Transgender Second Grader

[DanaC]

Kids at that age have very clear ideas about whether they're a boy or a girl in my experience. The fact that this child's identity doesn't match his physiology is creating some difficulties. If he was very clear that he was a boy there would be no problem. Unfortunately he is very clear he isn't and that is causing problems. If he was five years olde we would barely question his knowledge of himself, but we assume that boys know they're boys and girls know theyre girls at this early age.

[Sheldonrs]

For the record, I knew I was gay before I knew what gay was.

How many of you had crushes on the opposite sex when you were little? How many had crushes on a teacher of the opposite sex then?

Anyone who thinks don't have more than a few clues about what's what are either stupid or..well, actually they are just stupid.
And shame on you for thinking a childs life is OK to force inot a neat little box just to make it easier on you.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Kids at that age have very clear ideas about whether they're a boy or a girl in my experience.

Just because they've been told what the are ,and how what they are should act, at that age. There's no way a second grader can comprehend what being one or the other is going to entail.

[Aliantha]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Just because they've been told what the are ,and how what they are should act, at that age. There's no way a second grader can comprehend what being one or the other is going to entail.

The implication here - as I read it - is that you can change a kids sexual orientation for the time being, simply by telling him or her how to act.

Kids at that age know a lot more about their sexual orientation than some give them credit for. It's just that at that age, it's not appropriate socially or biologically for those feelings to be acted upon, even though they certainly are in some cases.