The sheer weight on my mind would be doing whats best for my kid... To me the weight of this problem is really knowing the sheer world of obstacles that will be in their way if they are indeed going that route and... I think as a parent anyone obviously want to shield them from that.chinangel said:this is for everyone but as a transgirl myself, I have become curious.
Let's say you have a child and as they grow up you notice they're not like other kids. THey're either unusually effeminate or tomboyish, liking my little pony or transformers over what you would normally expect for a child.
And they're not growing out of it. In fact they're expressing a strong desire to become the opposite gender, saying that they want medicine to change them....
How, as a parent, would you handle this? Bear in mind we are talking about someone roughly around 13 years old.
What would you do, and why?
Now in this example at 13 yrs, I'm not exactly inclined to be all gunho go for it as I would be if my kid was older in making this decision. At 18, I'd be all right on. At 13 were still talking about what is essentially a child dealing with a lot of changes and drama in their life, and I'm not comfortable with accepting a decision that'll change their life to that magnatude on their word alone.
But I suppose if this is the situation, the only wise thing to do is get them to see a gender pyschologist (which they'd have to anyway if theyre going that route, no?) and have them confirm it and figure out the best course of action from there.
I mean, cause what the fuck could I do? It's my kid. It's not the life I'd pick for them or hope they would have, because it's certainly not going to be easy.
Kinda seems like a silly question though. If one has kids, you want to take care of them and do right by them. To act any other way, then you shouldn't be having kids. Granted my view of this comes with the fact I've never had religion in my life, and I'm reasonably educated on Trans issues. But still, the kids come first and you always act in the children's best interest. It's how I was raised, anyway.