This all began with a local petition I created to have the mask mandate dropped for the schools in our town, including the school our daughter attends. I wanted to create a safe & non-confrontational way for parents, grandparents, and concerned citizens of the community to take a stand & speak up for the children in their lives if they too felt the same way I did.

In starting my original petition & sharing on my social media platforms about the decision that was made by our local school board to drop the mask mandate for the remainder of the school year... I started to realize just how many people all over the United States and Canada have the same feelings & concerns for their children that we had for ours. Now I don't know how much of an effect my petition had on the schools boards final decision, if any at all, but what are we doing if we aren't doing what we feel God is calling us to do in our hearts? So that's what I'm going to do. Standing up & speaking out for what I believe in, in hopes to be a voice for the children. 

So now, I've decided to create this new petition as a safe & hopefully non-confrontational way for parents, grandparents, and concerned citizens all across the United States and Canada to take a stand & speak up for the children in their lives as well.    

As mask mandates are starting to slowly be dropped across the United States there are still so many communities, schools, cities, and states who are not dropping them. In my personal opinion wearing a mask never should have been a mandate, but instead a personal choice. It is also my personal opinion that I believe the masks are doing FAR more harm than good, especially when it comes to our children. Now, with that being said.. I'm not here to try to convince anyone to change their stance on what they believe, so save your debates for someone else because I will not engage. My goal is more so to bring those of us together who share the same deep concerns for our children & all the negative effects that the prolonged wearing of masks is having on them. 

I did not want my child in a mask any longer, and I know so many others feel the same way. So I decided I would not & could not sit by any longer without voicing my concern & being a VOICE for all of our children who unfortunately don’t have one in this matter. I have so many major issues with our babies, yes they are children but they are our babies, being forced to wear masks. There are so many issues and things I feel like so many people just aren’t considering. Just to name a few.....

•Lack of oxygen flow the masks creates is one big one. Having to wear a mask all day, every day for multiple hours is not healthy. I am not just referring to their physical health but also their mental health. Not to mention having to wear one on a hot bus as temperatures will only continue to rise as the school year goes on. Here are just a few examples of stories I've heard from other mamas about how their children are being effected both mentally & physically...

-My daughters asthma, which hasn't been an issue in 5 years, has flared up due to prolonged mask wearing and now she's having to use an inhaler again. I don't want my daughter being forced to wear one especially when it's causing health issues for her. -Amber /Mother of 3/ United States

-My daughter returned to school after the extended Christmas break (lockdown # 2) it was determined by the government she would need to wear a mask all day while at school. She has anxiety from wearing the masks due to a past trauma she had experienced. Basically anything that hinders her breathing in any way causes severe anxiety and stress. She has experienced panic attacks at school where she can’t catch her breath, turns red and cries uncontrollably for up to 30 mins. When this happens they put her in an isolated room alone away from anyone else (which only makes it worse). She has a number of times now been physically sick to her stomach at the end of the day from the anxiety and stress she feels all day. We have been seeing a therapist to give her strategies to cope and try to stop the panic attacks before they start but she is really struggling. She LOVES school and being around her friends and does not do well with online learning so we don’t know what to do anymore. The principal of her school sent her home for wearing a shield and not a mask and told me that if we have a problem with the masks to reach out to public health because it has nothing to do with the school board. After countless phone calls I finally got an answer that the school board does have a program in place that if a child’s mental health is severely affected by wearing masks they can get a doctor or therapists note for an exception. The principal knew full well about this policy but hid it from us and did not want me to know about it as an option for my child that she saw seriously struggling with her own eyes. -Sarah/Mother of 2/Canada

-My son, who's asthma has been documented with the school system for 7 years now, was given silent lunch detention if he wouldn’t, or couldn't for that matter, wear his mask. The district was given my guess a million dollars for “PPE” yet if a kid, even a small kindergarten child, forgot or lost their mask, and they had to provide a paper one, they punished the child by singling them out to sit alone and silent for lunch. -Marissa /Mother of 4/ United States 

•We are teaching our children to be afraid of other people, human contact & interaction. Instilling FEAR in them which is awful in itself. This will effect ALL of our children so much more than anyone realizes or is considering. It absolutely breaks my heart as a mom and just as a human. 

•I would also like to know who was truly thinking of our children when all this started? Child sex trafficking is a HUGE & very real, terrifying crisis going on in America! The REAL pandemic if you ask me. Who’s going to find our kids if God forbid they are taken & not only are they wearing a mask... but their abductor is as well?

I realize that most of our schools have safety precautions in place to prevent anyone who shouldn’t be at the schools from being there, & I am so glad, but as America starts to drop these mask mandates I feel it is SO important, for anyone & everyone who can, to stand in agreement that our children should NOT be masked anywhere at anytime for this very reason. To prevent them from being a victim of child sex trafficking. The change has to start somewhere and I PRAY that more parents, grandparents, communities, schools, cities, states & their officials will start to take a stand & be a part of that change to keep our children SAFE. 

To be clear, by saying all of this I am NOT saying Covid isn’t a very real & very scary thing. We personally have people in our lives who have passed from it & it is completely heartbreaking, life shattering, and my heart goes out to every single family that has been effected because it is absolutely tragic. Yet the doctors nor the media will tell you that most, if not all, of the people who have passed due to the virus also had underlying health conditions as well and were unfortunately not in good health. Virus’ can kill people and take them away so tragically & unexpectedly from their loved ones, just like so many other things in life can, and this one is no different. Trust me, my husband & I know loss.. as we have lost a son ourselves. But our children have been through enough... and I'm standing up for them to say enough is enough. I pray that more people will start to stand up, speak out, & be a VOICE to do what is best for our children. ���

For anyone who is uncomfortable with their children not wearing a mask they have the right to continue to have them wear one, and I am not here to judge anyone for a decision they make that they feel is best for THEIR CHILD. But for those of us who do NOT want our children in a mask any longer, and for those of us who want our children to go back to having a NORMAL childhood & school life... we should have that right to choose as well. It should not be mandated any longer. Give us the right as their parents to CHOOSE what we think is best for OUR children. Whether that's wearing a mask or not.  

I thank you for your time & pray that you will consider signing this, sharing it, and helping bring awareness to this extremely important petition fighting for the FREEDOM & SAFETY of your children & children EVERYWHERE. 

-Paige Hipp /Mother of 3/ United States