Doctors say trans kids often say they are what they think their parents want them to be.

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[–]bootylicious 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

And we can verify this because someone made an image of it and posted it at Saidit.

I think kids also try to rebel against what their parents tell them. They don't really understand their sexuality at a young age, but would like to think that they do, that they can be different, special, unusual, etc, etc.

[–]LibertyV 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Exactly. I remember as a kid once grumbling that I wished I was black so I could be special. Being white(...ish) I was just... Nothing.

Of course as an adult (hell, even as a kid slightly older than that) I realize that's stupid, but kids are still learning how to think.

[–]bootylicious 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Well, you were "special". I knew of absolutely no one who wanted to be black.

[–]LordBeetusRises 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Did you grow up in a city? In my city, pretty much everyone want to be black. Whiggers and chiggers were the norm, not the exception.

[–]bootylicious 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Perhaps you're seeing their interest in black culture or music as a something more than their basic interest.

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

Complete replication of their dress and language is not really interest in culture. Especially calling each other "nigga" and pretending to be in gang, despite being from the burbs. It was cringe af. I mean, that's where the terms "whiggers" and "chigger" came from.

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

Nah, just blasted with propaganda in school and pop culture that if you're not black, or at least Hispanic or maaaaybe Asian, you're unremarkable