Divorced parents is very often the healthier life for kids, but only if one or both of the parents is genuinely committed to making sure that the kids needs are prioritised over their anger. That's not the case here, their divorce is about as bad as you can imagine really and will likely be causing them all sorts of emotional damage. My cousin was honestly ripe to fall into this fucking cult. I was talking to my mum about it after we found out and she's hoping that it's only a social transition, and obviously that would be better, but there seems to be plenty of evidence appearing to show that socially transitioning kids is damaging in and of itself. I hope she hasn't/won't go down the medication route but I'm not optimistic.

This is the 4th woman/girl in my life that has transed to some degree in 2022. Two acquaintances, (who are both scheduled for mastectomy soon), a fairly close friend and now my cousin. I have another, slightly older cousin who I also worry about getting sucked into this, because she's always been very gender non-conforming and has friends who are starting to trans. It feels like I'm living in a sick joke.