Didn't write this, but it's true. People want to live in a bubble, want to go on worrying about their favorite sports team, actor, the next movie, next reality star, etc. Meanwhile politicians are getting voted in that make decisions that rule your life, take your money, and affect how you raise your children. Then when you realize what is going on it is too late and panic sets in. Local action is important.
- "I’m going to say something that probably won’t be popular, (surprise surprise) but it needs to be said honestly.
There are families in Connecticut who have spent the last decade or more warning that this ALL was coming. The Vaccine stuff, the Homeschool stuff, you name it.
Many of us reorganized our ENTIRE lives around it. We pulled our children from the system, changed careers, downsized, homeschooled, co-oped, lost friendships, lost income, lost opportunities, and sacrificed tremendously because we knew the state was moving toward eliminating meaningful medical and religious autonomy.
So when people now arrive in panic asking for a “quick” medical exemption to get their child into public school, please understand: there is no secret list, no magic doctor, and no easy loophole. NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
The reality is that the Connecticut Department of Public Health has created an environment where many physicians are afraid to write exemptions at all, even in cases where children may have legitimate medical concerns, because they fear (or already have experienced) scrutiny, professional discipline, or threats to their licenses.
I genuinely empathize with parents who feel trapped right now. I do. But many families have been sounding this alarm for years and making painful choices long before it became unavoidable.
At some point, people have to stop looking for an emergency escape hatch and start seriously considering long-term alternatives and the sacrifices that may come with them. That’s what many of us already had to do.
And for the people saying “we didn’t know” - well, respectfully, that’s not really an excuse anymore. If you choose to live outside the mainstream system, question institutional recommendations, or claim medical and parental autonomy, then it becomes your responsibility to understand both your rights and the obligations required to preserve them.
Freedom is not maintained by passively benefiting from the sacrifices of louder, earlier, or more prepared families while assuming someone else will absorb the risk for you.
The families who have spent years fighting, organizing, homeschooling, restructuring their lives, and enduring social and financial consequences did not do so because it was convenient.
They did it because they understood what was at stake long before it personally affected everyone else.
This isn’t about being unkind. It’s about being truthful about where Connecticut is right now.
At some point, you have to stop searching for loopholes that merely delay the inevitable and start having the courage of your convictions.
Pull your boots on, make the hard decisions now, and stop kicking the can down the road while making the future even harder for your children later."