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[–]Femaleisnthateful 15 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I did everything I could think of to cut off that kind of talk. There were time-outs, so many time-outs. There were spankings and yelling matches and endless prayers

Punishing your child for saying "I'm a girl" and playing with 'girls' toys. Yeah, this isn't at all an unhealthy environment. I'm sure Kai's distress was purely related to being born in the wrong body and not having an abusive family.