Originally Posted by
Candor
I find it extremely difficult to believe that a child of that age has the mental maturity necessary to make such a decision.
Divorce the parents from the child and a lot of problems get solved.
You would be surprised. One of the most consistant identifiers of trans people is that they often have "felt" this way since they could remember. Do they have the mental ability to grasp the concept of being transgender, and all of the difficulties that come with it? Oh no, definitely not. But many, if not most, trans people often report this feeling since the age of 3 or 4.
I won't say its impossible we have a pair of manipulating parents here. Why? Because I don't know for sure. However, if this child really feels this way, taking these surprisingly supportive parents out of the picture is doing a huge disservice to this kid. She got lucky . . . 9 out of 10 parents wouldn't be so facilitating. Anyone you replaced them with would almost certainly be worse.
As for the problems solved, they would be problems other people have with her. It won't help her one bit.
Last edited by Kastrel; 02-28-2013 at 07:23 PM.
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