Quite agree on support, I’ve stressed that several times now. Some people see ‘support’ and assume that means blindly affirming. All I ever said by support was that I would not push my views on the child.
For others on here it sound like their view of support is telling their child there is no such thing as being born into the wrong body and to catch themselves on.
All I’ve said is to me, there’s a danger there in damaging that child’s confidence in you as a parent and encouraging them not be open and communicative
And if after years of support from doctors and counsellors, your child still felt the same way and medical professionals confirmed the child’s gender identity does not match their biological sex- then what? Continue not to affirm their ‘delusions?’
The issue for me here is people’s opinions on gender identity is only that- their opinion. They can feel free to believe what they want and call it a mental illness, but take a wee look at the NHS website on the issue. I’ll take my learning and knowledge on the matter from the medical professional community and not from Brenda on tattle who got her degree from the ‘school of hard knocks’ or the ‘university of life’