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What would you do if your child came out as transgender?

Best practices are always up for debate. But that debate needs to be among experts to determine the course of treatment not the general public or the government. The Cass Report is highly flawed and myopic - a bad choice on your part to use that as the basis of your stance. American doctors and medical professionals are constantly reviewing and revising their practices to become more effective. In fact:

Medical professionals emphasize the importance of family support in helping children with gender dysphoria. Key aspects include:
  1. Emotional Support: Providing unconditional love and acceptance is crucial. Children who feel supported by their families have better mental health outcomes.
  2. Open Communication: Families should create an environment where the child feels safe to express their feelings.
  3. Education: Families should seek to understand gender dysphoria and explore resources, including counseling and medical professionals, to support the child.
  4. Collaboration with Healthcare Providers: Working with mental health and medical professionals helps in navigating treatment options like social or medical transition.
Family support plays a key role in reducing risks of depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues in children with gender dysphoria.

This is a "best practice".

Absolutely I would advocate family support of an alcoholic. It's essential as a foundation to recovery. Why would you go against this best practice?

The decisions about treating gender dysphoria need to be made by families in consultation with medical experts based on their unique situation. Blanket, knee jerk reactionary decisions are harmful.
i love that some people think "get them mental health assistance" is a good suggestion and not already part of the best practices...these people should stick to reposting rightwing memes because informed opinions about nuanced, complicated subjects is simply beyond their capacity
 
I'm not sure autism is an accurate comparison to transgenderism.

Autistic people don't really have a choice in their condition. Trans people definitely have a choice in if they transition or not.
Autistic people are still autistic even if they don't treat their condition. The condition transgender people have is gender dysphoria. People don't have a choice about whether they have gender dysphoria. They have the same choice as autistic people do, whether to treat their condition or not.
 
Autistic people are still autistic even if they don't treat their condition. The condition transgender people have is gender dysphoria. People don't have a choice about whether they have gender dysphoria. They have the same choice as autistic people do, whether to treat their condition or not.

That's true but people with gender dysphoria don't have to take hormones or get surgery, etc.

We all have desires we shouldn't act on. Sometimes I'd like to give the middle finger to someone that cuts me off in traffic but I don't. :)
 
That's true but people with gender dysphoria don't have to take hormones or get surgery, etc.

We all have desires we shouldn't act on. Sometimes I'd like to give the middle finger to someone that cuts me off in traffic but I don't. :)
I assume you are basing your thoughts on your religious beliefs. Do you think God wants people to live with conditions that are harmful to them? Should everyone be required to live with the body they were born with? Are other elective changes to a person's body "bad" in God's eyes?
 
We just got a scary message from our son’s college that they found a student dead in my son’s dorm. My son didn’t know them but has friends who did. It sounds like the deceased recently came out as trans and their family completely disowned them. Everyone who knew the deceased says they were taking it extremely hard and they are assuming it was a suicide.

My son is trans, so this hits really close to home and I got very emotional when I heard this. I couldn’t imagine not supporting my child. I also can’t imagine the guilt and pain those parents are experiencing now.

The trans hate in this country needs to stop.

I realize this is a sensitive subject and I’ll probably get lots of hate from the usual suspects, but I have most of those hateful bigots on ignore anyway.
The threshold for disownment in my nuclear family is attempted murder of someone else in the nuclear family. You can do anything else and I’ll let you stay.
 
Is it any surprise that it is all the far left posters that have the gay/trans kids?
Not at all. They'll tell you it's because they're more loving and accepting thus allowing their kids to be their "true selves" but the real reason becomes pretty obvious when you notice the key trend taking place as you did.
 
The threshold for disownment in my nuclear family is attempted murder of someone else in the nuclear family. You can do anything else and I’ll let you stay.
No wonder [they] think they can do whatever they want to whomever they want and get away with it. Daddy with the shoulder to cry on...auntie Cumala with the bail funds.......
 
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Son pretending to be a woman — continue to treat him as my son.

Daughter pretending to be a man — continue to treat her as my daughter.

Don’t like it? Tough shinola.

Thankfully, everyone in my nuclear family has turned out normal, so I’ll never have to deal with this kind of foolishness.
 
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Trans suicides statistically increase if they are affirmed and go through gender surgery. Just fyi since you don't seem to understand the data. Affirming mental illness isn't a kindness and you're not a good person for doing so.
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I assume you are basing your thoughts on your religious beliefs. Do you think God wants people to live with conditions that are harmful to them? Should everyone be required to live with the body they were born with? Are other elective changes to a person's body "bad" in God's eyes?

I'm basing my view on the social sciences and natural law.

40% of trans people try to kill themselves.

People can do whatever they want. I'm just giving my personal opinion.
 
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Trans suicides statistically increase if they are affirmed and go through gender surgery. Just fyi since you don't seem to understand the data. Affirming mental illness isn't a kindness and you're not a good person for doing so.
The only acceptable answer from the "tolerant" "rainbow jihad" left is that you'll love and fully support their mental illness. Not only will their mental illness not be questioned, it will be celebrated and will be the center of attention. Anything other than that and you're a transphobic, MAGAT, bigot who caused trans people to commit suicide.
 
Explain how you view is based on social science and natural law.

Because trans people have sky high suicide rates and mental illness, according to the social sciences.

The vast majority of people are either born male or female. Transgenderism is based on the feeling that one is the wrong gender.

I don't mean to slander trans people or their families. I feel sorry for any group that has an 80% suicidal ideation rate.


 
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I have seen to many instances where multiple children within a family are confused about their gender. It is environmental, it’s how they are raised and what they are exposed to.

I 100% agree with this.

Are some people born gay? I do believe so.

Are some people gay but not born gay? I do believe so.

I've already given the example of a girl that wanted to be a boy. Took meds and now changed her mind. Mad at family for allowing her to do what she did.

I also know a lady very well, she's the most liberal person I've ever met in my life. She's a man hating, feminist, embarrassed to be white type of person. Oh, and of course atheist. She is left of left.

I've known her for roughly five years.

She has two daughters.

One of the daughters in those five years has always been a lesbian.
The other daughter thought she wanted to be a lesbian as well. Even the lady that I know questioned if she wanted to be a lesbian because her sister was. Now apparently she has changed her name to a more gender neutral name and think she's trans.

Fast forward to this year, the older daughter is in college and out of state. All she talks about now is a guy she met.

This lady has raised her two daughters to be CONFUSED.
 
The only acceptable answer from the "tolerant" "rainbow jihad" left is that you'll love and fully support their mental illness. Not only will their mental illness not be questioned, it will be celebrated and will be the center of attention. Anything other than that and you're a transphobic, MAGAT, bigot who caused trans people to commit suicide.
Let’s assume for purposes of discussion it is a mental illness.

Do you discard others in your family with other types of mental illness? Question whether it’s legit? Tell them to suck it up, don’t be a wuss?
 
Because trans people have sky high suicide rates and mental illness, according to the social sciences, compared to other demographics.

The vast majority of people are either born male or female. Transgenderism is based on the feeling that one is the wrong gender.

I don't mean to slander trans people or their families. I feel sorry for any group that has an 80% suicidal ideation rate.


The suicide rate proves the condition is real and needs to be treatment to reduce suicidal depression.

Why does it matter that most people are born male or female?
 
The suicide rate proves the condition is real and needs to be treatment to reduce suicidal depression.

Why does it matter that most people are born male or female?

I agree they need treatment.

Trans people think they are the wrong sex/gender based on their feelings.

I could wake up tomorrow and decide I'm really a woman but that wouldn't make it so.
 
Then when they turn 18 and are legally allowed to be fully and independently responsible for their actions, I'll have to switch from the role of a "coach" to "spectator/fan".

Nah, you are still a coach.

I'll coach my kids until I die.

They certainly don't have to listen to me, but I'll allows give them coaching. To me, that's what parents do.
 
Let’s assume for purposes of discussion it is a mental illness.

Do you discard others in your family with other types of mental illness? Question whether it’s legit? Tell them to suck it up, don’t be a wuss?
No, because you've acknowledged it for what it is.... a mental illness. And then those with said mental illness are encouraged to treat their mental illness, seek therapy for their mental illness, take drugs to help their mental illness.

What a dumb attempt at a comparison.
 
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The suicide rate proves the condition is real and needs to be treatment to reduce suicidal depression.

Why does it matter that most people are born male or female?
“Real” because of social media and phones. Or will some argue it’s always been there at current rates before social media and phones?

I think it’s caused by social media and phones. Which means people are permanently altering their bodies because of the power of suggestion.

There is no test for the condition.

Preventing suicide in the short term…maybe. Long term?

Pumping a kid full of hormones or cutting off their genitals at a young age seems criminal to me.

Would everybody buy the same first car, take same first job, date same people, etc if they could go back in time? Now chop off your penis or breast or pump yourself up with puberty blockers with zero regrets?
 
I'm not sure autism is an accurate comparison to transgenderism.

Autistic people don't really have a choice in their condition. Trans people definitely have a choice in if they transition or not.
Transitioning is a treatment to the condition. The condition is Gender Dysphoria. They have no choice in the condition there either. Not only is it a accurate comparison it is most likely related.

Would you ever consider telling an autistic person to go to church and stop being autistic?
 
Transitioning is a treatment to the condition. The condition is Gender Dysphoria. They have no choice in the condition there either. Not only is it a accurate comparison it is most likely related.

Would you ever consider telling an autistic person to go to church and stop being autistic?

I wouldn't tell anyone that.

Thanks for your perspective.
 
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