She Knows
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
She's too young to know
I've realized recently, despite all the blog posts I make and all the research they have available people still don't get it. Anytime we tell someone our daughter is transgender we get told she's too young for that and honestly it is the most annoying thing you could say to us. Literally I would accept anything else, I would be fine with you saying you don't support our decision, I would be fine with you saying transgender isn't a real thing, I would even be fine with you running away screaming. But, to tell me that my child is too young for something like this just irks me beyond belief and I can't explain it to someone without getting fired up. Studies show that at 2 years old children began playing with "stereotypical toys" so boys would play with cars and trucks, girls with dolls and princesses. They're dressed in gender specific clothes, Callie would wear blue jeans and a flannel shirt and her twin brother would wear the same thing in a different color. At around 3 years old they are aware of what gender they are and can tell you if they're a boy or a girl, if I wear to gather a room full of preschoolers they could all tell you if they're a boy or girl and how they know they are. The same thing applies for a transgender child, they know they're a girl because of A. B. and C. and they are in fact a girl. A lot of people have argued that I pushed this onto her, I'm not going to get into details, but you can't force a child to be something they're not, trust me I tried to have her wear boy clothes for years but it wasn't worth the yelling, crying, and fact I was told kids commit suicide over these things. So, to all the people saying she's too young maybe you should think about the fact I had to choose to have a dead son or a living daughter. What would you have chosen?
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