I saw this in the news last night and as a parent, I'm appauled at what these "parents" are putting this little innocent child into................what is this world coming to???
 
 
I agree with this guys Blog: http://themattwalshblog.com/2014/06/03/this-poor-child-is-confused-not-transgendered/
 
 
Of course, the "media" fully supports this type of things.........as seen here: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/san-diego-parents-reveal-story-transgender-daughter-boy-5-article-1.1811066........ makes me sick to my stomach!!

For the record, my "fail" picture in the FSF was put in before you posted this.
(I don't want people to think I'm even more insensitive than I already am.  )
 
As for the story above, I think this is a better case for child services to get involved than most (except that they're a Government agency which usually means the most illogical path is taken... *Sigh*  )

Nothing wrong with having a sex change, but maybe 5 years is a little (just a little, little, little) too young to make such a decision.

craigb
For the record, my "fail" picture in the FSF was put in before you posted this.
(I don't want people to think I'm even more insensitive than I already am.  )
 
As for the story above, I think this is a better case for child services to get involved than most (except that they're a Government agency which usually means the most illogical path is taken... *Sigh*  )

No worries Craig.......your post just reminded me of the news (which I rarely watch nowadays) I saw last night.
 
I don't expect anything good to come out this story........"normal" people are a rare breed these days......most peculiar mama.

Anything for a 15 minutes of fame. ANYTHING.
 
People can't simply be understanding and supportive in private - they have to put names on everything and turn just about anything into an official public statement of some kind - their private lives, their family issues, their children's. They need to turn everything into a cause - and have coloured wristbands to show every one just how fantastic they are and how caring they are.
 
In the end, it's their world. Personally, I've decided to try to avoid being exposed to humans as much as I can. 

And if you had any hope for humanity left - one of the Kardashians is about to spawn for the 3rd time. 

At least they waited until she reached the age of 5 to decide that it wasn't a phase 
 
But yeah, a lot of these parents are using their kids as media props. I've seen a few articles over the last couple of years in which mothers announced to their world that they still breast feed their 6 year old sons (pictured). I just want to reach into my computer and bang these idiots' heads together. They're plastering their kids all over the internet without so much of a thought about how those kids are going to feel about it later. I remember reading an article about a mommy blogger who shut down her blog because she suddenly realized that she had no idea whether her kids were going to be OK with their photos all over the internet as they grow older. She was right. I would feel mortified when my mother got out the family albums when we had people over. Can't imagine how angry these kids are going to feel when they realize anyone can Google their name and hit upon the most embarrassing photos, blog posts and articles about them. 

As George Carlin once said, "The average person is pretty dumb, but the real kicker is that half the population is even dumber than that!"

craigb
As George Carlin once said, "The average person is pretty dumb, but the real kicker is that half the population is even dumber than that!"

As I got older, I've decided to take a positive stance - those people reconcile me with the fact that I am mortal. Give me another 20 or 30 years max, and I'll be glad as hell to leave this whole place and the idiots in it behind.

At that age, (2-5) the parents are the ones deciding what clothes to dress the kid in and what toys to buy them. Parents have total control of the early formative years. Which means, essentially, they can really screw up that little child's head big time.  

My opinion (for what it's worth) is if the child is male, treat them and raise them as males. That means toys, games, activities, clothing, etc...  Now..... if the child upon reaching an appropriate age has gender identity issues, then you can have a deeper look....actually that young person/adult can have that deeper look.
 
In the event you think I'm biased to the conservative side of this issue..... case in point:  My little brother, growing up, did all the normal boy things. He and I were raised as "rough and tumble" boys of the 50's and 60's were raised back then by our parents. We hunted, fished, played baseball and football, and did all sorts of typical boy things. We both dated girls, got married and had kids.  As he approached his  mid 30's or so, he began to feel like he wasn't quite "right". He later told me he had felt this way since puberty as a teen but kept it quiet for social reasons.  Long story short, after many years of counseling and therapy to resolve the issues, he opted to undergo gender reassignment surgery. Now, my brother has become my sister legally and in every other way as well. No one pushed him to this decision other than he himself but only when he was an adult and fully capable of understanding ALL of the ramifications involved.....certainly not at the age of 2 or 5.
 
It was undoubtedly harder for the family to accept this than it was for my brother to do this. My brother has been my sister now for many years and we are all on good terms and while I don't agree with the choice, as well as other family members don't agree either, we accept that this is what our sister wanted, and she has to live with this decision. She does seem to be happy, well adjusted, and enjoying life as a woman.  She still wears camo, drives a 4 wheel drive truck, runs a business, fishes and hunts and field dresses the game..... so hey..... life is good. I go to visit, stay with my sister when I do and we go out and hunt, shoot guns and have a good time..... just like the old days......except she can't pee on the trees in the woods anymore like I can or write her name in the snow as easily.
 
my 2 cents