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She brought attention that people put social pressure on underage teens to get trans operation without their parents' consent. I would be very angry if it would happen to my 13-17 year old daughter, as children in that age are not yet capable of understanding the consequences of the operation for there whole life (includung shortening it and making it painful by injecting hormones).
While on one hand yes, I understand that as a parent you want to guard your children against decisions that you feel might negatively impact them you have to keep in mind that there is a reason why a teenager goes to someone else with their problems. That reason starts with your behaviour as the parent, and not with an environmental factor. That said, children are not your property. They are your responsibility. If y…
I have no opinion actually on whether the transition should happen or not, I'm sorry if I came out too strongly about that.
I believe it can be a good decision if a child is clearly behaving and feeling like she is a boy.
What I'm most afraid is that lesbian children thinking that heterosexual girls will like them if they transition.
The parents are responsible for the children as long as they are given the chance to respond, which is taken away by law in a few countries. But I'm right now 38 and I still have lots of secrets about my sexual life that I don't talk about with my parents, and I think that's OK, as none of them can be compared to the consequences of transitioning.
What I see really important is to make sure that people know about the changing laws, make sure that those important changes are talked about.