Gender change as a child

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Originally Posted by Lewis

I wouldn't mind the opposite sex toys. Nor would I mind opposite sex clothes, as long as it wasn't noticeable to other people for the own child's sake, I also wouldn't mind that. They can do whatever they want when they're an adult and I wouldn't mind, it's there choice, but there certainly should be limits to avoid going through torment and bullying at a young age at school or wherever else.

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young kids actually aren't that prejudiced. it's teens and adults who are.

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Originally Posted by buttons

young kids actually aren't that prejudiced. it's teens and adults who are.

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Seems rather equal between all age groups around my area.

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Originally Posted by Lewis

I wouldn't mind them having the opposite sex toys.

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if shes too young to change gender shes too young to be using sex toys m8

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Originally Posted by Kyle

if shes too young to change gender shes too young to be using sex toys m8

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god damn my placement of words

I dont agree with people calling her a boy

I think it's fine if a girl wants to dress in a stereotypical boyish fashion, short hair and boyish clothing

but I dont think you should tell your kid that she is a boy when her gender is female

I wouldn't call her John either, I'd call her her name and if she wants to change it when she's older she can

It could be a phase and getting used to calling her a different name or telling people she's a boy could influence the kid to have to keep the act up

I was a tomboy when i was younger nd always wanted to wear boys clothing. Most likely cuz i was grown up around mainly men nd wanted to be one, had all male cousins n boy friends. Grew out if it eventually

Let her do what she wants; gender difference is a social construct. If she feels more comfortable identifying as a boy, then that's fine.

omf a female with short hair and trousers what is the world coming to???!!?

It's doing no harm and the bullying argument is crap; the only thing kids might do is if they've been brought up by people like Richie they'd ask if she's a boy, and since the kid seems to identify as one they'd say yes and that's the conversation over. What if you had a kid who was massively into Digimon or something equally rubbish, would you force them to abandon that? Because those sorts of things are targets for bullies too. If someone wants to bully someone else they will find a reason even if there isn't a real one, you can't save your kid by taking away their freedom of expression.

I wouldn't allow gender assignment at that age but if my child decided they weren't the gender they were born I would support them and allow them to be the person they want to be. Throughout growing up I dressed as a tom boy and most of the time I prefferred track suit bottoms and boys jumpers, I had my hair cut short and it didn't do me any harm, I still have short hair right now and wear mens clothes more than womens clothes but I am really feminine. Some children might grow out of it, some might not but I would support my child all the way, it doesn't change their value as a person. Then if when they're older they wanted gender reassignment I would support that too :)

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Originally Posted by Empired

We know that bullying shouldn't come into this jurv, but bullies are pretty much always ignorant little ***** who are afraid of change or anything they don't understand. Therefore if a girl suddenly turns up to their school in boy's clothes and has changed her name to John, she will be bullied. I know it shouldn't happen, but it does.

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therefore parents or whoever else should teach bullies not to be ignorant instead of trying to change the mindset of a young boy/girl who hasn't done anything wrong