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While on one hand yes, I understand that as a parent you want to guard your children against decisions that you feel might negatively impact them you have to ke

While on one hand yes, I understand that as a parent you want to guard your children against decisions that you feel might negatively impact them you have to keep in mind that there is a reason why a teenager goes to someone else with their problems. That reason starts with your behaviour as the parent, and not with an environmental factor. That said, children are not your property. They are your responsibility. If you're doing your job right, they've at that point been educated about what it means when someone transitions and what sort of impact it has on their life. During that talk, I expect you would speak about why you think that shouldn't happen before they're done growing. Out of respect for the emotional place this post most likely came from, I will refrain from addressing the frankly problematic sentence you put between hypotheses at the end of your post at length.

xiphias2 6y ago
,,If you're doing your job right, they've at that point been educated about what it means when someone transitions and what sort of impact it has on their life. ,,During that talk, I expect you would speak about why you think that shouldn't happen before they're done growing.'' I have no opinion actually on whether the transition should happen or not, I'm sorry if I came out too strongly about that. I believe it can be a good decision if a child is clearly behaving and feeling like she is a boy. What I'm most afraid is that lesbian children thinking that heterosexual girls will like them if they transition. The parents are responsible for the children as long as they are given the chance to respond, which is taken away by law in a few countries. But I'm right now 38 and I still have lots of secrets about my sexual life that I don't talk about with my parents, and I think that's OK, as none of them can be compared to the consequences of transitioning. What I see really important is to make sure that people know about the changing laws, make sure that those important changes are talked about.

xiphias2 6y ago

,,If you're doing your job right, they've at that point been educated about what it means when someone transitions and what sort of impact it has on their life. ,,During that talk, I expect you would speak about why you think that shouldn't happen before they're done growing.'' I have no opinion actually on whether the transition should happen or not, I'm sorry if I came out too strongly about that. I believe it can be a good decision if a child is clearly behaving and feeling like she is a boy. What I'm most afraid is that lesbian children thinking that heterosexual girls will like them if they transition. The parents are responsible for the children as long as they are given the chance to respond, which is taken away by law in a few countries. But I'm right now 38 and I still have lots of secrets about my sexual life that I don't talk about with my parents, and I think that's OK, as none of them can be compared to the consequences of transitioning. What I see really important is to make sure that people know about the changing laws, make sure that those important changes are talked about.