feel so bad for these parents. We will pray 🙏 for them in our house.
I work for dcfs intake. It’s so sad to me that this happened to you! I feel like they really bent the laws there to get custody of your child. Initially, we may have opened a case (in my state) if a dr called or law enforcement called to say the child was suicidal and parents weren’t getting them treatment, but I can’t imagine it would have continued after the real circumstances were found. I pray you get your girl back!
This is a horrible situation for all here. I hope both of the parents can move past their issues and accept him as he is.
Don’t even say anything to CPS! Never 👎 let them in your house!
Even if the daughter contacted the police how she did? Not many parents would know how to respond in these moments. :(
It would be pure panic and shock in that moment@@yvonnes8701
This is so absolutely horrible. Parents and families need to fight back against the government overreaching into what is a family matter. The affirmation model has been debunked and hopefully is on its way out and I hope people go to jail over it. One thing parents can do that I don't think was mentioned is to be as proactive as possible with their children about this ideology and it's intent so that when they see it they are already prepared for it.
These suffering parents are so strong and yes, God is in control and He can Heal the brokenness of this family and every other family in situations that have been thrust upon them for NO TRUE REASON at all!
This cannot be shared widely enough. These parents are going through an increasingly common experience that is generally successful in shutting parents down-through the terror of losing their child forever. The Kolstad’s are remarkable in their courage.
This should be a line in the sand. For Montana and the rest of the country.
I am an atheist and a leftist - yet, I can see that these parents are good people who know their daughters needs better than any state bureaucrat, and are better equipped than anyone to determine what is best for her.
I love that you are in agreement that this is unacceptable. I just want to encourage you to think about this. If you are an atheist and don’t believe in a God, Why is this wrong? If a moral line has been crossed, who set that moral line and why should parents have authority over their children if there wasn’t a God of order who structured families this way?
@@HansenMoments I was raised a Christian. I lost my belief in god at an early age, because I grew up in an environment imbued with cruelty. “God” ignored my childhood prayers, and adult Christians silenced me.
I did love Jesus. Or rather I loved his teachings on love, kindness, compassion, courage and generosity. I have always tried to emulate those values.
But I just don’t believe in god. I am ok with that. I do understand why many people do. Sometimes they are better people because of that belief. Sometimes they are not-in fact, their religion justifies cruelty.
I hope that makes sense.
Buddhist and I agree. Her parents didn't deserve this to happen to them. As someone living with an actually bigoted family, I hate how this situation will result in the invalidation of real cases of abuse.
@@HansenMoments”Rules of conduct based on the arbitrary fiats of someone more powerful than us are not equivalent to moral norms.” How Morality Has the Objectivity that Matters-Without God
Ronald A. Lindsay
Your argument is basically this: God as Creator and has power=authority and moral compass.
Where does possessing power ever equate to authority or being a moral compass? I’ve yet to hear a response to this by any Christian.
Sincerely,
An ex Catholic
That’s another point: how do you know which lawyers to call on these days?
I was the insecure tomboy in the 80s who probably would have been fasttracked today. I didn't want anybody to notice I was getting a chest. Or notice me at all. Wore a jacket all the time to cover everything up. Guys. It passes.
I wasn't even a tomboy and struggled with "growing up". I felt that way from age 12 to 14. By 15 I was way over it. Girls need to be told it passes.
So if Cps comes to your house can you request a lawyer to come be present before letting Cps in?
1. Do not let them in AT ALL.
2. If they have a court order call a lawyer immediately
This is absolutely terrifying! How can the state transport a child across state lines. This has gone way too far.
Many states will do this if there aren’t enough psychiatric beds in their state. In Washington they’ll often get kids flown in from Alaska for instance.
Name of hospital???
This is kidnapping -- this is kidnapping -- this is kidnapping
Watching this was like the worst nightmare. I cant imagine how helpless these parents must have felt along with the feeling of losing their daughter. Uuugghh
I have too many questions to be able to make a clear judgment on this one.
I am confused why the biological parent situation wasn’t explained more. I am also confused at the lack of emotions shown by the parents.
I mean without judging why their daughter ended up the way she did, it’s clear the state way over stepped their scope. Whether or not she needs psych treatment is moot. Parents involvement should’ve been paramount and it wasn’t.
Me, too.
This is disingenuous reporting. This is a custody dispute between Todd (the father in the video) and his ex, the “birth mother” and legal mother of the child. They are such liars using a term like “birth mother” which implies that either both Todd and his wife legally adopted the child, or that at least that Todd’s wife, the stepmother, legally adopted the child. However that is not possible to have happened because if the “birth mother’s” parental rights had actually been terminated, which is what would have happened if Todd’s wife legally adopted the child, then the child would not have been sent to live with her MOTHER. It would be akin to sending a child to live with any stranger which does not happen, even in messed up child welfare situations. This case is a history dispute between parents and ex lovers, not a persecution of two legal parents.
I also noticed the lack of emotions and think it is clear that Todd’s wife, the step mother, does not have a maternal bond to this child, and it IS about control for this couple. It is SAD that this child has such a schmuck of a father that he created this whole mess and now she is being put at risk with this “transgender medicine” because of how much Todd sucks. If Todd and his ex were still together this would be a totally different situation
Need the teens side of this - possibly trans in a small town where everyone reports back to your parents- young persons nightmare at that age and already struggling with being seen, heard, understood.
The "Recommended treatment" is based on a study from Sweden that looked at suicide rates between transitioned and non-transitioned trans people. In the original study, the rate of suicide was lower in the transitioned people. The study is used as the basis for all trans policy in Medical America.
Once the study became their bible, the study was updated. Medical America does not acknowledge or ever mention the update.
The update: After looking at both groups for a longer period of time, the rate of suicide is unchanged. The reason suicide was lower immediately after transitioning is because those people were still seeing a therapist. Once they stopped seeing a therapist, the rate of suicide returned to "normal," which proves medical transitioning has no effect (and is more likely to cause someone to suicide once they realize they've mutilated their body and their dysphoria remains).
The only thing that has shown any improvement in the rates of suicide in either group is therapy. But Medical America will not acknowledge the updated study.
There's also the RaRe study in Britain - This is where they get the "47% of trans youth has attempted suicide" myth. The study got 2000 questionnaires back, only 140-ish were trans, and only 27 of them were under 30. Those 27 are the only ones used to come up with the 47% number. The study is highly flawed and it cannot be used as a basis for making life altering decisions for children - Or letting them make the decision on their own.
But... Here we are...
Happening in Canada also.
Thank you for giving them a voice Allie, how horrific. My son has a “Gabb” phone, highly recommend it, no social media or internet possible, but his friends can text him and it looks like a normal phone.
My daughter has the gabb watch I agree love it
I feel for parents now days.
🙏🙏🙏
I have dealt with CPS and a guardian ad litem that was super hateful, hired by my ex, and did not like me because I was a Christian. She apparently had a drinking problem and ended up dying. Many in the system knew she was an alcoholic, but still allowed her to be an atty/guardian ad litem. After our case, she did eventually have her attention license revoked, but not until a lot of damage was done, sadly.
*attorney, not attention
Dear God please help support these concerned parents. Help them to get information on how to help her. Please guard & protect over their daughter & keep her safe please help their daughter remember how she was raised & remember how u made her to be herself always. Please keep the
Peer pressure away from her Lord Jesus please keep her safe & please help her to come home safely & unharmed. Thank u Lord in Christ Jesus Name Amen!🙏🏼
never let CPS into your house unless there is a court order, call a lawyer immediately. donated a bit of money to you guys. hope you can get your daughter back!
This sounds like a surprume court case to me .
Please name the doctor. This is a bombshell. Prayers for your family.
A huge injustice for these parents and their daughter!
Sorry if this was already answered but I just heard them say something about a birth mother in Canada? What does that mean? Is their child adopted? Or am I misunderstanding. I will finish listening but just in case my question never got answered, I didn’t want to forget about it. Thank you!
Ok that was confirmed now…was the adoption info stated in the beginning of the episode? I feel like this is important info and no one said anything til they randomly mentioned a birth mother. I def could’ve missed it tho being distracted with stuff hahah!
The parents in the interview were the birth father and stepmother. The birth mother lives in Canada. It wasn't really stated clearly, but I can understand why they didn't think to state it because it's just their life 🤷🏻♀️ and split homes are not exactly uncommon now.
Todd the dude in the video is the father and it is so disingenuous how they didn’t clarify these important details. Using terms like “birth mother” implies that at the least, Todd’s wife legally adopted the child, but she clearly did not, if the LEGAL MOTHER, was given back custody. The child would not have been sent back to live with her mother if the “birth mother’s” parental rights had actually been terminated, which is what would have happened if Todd’s wife adopted this child. Sneaky reporting here where they are glossing over details that completely change the point of the story. Todd is a schmuck and his wife is a stepmother who clearly has no actual maternal bond to the child
This case is more of a custody dispute between two legal parents and ex lovers than it is about the state taking custody away from two legal parents. A balogna story about an issue that actually is very important
How awful. How heartbreaking
Can't believe this! No consent from parents at all
wow listening to this is making me so angry. i want to say that "i can't believe" the hospital would do that but i've had 2 babies in the past two years pregnant with another one so i've had alottt of experience with the healthcare system the past couple years and it really is so evil.
This story is crazy sad and disturbing and very much needs to be heard. HOWEVER, why are we broadcasting her location and alias??? Please don’t do that!
- the healing will not come exactly with explaining as 'that they were fearfully and wonderfully made' - but instead, as to the : why ; how ; who that they were fearfully and wonderfully made > This is such as the coming [true quickening]
I was born and raised in MT a 4th generation. Now live in FL. This blows my mind! I would expect that of Washington Colorado or Canada but not Montana! Even the governor endorsed this removal?! Insane!
The thing I didn't realize until I was an adult and that most even adults don't realize that we all have the same feeling of not fitting in. Some people's feeling is stronger then others some people don't get hung up on it exa but it's there even for the most sociable people you would never think. When your in school there are all these different groups that you are trying to figure were fit in the closet too. It's no wonder kids can fall into this so easy. Because most kids in the group feel the same way they finally feel they may fit in so it only ensures that yes this must be true. Or that a kid is so desperate to find a group they mimic the group to fit in. Then on top of it kids who figure out that they really are not see what this truly is and will come out you know I really am not and then get bullied and are even more isolated. Kids may see this so they fight that they really are.
Best thing to do from early age is to tell your kids this is a normal feeling surprisingly we all have the feeling at times and help them work through it. By both possibly things they can work on and also realizing their differences make them them and they are super.