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re: re: Gender dysphoria in the very young Jul. 19th, 2008 8:49am
I had some other thoughts as I read through these threads. I agree with who was it? Megan? That said it has a lot to do with prenatal exposure to the angrogens and how exposed they were. That is one huge factor. I can't agree with Danny about the only child factor because the neighbor down the street has an older brother and father that is a soccer coach that is constantly invoved in their lives, and he loves the color pink, and a bunch of other things that girls are close to, and prefers to play with the girls. But, he did have lots of cousins that were all girls that would take him and dress him up and play hours with him when he was younger. So that could be an influence on him. My daughter had no female friends until she was five or so. She had all neighbor boys. So today she gets along better with the boys then the girls. She says, "Mom, those girls at schools are SUCH babies!" But I also have always influenced GIRL POWER! Because I don't want to raise some wimpy girl. And I myself had my brothers to grow up with and their friends I preferred to play with then the whiny girls next door so, I just can't agree with the single child factor. I think it is what it is, and I think it is the angrogen bath they had before they were born. Some more than others. The thing is, how you choose to deal with it. You have to ask yourself is this something that is destroying my child's happiness? And if it is, seek counsel. You would for any other problem in their life that is destroying their happiness. If it is something that she just seems to mention without upset or in passing, I would let it go. Again, it is you and only you that will know what your child needs.
