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[–]winterwillow 24 insightful - 2 fun24 insightful - 1 fun25 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

This person is a frequent poster on AL commenting about their struggles as "a lesbian family" and such. He posted on r/mtf about being irritated because one of his kids 'misgendering' him in public i e calling him daddy 3 months ago. Which kid, yeah this 5 year old.

I don't have a degree in child psychology but I would venture a guess that the kid notices all the changes, the irritation when he fails to call his dad 'mama' and now tries to please his dad by also 'becoming a girl' and perhaps regain some feeling of control or the world making sense. But of course for the trans parent it's 'innate gender identity' and let's change pronouns!

[–]strawberryfields4evr 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

As a social worker, this hits the nail on the head for me. Very attachment-y, not gender dysphoria. "Please notice me. Please approve of me. Please be nice to me."