'What wouldn't you do for your child?' Take them to a therapist, apparently

submitted by Femaleisnthateful from self.GenderCritical

So, the CBC keeps posting these articles (seriously, it's like a weekly occurrence) about transgender kids which are meant to be affirming.

All I got from this was a child expressed discomfort with his biological sex and that his mother, without trying to explore why and over the objections of the child's father, reflexively transed him.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/our-9-year-old-child-ryder-is-transgender-but-parenting-isn-t-about-labels-1.5670780

(edited because I can't figure out how to include a link and text in the same submission)

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[–]artetolife 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

She threatened to leave her husband and take their children away just for leaving the option to dress like a boy possible, how is it not obvious who's running the show here?

[–]slushpilot 6 insightful - 6 fun6 insightful - 5 fun7 insightful - 6 fun -  (0 children)

Odds of a vegan cat in the household are nonzero.

[–]MadLass 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Jesus there is literally no middle ground with TRA. Its all or nothing especially with some of these parents. Asking if theyve seen a psychiatrist is a perfectly VALID question.

[–]artetolife 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I think she is the one who should be seeing a psychiatrist. Looking at the mommy-blog part of her website she definitely gives me munchausen's vibes, and the way she constantly brings up Ryder's penis is really weird.

[–]TurtleFuzz 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That's gross. Yes, a penis is natural but why would you bring up your child's genitals and talk about them to the whole internet? This woman sounds like she wants to have her own TV show or something.

[–]artetolife 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah, imagine your mother writing stuff like that about you. I'm sure he loves the attention right now but when he gets older? Goes to show how much these parents really care about the dignity of their children.

[–]PassionateIntensity 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

CBC has to take into account public feedback--write them letters about this crap.

[–]our_team_is_winning 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

<Ryder preferred dresses and pink sparkly clothing from the moment she could crawl to the cupboard and pull out her own clothes.>

Wow, I did NOT do that. Guess I failed at being a girl. In fact, at FOUR, I don't recall ever picking out my clothes. I just put on what my mom bought for me. Why do I suspect that is exactly what happened here as well?

[–]teacherterf 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Why are all of these stories exactly the same? "From a very young age, our penis-child liked pink and sparkly things. This horrified us, because there is nothing worse than a boy who likes pink and sparkly things! So we tried punishing our penis-child and offering blue and trucks. To our surprise and dismay, our penis-child did not respond well to this discipline. So we drew the only reasonable and loving conclusion: we told our penis-child that she was actually a girl! Now she has full access to pink and sparkly things, and we tell her every day how special she is. She is doing sooooo much better than she was when we punished her and made her play with blue trucks!!! There was no other way to handle this situation. The haters can all go to hell. 🏳️‍🌈❤🏳️‍🌈❤🏳️‍🌈❤🏳️‍🌈❤🏳️‍🌈❤" Is there no reporter willing to ask these brain-dead parents why they were more willing to accept that they had a "girl with a penis" than a "son who likes pink"?