When Schools Keep Secrets

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Phil examines how parental secrecy guidelines and laws affect American families. Aurora Regino is a plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging staff at the Chico Unified School District violated her rights when they secretly transitioned her 11-year-old daughter in the 5th grade. Aurora, joined by her attorney Josh Dixon from the Center for American Liberty, claim she signed a permission slip to allow her daughter to take an arts and crafts class, unaware she was meeting with a school counselor who was helping her transition to become a boy. Later, Dr. Phil is joined by Founder of Trans Student Educational Resources, Eli Erlich, and Education Advocate, Maud Maron who discuss whether or not children should have privacy when exploring their gender identity and sexuality at school.

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0:00.0	Hey, thanks for joining us today.
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0:23.4	Call your friends.
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0:24.9	You don't want them to miss it.
0:26.9	Now today on the Dr. Phil podcast,
0:29.7	you think you know what's happening at your kid's school?
0:33.8	That is until you don't.
0:36.8	Imagine finding out, not from your child, not from a teacher, but from a bulletin board,
0:44.2	an art project or a stranger, that your child is socially transitioning at school.
0:51.6	New name, new pronouns.
0:59.0	Everybody at school knows, but you don't. Why? Because nobody told you. Now you think that doesn't really happen? Well, yes, it does.
1:06.0	Sound outrageous? That's because it is outrageous.
1:11.6	Right now, over 21,000 schools in 33 states have policies that allow, and in fact, in some cases, require staff to keep this from parents.
1:23.9	Now, how many students would that affect?
1:26.9	How about 12 million?
1:29.8	Is it legal?
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