A hub for parents, children and families
Every child is priceless, and no Penny should be stolen.
Stolen Penny’s is a nonprofit effort started by Tarin Swain and her daughter, Penny. It is a place where parents and children share their testimonies about social and physical transitions in their school districts, and where anyone who wants to detransition, or to come out of that space, can find support.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
How it started
It began with a survey on Penny’s first day of sixth grade.
On the first day of sixth grade, Conejo Valley Unified School District gave Penny a “get to know me” survey. Through what seemed like a simple, innocent get-to-know-you survey, she was introduced to the whole transgender ideology. Penny came home that first day and talked to her mom about it. Her transition started with that survey on day one, and it only grew stronger from there, as teachers agreed to keep her new name and pronouns from her parents.
Penny has since come out of it, and now she wants to help other kids do the same.
In their own words
A mother and daughter, telling the truth.
Tell your child the truth because it is the most loving thing you can do when they are confused and believing lies.
I am still a work in progress but I now have hope for a better future.
We are still on a journey of healing, and it truly is a detox from the public school doctrine.
Then & now
Penny came out of it.
The “then” photos cover Penny’s first year in public school through her time transitioning at school. The “now” photos show Penny today.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
Speaking out together
Penny and Tarin tell their story in public, side by side.
Together they spoke at the Moms for America MomVote Town Hall with JD Vance. Tarin has also spoken before the Ventura City Council and appeared as a guest on The Matt Gaetz Show on One America News.
“We cannot win a spiritual war with earthly weapons. We must first surrender fully to Jesus and then by the power of the Holy Spirit walk in the authority that God gives us to stop evil and restore others to their Creator. I am on a restoration mission.”
Join us
Three ways to help.
Share your story
Parent, student or someone coming out of it yourself: your testimony about what happened in your school district matters.
Share Your StoryBook Penny & Tarin
Invite a mother and daughter to share, together, what happened at school and how Penny found her way back.
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