{"id":68342,"date":"2018-02-18T16:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T21:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=68342"},"modified":"2018-02-18T20:03:18","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T01:03:18","slug":"cnn-parents-in-ohio-in-danger-of-losing-custody-of-their-17-yr-old-daughter-who-now-identifies-as-a-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=68342","title":{"rendered":"(CNN) Parents in Ohio in danger of losing custody of their 17 yr old daughter who now identifies as a boy"},"content":{"rendered":"
The medical team from\u00a0Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center<\/a>, where the child had been in treatment, testified that the teen is improving mentally and emotionally through therapy and because his grandparents have created a supportive environment. However, they believe the teen should start treatment as soon as possible to decrease his suicide risk.<\/div>\n
According to a transcript of closing arguments, the grandparents said they are prepared to make medical decisions with the child, which may include starting hormone therapy.<\/div>\n
“We think the grandparents are the ones who have an open mind and will … make this sort of decision best for the child,” argued attorney Paul Hunt, who represents the guardian ad litem, or the child’s\u00a0court-appointed guardian.<\/a>\u00a0“The parents have clearly indicated that they’re not open to it.”<\/div>\n
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The teen’s parents did not respond to CNN’s request for comment.<\/div>\n
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But in her written closing argument, their attorney, Karen Brinkman, argued that the parents maintain that they love their child and said that the child’s mother said the child has “nothing to fear” from her and that she wants to have a relationship with her child. She also acknowledged that if the parents are granted custody, they want the child to continue to live with the maternal grandparents, “not in an effort to avoid parenting their child, but because they believe that the current living arrangement is in (the teen’s) best interest.”<\/div>\n
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Citing the teen’s mental state, Brinkman said, “it does not appear that this child is even close to being able to make such a life-altering decision at this time.”<\/div>\n

Read it all<\/a>–cited by yours truly in the morning sermon. also, you may find another article there<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The medical team from\u00a0Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, where the child had been in treatment, testified that the teen is improving mentally and emotionally through therapy and because his grandparents have created a supportive environment. However, they believe the teen…<\/span><\/p>\n

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