Children becoming transgender is a new trend
What was your dream job when you were a child? What is your dream job now, or even current job? Notice how differently your dreams change as you grow up. We are all aware that children are constantly going through phases and making irrational decisions, because we too experienced them. So, why on earth a parent would allow their child to make the decision to completely change their gender at a young age, completely beats me.
When was young I was a complete tomboy. Totally decked out in race car t-shirts and playing with power ranger action figures. You know those gigantic castle sets that could fold right in half, with the little knights and horses? My dad bought me one or those, and it definitely became My Toy. All through elementary school I constantly smelt like the sweaty outdoors and heated plastic. At any time during this period of my life you could've asked me if I wanted to become a boy and I would have said yes in a heart beat.
Now flash forward a couple years later, entering middle school and I show up to the first day in a bright pink dress with an embroidered flower print. Smelling like a freshly made birthday cake, and my mouth filled with the taste of strawberry flavored lipgloss. Actually kind of embarrassing now that I think about it. Point is, between those few years I went from being the "Is that a boy or a girl?" to what any person would easily refer to as a "girly girl".
Every individual experiences there own phases in life. Although we may still posses some of the same characteristics from the time that we are young to now, age does allow us to grow to become more aware of who we truly are.
Now in 2017 being apart of the LGBTQ community is nothing new. More and more people are feeling comfortable with coming out, which don't get me wrong, is completely amazing. I love that people now feel that they can fully express themselves to the public. But "coming out", or choosing to become transgender has definitely turned into more of a trend, especially within the social media influencer category. And just like I became influenced into buying an entire collection of hot wheels because of what I saw on t.v., children are beginning to become influenced into questioning there own identity and gender affiliation based off of what they see online.
It is now officially "a thing" that parents are allowing their children to begin the process of becoming transgender at a young age. This is seeing that it is much easier to become trans in an undeveloped body then that of a fully mature male or female body. And as a parent you are always wanting to insure that your child is happy and feels comfortable within their own skin. Parents feel that by allowing their child to transition they are helping them to find their own identity, and by not letting them they are somehow restricting them of their "freedom of expression".
However, this is completely not the case. You can still allow for your child to express themselves without having to make the drastic change of completely changing their gender. Your child will not "forever hate you", and will most likely look back and laugh at the entire situation.
How exactly does one change genders as a child? Doctors use, depending on what gender the child is transitioning to, either using hormones, testosterone, or a new kind of technique called "puberty blockers".
Puberty blockers cause for a child to never experience puberty, and therefore do not develop any of the physical body characteristics that they may not want. It allows for boys voices to stay lighter, and for females to remain flat chested.
Doesn't seem like such a bad idea considering that you can always remove these blockers later on down the road. However, using hormones or puberty blockers does permanently sterilize you. Meaning that you would never be able to have children of your own.
Now tell your child "Hey by doing this you're never going to be able to have children of your own," and their response will probably be an easy "I don't care". But I mean what child wants to think about having children?
I understand wanting to let your child to learn to make their own decisions, but these ones are completely life changing. If we aren't allowing our children to make permanent decisions like getting a tattoo, or even impermanent decisions like voting, then there is absolutely no way we should allow for our children to make the decision of actually becoming transgender.
When was young I was a complete tomboy. Totally decked out in race car t-shirts and playing with power ranger action figures. You know those gigantic castle sets that could fold right in half, with the little knights and horses? My dad bought me one or those, and it definitely became My Toy. All through elementary school I constantly smelt like the sweaty outdoors and heated plastic. At any time during this period of my life you could've asked me if I wanted to become a boy and I would have said yes in a heart beat.
Now flash forward a couple years later, entering middle school and I show up to the first day in a bright pink dress with an embroidered flower print. Smelling like a freshly made birthday cake, and my mouth filled with the taste of strawberry flavored lipgloss. Actually kind of embarrassing now that I think about it. Point is, between those few years I went from being the "Is that a boy or a girl?" to what any person would easily refer to as a "girly girl".
Every individual experiences there own phases in life. Although we may still posses some of the same characteristics from the time that we are young to now, age does allow us to grow to become more aware of who we truly are.
Now in 2017 being apart of the LGBTQ community is nothing new. More and more people are feeling comfortable with coming out, which don't get me wrong, is completely amazing. I love that people now feel that they can fully express themselves to the public. But "coming out", or choosing to become transgender has definitely turned into more of a trend, especially within the social media influencer category. And just like I became influenced into buying an entire collection of hot wheels because of what I saw on t.v., children are beginning to become influenced into questioning there own identity and gender affiliation based off of what they see online.
It is now officially "a thing" that parents are allowing their children to begin the process of becoming transgender at a young age. This is seeing that it is much easier to become trans in an undeveloped body then that of a fully mature male or female body. And as a parent you are always wanting to insure that your child is happy and feels comfortable within their own skin. Parents feel that by allowing their child to transition they are helping them to find their own identity, and by not letting them they are somehow restricting them of their "freedom of expression".
However, this is completely not the case. You can still allow for your child to express themselves without having to make the drastic change of completely changing their gender. Your child will not "forever hate you", and will most likely look back and laugh at the entire situation.
How exactly does one change genders as a child? Doctors use, depending on what gender the child is transitioning to, either using hormones, testosterone, or a new kind of technique called "puberty blockers".
Puberty blockers cause for a child to never experience puberty, and therefore do not develop any of the physical body characteristics that they may not want. It allows for boys voices to stay lighter, and for females to remain flat chested.
Doesn't seem like such a bad idea considering that you can always remove these blockers later on down the road. However, using hormones or puberty blockers does permanently sterilize you. Meaning that you would never be able to have children of your own.
Now tell your child "Hey by doing this you're never going to be able to have children of your own," and their response will probably be an easy "I don't care". But I mean what child wants to think about having children?
I understand wanting to let your child to learn to make their own decisions, but these ones are completely life changing. If we aren't allowing our children to make permanent decisions like getting a tattoo, or even impermanent decisions like voting, then there is absolutely no way we should allow for our children to make the decision of actually becoming transgender.
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