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RunningLogic's avatar

Agree about the future regrets. I had an older brother and so in order to keep up with him I climbed trees and played with frogs and snakes (that actually came in handy last night when I had to remove a small snake from my basement 😆). I never liked dolls and I liked playing “boy” stuff but never thought I was a boy or wanted to be one. It’s just weird to me how some parents now immediately jump to transgender as soon as they see their child doing non stereotypical things.

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LuAnne's avatar

The thing is, many boys & girls have behaved non-stereotypically since the beginning of time. Some more than others but it's not new. There's something else going on these days and the only thing I can think of is a huge increase of people (including parents) who are either ignorant, incredibly self absorbed, spiritually void, or possibly, a combination of all three.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Oh exactly! The difference is in how people are reacting to this phenomenon which has always happened. I think Jeff C’s comment about outsourcing parenting to “experts” has a lot to do with it, as do social pressures and virtue signaling, especially in certain circles.

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