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It all started with a phone call in August 2023. Jennifer (14)’s school contacted her stepmother Krista and her father Todd Kolstad. It was said that the girl told her friends at school that she wanted to commit suicide.
That same evening, child protection authorities knocked on the Kolstads’ door in Glasgow, Montana. Officers inspected the home and interviewed the teen.
That evening, Jennifer claimed she swallowed large amounts of bathroom cleaner and an overdose of painkillers in an attempt to commit suicide. Her parents objected, but agreed to take the child to a hospital for examination.
Blood tests confirmed that Jennifer had not consumed any toxins. Due to her suicidal thoughts, Jennifer initially spent some time in the hospital. Meanwhile, doctors noted in her medical file that Jennifer identified herself as a boy and wanted to be called Leo.
Parents’ objections are ignored
Nowadays the girl lives in a youth home. The child protection authority is convinced that the young person needs a gender change. The parents were deprived of custody because they wanted to refuse treatment for their daughter. As if that wasn’t enough, the Kolstads also have to answer to court.
“Our family will never be the same,” Krista Kolstad told the Daily Mail. Even if her daughter returned to them, things wouldn’t be the same, she believes. “She no longer believes she should listen to us as her parents.” Krista and her husband believe Jennifer’s desire to transition stems from undiagnosed mental health issues that social services would miss. “I love my daughter unconditionally and just don’t want her to make any decisions until she has the maturity and life experience to understand how this will impact her actions,” her father added.
The youth center is located in the American state of Wyoming. The Kolstads had asked Child Protective Services to find a facility in Montana because Wyoming allows hormone blocker treatment and gender confirmation surgery for minors. The request was ignored.
Jennifer now wears men’s clothing
When a bed became available in Wyoming, child protective services officials, accompanied by police, came to the Kolstads’ home and told Jennifer to leave immediately. After a month, she was transferred to another facility in the state. There she wears men’s clothes and lives in a boy group.
The Kolstads were assigned a public defender who advised them to “play along” and follow Child Protective Services’ recommendations. “We followed their advice and now we are completely deprived of our rights,” says Krista Kolstad angrily.
The child protection organization will have custody of Jennifer for six months, after which she will be placed in the care of her biological mother, whom she has not seen for years. (no)
Source: Blick
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