As Kids, They Thought They Were Trans.

They No Longer Do. Long, thouhtful NYT column by Pamela Paul on how the desire to be supportive of the trans community is being taken to extremes in unquestioningly accepting kids' self-diagnoses of gender dysphoria without adequately exploring other issues they may be facing.

As with most things, it seems like the truth lies somewhere between the "there is no such thing as a trans person" of the extreme right and the "to question a child's apparent desire to switch genders is murder" of the extreme left.

Click here for link at https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/02/opinion/transgender-child

Replies:

“There is no such thing as trans” - fortune_smith 2024-02-02 15:30:47
- You sound like a data driven household - ACross 2024-02-02 22:24:39
  - What would you do? - fortune_smith 2024-02-03 08:17:32
    - I would not give it much thought * - ACross 2024-02-04 19:22:19
      - Then the regulator would agree with the aggrieved parents - fortune_smith 2024-02-05 11:44:52
- One of my grandkids, now age 16, is beginning transition. - barney68 2024-02-02 16:47:44
  - Good luck to your grandson - fortune_smith 2024-02-03 08:04:22
    - He is, indeed, getting as much support as I can ... - barney68 2024-02-03 08:23:47
- Your last paragraph is something I've been thinking about a - Tex Francisco 2024-02-02 15:44:58
  - Religion largely absent from the issue at my kids' school - fortune_smith 2024-02-02 16:25:31
    - I have never seen this presented as a religious issue. - Domer84 2024-02-03 22:43:08
      - I'm not necessarily saying that the debate is being had - Tex Francisco 2024-02-04 12:37:32
  - Wouldn’t a culture which is more accepting - ufl 2024-02-02 16:16:18
I don't know why people get so jazzed up - ACross 2024-02-02 11:10:58
- They deserve love and support... - czeche 2024-02-03 15:34:28
- How is this diagnosed? * - ufl 2024-02-02 16:17:11
  - Kid identified as a particular gender - ACross 2024-02-02 17:46:21
    - Thanks - ufl 2024-02-02 19:58:49
      - I actually stepped pretty badly on my crank - ACross 2024-02-02 22:29:35
- Amen. * - ocnd 2024-02-02 14:18:43
- Is there a typo there? - DBCooper 2024-02-02 12:19:30
  - The child was 3. Typo * - ACross 2024-02-02 14:44:13
    - 3 seems quite early to know much of anything * - ravenium 2024-02-02 15:11:34
      - However also unlikey at that age for it to be a response to - wpkirish 2024-02-02 19:08:04
        Human nature is a complex mystery for sure - ravenium 2024-02-03 17:52:09
        Both of your points are highly valid and relevant - czeche 2024-02-04 07:59:23
        Who decided that affirmation is the only allowed response - Dutch 2024-02-04 09:25:44
      - Well, that is what happened - ACross 2024-02-02 17:00:53
        My experience with trans kids in fellowship - AquinasDomer 2024-02-02 18:14:48
      - My 3 year old once told my wife - manofdillon 2024-02-02 15:56:47
        Not sure if the kid was concerned about genitalia * - ACross 2024-02-02 18:57:19
        I don’t know your friends and am not passing judgment. - manofdillon 2024-02-02 20:34:14
        I never mentioned whether the child was a boy - ACross 2024-02-02 22:36:16
        The point still stands. - JTAD31 2024-02-03 07:59:52
        It’s patently absurd. * - thehibernian 2024-02-06 20:34:15
  - Statistically, that 5 year old is probably a biological boy - Tex Francisco 2024-02-02 12:40:07
- No one should disagree with your final sentence. - manofdillon 2024-02-02 11:19:31
- They also deserve medical care that considers not only if - FL_Irish 2024-02-02 11:18:02
  - This family has the medical issues covered * - ACross 2024-02-02 19:03:07
  - I think medical/psychological care in this area - Kali4niaND 2024-02-02 13:24:29
  - Indeed. * - Brahms 2024-02-02 12:40:48