Dennis Prager Show - "Should my daughter be allowed to bring transgender friend home?" - Open Lines Hour
Aired: 2021-05-07
Duration: 02:50


=== Parental Concerns (02:50) ===

[00:00:00]  I had an argument with my daughter a couple of nights ago.
[00:00:02]  I am conservative, I'm religious, I'm Catholic, and she is a freshman in high school, and she said to me, if I become friends with somebody who's transgender, and we become close or whatever, and I want to invite them in the house, are you going to let them in the house?
[00:00:22]  And she did this right before bedtime, and she caught me off guard, and I... I reacted very angrily.
[00:00:28]  And I said, no, they're not allowed in my house.
[00:00:30]  I said, I'm sorry.
[00:00:32]  I think it's a mental issue.
[00:00:33]  I think it's wrong what they're doing.
[00:00:34]  I think it's wrong to encourage it.
[00:00:35]  I said, I'm not going to call anybody they and them in my house.
[00:00:39]  And I just went insane.
[00:00:41]  And then she started yelling back at me.
[00:00:44]  You're mean.
[00:00:44]  I can't believe this.
[00:00:45]  They can't help it.
[00:00:46]  This and that.
[00:00:47]  And then she left the room.
[00:00:48]  And that was the end of it.
[00:00:50]  And after talking to my sister, who has four kids, she thinks that I should...
[00:00:56]  I should just switch schools and put her in Catholic school where we live.
[00:00:59]  Because right now she goes to LaGuardia High School, which is an art school in Manhattan.
[00:01:05]  And I'm upset.
[00:01:08]  I'm still upset.
[00:01:09]  And when I talk to my husband about it, he fights with me because he doesn't agree with my approach.
[00:01:14]  He doesn't think she should change schools.
[00:01:16]  He thinks that she's not indoctrinated.
[00:01:18]  And I'm scared.
[00:01:19]  I'm scared.
[00:01:20]  I am really scared.
[00:01:21]  Well, I'll tell you, there's a question you should ask her, and then I'll comment on your call, but there is a question you should ask her to determine if she's indoctrinated.
[00:01:32]  Does she think that it is fair for biological men to compete in athletics against biological women?
[00:01:42]  Okay.
[00:01:43]  I mean, I could ask her that, but she's...
[00:01:48]  No, no, no, no.
[00:01:50]  You're right.
[00:01:51]  That isn't what she's asking.
[00:01:53]  I'm merely responding to how I'm trying to help you, certainly free to reject it, but I'm trying to help you determine whether she is indoctrinated or just being nice to a fellow student.
[00:02:06]  They're not the same thing.
[00:02:09]  She's indoctrinated if she says that it is fair.
[00:02:13]  For a biological man who identifies as a female to compete in athletics against biological women.
[00:02:20]  Then you know she's indoctrinated.
[00:02:22]  But if she says, no, of course that's not fair.
[00:02:25]  All I'm asking is, so I presume if it's in high school in America today, it is probably a female who identifies as a male.
[00:02:35]  So I don't know how often she brings male friends to the house to begin with.
[00:02:40]  That's obviously your...
[00:02:42]  Your decision.
[00:02:44]  But I would not say automatically no.
[00:02:48]  I would talk to the person, though.