New York’s Attack On ‘Mom’ And ‘Dad’ Is An Attack On Family

I have heard the talk coming out of New York about replacing words like “mother” and “father” with government-approved terms, and let me say this clearly: I do not like it at all. I will always be Mom. I will always be Grandma. No politician, no bureaucrat, no activist and no piece of paper will ever change that.

There are some words that should never become political targets. Mother is one of them. Father is one of them. Grandmother and grandfather are part of the foundation of family, faith and home. These are not outdated words. These are sacred titles earned through love, sacrifice, responsibility and the everyday work of raising children.

New York lawmakers may say this is about updating legal language or making the law more inclusive, but Americans have every right to ask why government keeps trying to rewrite the words that built the family. We are watching a culture that wants to soften, erase and replace anything connected to traditional family values, and many parents and grandparents are tired of being told to sit down and accept it.

A child does not cry out for a “gestating parent” when they are scared. A child does not run into the arms of a “non-gestating parent” when they need comfort. Children know Mom. Children know Dad. They know Grandma and Grandpa. These words carry love, protection, history and identity.

Nobody is saying every family looks the same. Nobody is saying people should be treated without dignity. But dignity for one group does not require erasing the words that millions of families have used for generations. We do not have to destroy language to show compassion.

Being a mother is part of my testimony. Being a grandmother is one of the greatest blessings of my life. Those words represent sleepless nights, prayers, discipline, tears, laughter, birthdays, school days, hard lessons and the kind of love only family can understand.

This is bigger than New York. This is about whether Americans are going to keep allowing politicians and activists to redefine the most basic parts of life. First they change the language. Then they change the culture. Then they tell you that what you have always known to be true is somehow offensive.

Well, I am not offended by Mom. I am not offended by Dad. I am not offended by Grandma or Grandpa. I am offended by a government that thinks it has the right to make those words disappear from the law and pretend it is progress.

America needs to honor the family again. We need to strengthen parents, respect grandparents and remind our children that family is not something to be rewritten by politicians. It is something to be protected.

I will always be Mom. I will always be Grandma. And I will never apologize for either one.