I'm an American Girl mom and this is what the doll maker needs to know about real American Girls
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American Girl, the company, is offering America's girls 'A Smart Girl's Guide: Body Image Book' which explores puberty blockers and gender identity. The book feels like a betrayal.
American Girl’s book "A Smart Girl’s Guide: Body Image" explains gender expression and defines cisgender and nonbinary. (American Girl) American Girl’s book "A Smart Girl’s Guide: Body Image" discusses "body dysmorphia" and encourages young girls to seek help from a doctor if they experience discomfort with their gender. (American Girl) American Girl’s book "A Smart Girl’s Guide: Body Image" compares the civil rights movement to the push by transgender and non-binary people to use bathrooms they feel comfortable in. (American Girl) American Girl dolls, a brand owned by Mattel, are seen at the American Girl Place New York in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly (Reuters) American Girl products were appropriate, comforting, wholesome, inclusive and generally a last-man-standing representation of family-friendly. I used to trust them. Jill Simonian is a mom of daughters and Director of Outreach for PragerU Kids, creating wholesome, pro-America edutainment for children ages Kindergarten through high school. Connect with Jill at PragerUKids.com.
I am sickened. Along with millions of bereft moms, I no longer trust American Girl to support and celebrate our daughters. Encouraging growing girls to opt out of being a girl, aiming to confuse them against all natural biology, is egregious and obscene.