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Glenn Beck reminded parents this Christmas that the single most meaningful gift they can give a child is not another gadget or a carefully curated online persona, but a steady reminder of who that child was meant to be. His message is plain and urgent: in an age of engineered confusion, parents must stand firm as the authors of their children’s identity and destiny.
That urgency is not empty talk — our kids are hurting in measurable ways. Government data show alarming spikes in sadness, hopelessness, and suicidal thinking among high-school students, with roughly four in ten reporting persistent feelings of despair and one in five seriously considering self-harm. These are not abstract statistics; they are the cost of a culture that abandons the family and elevates chaos.
Big Tech and social media have played a leading role in hollowing out young people’s confidence and sense of belonging. Major surveys and reporting find teens increasingly overwhelmed by online life, with significant shares saying social platforms hurt their sleep, productivity, and mental health — while states are even suing companies like Meta for designing addictive systems that prey on vulnerable young minds. If we love our children, we stop outsourcing their souls to algorithms.
At the same time, schools and institutions too often side with ideology over common sense, leaving families scrambling to reclaim basic truths about sex, biology, and healthy development. The fight over curricula and library materials in places like Florida is a symptom of a broader battle: either parents command the narrative of childhood or bureaucrats and activists will. Parents who refuse to fight for their children’s formative years are handing them to a woke cartel.
That’s why Beck’s exhortation — to give children a gift that reminds them who they are meant to become — is political and personal at once. It’s political because reclaiming authority over upbringing means pushing back against classrooms and corporations that profit from confusion; it’s personal because the most effective remedies are simple: presence, truth, faith, and discipline. Conservative parents should wear that responsibility proudly and act like it.
Practical steps are obvious and within reach: unplug more, enforce family meals, read the Bible or founding documents together, and set firm limits on online access. Public health experts note that strong family bonds and connection protect adolescent well-being — so the evidence supports what commonsense conservatives have always known: kids thrive in stable, loving homes. Make this Christmas the season you put those practices into place.
Politically, we must demand accountability from tech platforms and insist that schools answer to parents instead of ideology. The lawsuits, the state-level fights, and the debates over classroom content are not distractions — they are the front lines where the next generation’s character will be won or lost. Conservatives should push lawmakers, school boards, and courts to defend childhood, not redefine it.
So to every hardworking American parent reading this: give your children the most meaningful gift you can — your presence, your judgment, and your refusal to let them be remade by strangers. This is a fight for their souls and for the future of our country, and it begins at your kitchen table this Christmas. If we reclaim our role as parents now, our children will grow up to be citizens who love God, family, and country rather than followers of whatever fad the culture industry is selling next.
