Transgender Children: When Do You Know Who You Are?

September 27th, 2011 - By madamenoire

What would you do if your son told you he was a girl? Or if your daughter told you she was a boy and wanted to be identified as such for the rest of their life. Such is the plight for transgendered children, individuals who feel like they’ve been born in the wrong body. CNN recently interviewed the parents of these children. Check out the piece below.

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  • Lex

    Just a thought folks.

  • nursedred

    Trannys aren’t new. Look up the hijra in india who have been around for centuries. They are men who leave their communities to have their genitals cut off and live as women. They consider themselves a third sex. If one of my children told me they felt like they were born the wrong gender I don’t know what i would do though i would definitely still love them, i wouldnt consent to any sort of medication or surgery to change their appearance. You need to think long and hard before you do anything life altering

  • della

    this is NOT an emotion or a phase they go through! can you even imagine what your child would be going through? and then on top of that knowing that the 1 person in the world who should love them no matter what doesnt accept and refuses to support their true identity! i hope you dont have children because you are not prepared for the trying times of parenthood!

    • letthemplay

      Della, how can you state that misslady is not ready for parenthood b/c she doesnt agree with their methods?! you sound absolutely immature. Those final decisions should be left to adults NOT children. Does your child or any child for that matter tell you what to do?! I am aware of the difficulties children must endure…but that does not mean parents should hop on board with their children and change their sex. What if a few yrs later the child wants to change back?! CHILDREN are indecisive and incapable of making such difficult decisions. And I know for a fact, God forbid…if my child felt that way there is NO WAY i would encourage such a decision. He/She would have to figure it out when they become adults just like my cousin. America is pushing for parents to be too accepting and too damn liberal at times. Children are supposed to be playing with childish things NOT focusing on their gender identity. LET THEM PLAY AND LET THEM LIVE. That is why they are called children and we are the ADULTS! God Bless them all.

  • Kayla

    that child would need therapy, problem is people are trying to be too liberal. no there's is a big problem if my child wanted to be the opposite sex there's is nothing normal about that. Gender -Identity disorder is real and needs to be addressed

  • MsSheba

    wow. I would love my son or daughter regardless of the lifestyle or preference they choose or feel is more natural. I would help them as much as I could..not too sure about the drugs and hormones, but maybe the blocker. This has to be so hard for the children and parents. Parents must be accepting of their kids or else we end up with down low adults leading false lives.

  • Guest

    God Bless all the children and families who are dealing with this. I wouldn't even pretend to understand, because I've never had to deal with anything similar.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1263206151 Debra Richardson

    200 hundred yeard ago women just dressed as men.. served in wars & etc ..no one knew

  • Princess Grace

    where were these issues 200-400 years ago? I am not say they are not real but chemicals; birth control, engineered foods and supped up meats are causing this.

    • Ashley

      hmmm…interesting, I never thought about that.

    • misslady

      i so agree….not even 200 to 400 years ago look at the 40's and 60's this wasnt an issue at all with children

    • http://twitter.com/ibramblebush ibramblebush

      Those were the days……sigh.

    • dejaevu

      I think its crazy for someone to say things didnt happen 200-400 years ago. Were you there??? I agree with della if people knew you felt that way you were killed or shunned. So I believe that people just didnt say anything they lived in misery. The saying goes "what is now has always been", Nothing is new only being recycled until the world comes to an end. Just saying.

  • IllyPhilly

    I'm all for being proud to be gay and having your own style, but changing your body with surgery is a whole other story. I'm not talking about adding weave or eye-liner or wearing boxers if you're a girl, but booty injections, implants, making your outer parts into inner parts is too much. That's cheating.