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October 29, 2008, 8:42 pm PDT
10/29 Gender Confused Children
Quote From: mizzymacI think that there is gender identity issues with children, but to say whether a boy really should have been a girl or a girl really should have been a boy cannot be determined until they are much older. I know many boys that had girl like tendencies growing up, but are straight men with some very feminine characteristics. What happend if their parents had decided that they were really girls and decided that they should have been raised as girls. Do you think that maybe they could have become suicidal, drug using, depressed teens. We need to protect our children and educate them on how they really feel and how society behaves. When they are old enough to decided whether they can deal with the negative issues that will come along with their decision then their family should be there to support them and advocate for them. I believe early intervention with hormonal therapy and psychological counselling can be crucial for these Transgender kids. If there is ANY dount that the child may be acting out a "phase" in their life then it is appropriate to delay hormonal theraly. When it is painfully clear after years and years of identifying as the opposite sex, hormonal therapy should be strongly considered to prevent the deveopment of secondary sexual characteristics and allow the child's physical body to develop ain allignment with their mental gender identity.
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