American College of Pediatrics reaches decision: Transgenderism of children is child abuse

MAJ (Join to see) - It isn't so much "thinking" as it is "knowing". I can see how you would think that a 6 year old knows only what their parents and environments teach them. However, children who Express and early desire to be the opposite sex do so with no outside influence. This means that a family could raise a physically male child as a boy, and that child still may know they are female and insist consistently and persistently that they are female. This is completely different from a 6 year old boy saying "I'm Batman" one day and "I'm a pony" the next. Identity is internal and unchanging, and as a child goes through the formative years that teach the differences between the sexes, they will align with one or the other.

Take myself for an example. I was homeschooled in a Christian, conservative home in Texas. We didn't have Internet until I was 6 or 7. I only spent time with other Christian, conservative kids from other homeschooled families. When we did play with other kids, the girls would run off to their room to play dolls, and I would run off with the little boys to play outside. There was absolutely no external influence that might have confused me or made me think that I was a girl. Yet, I have memories from when I was 3 or 4 years old, and knew for a fact that I was a girl, and that I wanted to be inside playing with dolls.

I definitely was taught what to think, because I grew up thinking the same way my parents did about life, religion, sin, etc. I was never taught to feel like a girl, but I knew I was a girl anyway.

I apologize for the typos. I am on mobile and cannot edit once I've already posted.

SSG(P) (Join to see) According to the FBI, they work with many organizations. One such listed organization, under the public outreach section, is the Southern Poverty Law Center.

If the FBI works with them, I'm extremely sorry to burst any bubbles. The Southern Poverty Law Center is not the hate group. Just because all transphobic people want to continue to grasp and hold on to any one opinion, does not make it right or your's.

https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/civil-rights/hate-crimes

LTJG (Join to see) - Thanks for sharing your background. Mine is I have 4 sisters and no brothers so I grew up playing with dolls and dresses, just glad my parents didn't attempt any therapy with me, because I'm 100% straight. This is a permanent decision and if you make the wrong decision there is no fixing it. (my Son also has four sisters, and likes to play like a girl, working on some guy time with him) Individuals should be free to choose what they want to do with their bodies, but parents should not make permanent major life altering decisions. Transgendered kids can wait until adulthood to get the permanent treatments. Especially when post op regret has been studied to be between 2-20%.

You nailed it.

Exactly, SSG Steven Mangus! We may as well make the drinking and smoking ages open to anyone since school-aged children can make life altering decisions, according to the unhinged left.

What if your child realizes he/she/androgynous decides the want to be a tree or a dog?