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When Movements Mimic Religious Shunning: A Message to Parents Who Keep Protecting Their Children

Some parents are quietly being pushed to the edges. Not because they’re neglectful.Not because they’re unloving.But because they refuse to hand over

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Some parents are quietly being pushed to the edges.

Not because they’re neglectful.
Not because they’re unloving.
But because they refuse to hand over their children to ideas that don’t sit right in their spirit.

More and more, we’re seeing movements—yes, even movements that claim to stand for justice and progress—mimic religious shunning. If you don’t go along, if you ask hard questions, if you protect your child’s privacy, innocence, or body boundaries, you may find yourself ignored, excluded, or even called harmful.

But here’s what I need you to know:


🛡️ You are not wrong for protecting your child.

You are not outdated.
You are not hateful.
You are not overreacting.

You are standing in a long, holy tradition of boundary-keepers, soul-protectors, and line-holders. The kind of parents who say:

“We don’t join in just because something is popular.”

“We don’t follow groups that don’t let us think for ourselves.”

“We don’t put our children in danger just to make other people happy.”


🧠 It’s not just faith communities that shun.

There’s a new kind of orthodoxy now. One that doesn’t wear crosses or clergy collars, but still demands obedience. It uses big words, curated hashtags, and noble causes. But the spirit behind it is the same old control:

  • Agree without question.

  • Say it how we say it.

  • If you don’t, you’re dangerous, unworthy, or invisible.

And when you resist?
They might stop inviting you.
They might mock you behind screens.
They might call your discernment “paranoia” or “fear-mongering.”


🌱 But listen—movements built on fear of truth will not last.

What lasts is legacy.
What lasts is children who grew up knowing they were protected.
What lasts is families who chose wisdom over popularity.

You are doing something eternal when you say:

“This child is not for experimentation. This child is not your token. This child is not your proof of progress.”

You are doing something radical when you say:

“I will not let my child be erased—not by dogma, not by agendas, not even by a movement I once trusted.”


💬 To the parent who’s feeling alone right now…

You’re not alone. You’re early.
You’re the first voice in a silent room.
You’re the person your child will look back on and say, “She saw it. He knew. They protected me even when no one else would.”

Your community may be quieter now.
But it will grow. Because truth has a way of finding its people.


🔥 Keep Protecting Your Children

Even when it costs you friendships.
Even when movements twist your words.
Even when your voice shakes.

Keep going.

Because movements will rise and fall.
But your child will remember who stood up for them.

And in a world that rewards performance over protection, your sacred resistance will light the path for others.


Your child is your calling.
Your boundaries are your bravery.
Your discernment is divine.

Hold the line, protector.
Your voice is still sacred.
And your child is still worth everything.