Punishment has its place when it s warranted but if your kid is hiding something like a transgender kit from you then it’s fair to say you have already failed at having any meaningful relationship with your kid. They should be taught to recognize such filth and perversion for what it is or at least rely on the relationship you’ve built with them to trust you enough to seek your counsel about it.

I like the story of the father that when told by his teenage girl that she thought she was a boy. Upon hearing this he went all in and dressed as woman and pranced around public with her and even dropped her off at school walking her to class and playing it up with all her schoolmates. Embarrassed the shit out her enough to set her straight. Solved her rebellious fad real quick.

Punishment has its place when it s warranted but if your kid is hiding something like a transgender kit from you then it’s fair to say you have already failed at having any meaningful relationship with your kid. They should be taught to recognize such filth and perversion for what it is or at least rely on the relationship you’ve built with them to trust you enough to seek your counsel about it.