Our daughter was severely injured by a boy playing girls’ high school volleyball. Is your child safe?

One high school volleyball game on Sept. 1, 2022, changed our family’s lives forever. My daughter, Payton, was struck in the head and neck by a spike from a transgender-identifying male on the opposing team, causing her to lose consciousness and lay in a fencing position on the gym floor. We later found out she had suffered a traumatic brain injury, leaving her partially paralyzed on the right side of her body and unable to speak or see clearly.  

In hindsight, I should never have let her play in that game.