It is getting a bit out of control…
A small but growing number of teens and even younger children who think they were born the wrong sex are getting support from parents and from doctors who give them sex-changing treatments, according to reports in the medical journal Pediatrics.
It’s an issue that raises ethical questions, and some experts urge caution in treating children with pubertyblocking drugs and hormones. An 8-year-old second-grader in Los Angeles is a typical patient. Born a girl, the child announced at 18 months, “I a boy” and has stuck with that belief. The family was shocked but now refers to the child as a boy and is watching for the first signs of puberty to begin treatment, his mother told The Associated Press.
As for our part — notwithstanding anything — other than perhaps mental, moral, ethical, spiritual, behavioral, and psychological abuse we wonder, as should the Department of Social Services and other associated agencies, just who is raising whom? It is apparent that our culture is fading so quickly and dare I say this…that political correctness is out of control. How much does a child know at 18 months? We’re not sure if there is a definitive answer; subsequently, we will offer our own — not nearly as much as anyone of us do — whilst this particular situation looks as though this child is going to have issues for life.
Pediatricians need to know these kids exist and deserve treatment, said Dr. Norman Spack, author of one of three reports published Monday and director of one of the nation’s first gender identity medical clinics, at Children’s Hospital Boston.
