There's a difference between moulding and supporting. And I'm suggesting that many other parents do
far worse stuff but they don't seem to earn his 'ban them from parenting' ire. A perfect example of how
parents have moulded a child is Greta 'How dare you' Thunberg, a trained mouthpiece for her parents
environmental views. I'm sure in some cases the parents are confusing children but in the bulk of cases
I'd like to believe they are simply accepting of what their child wishes and will fight tooth and nail to support their
kid. Children become sexualised at a much younger age now, as this forum can attest. Young girls aged 18
are guzzling *** like professionals as they've literally already been at it for years. Whether this morally is right
or wrong is neither here nor there. It's the reality parents have to deal with. There are very many 14 year old
girls getting their backs blown consensually out by older boys every single weekend. And younger. Social
media has probably got the lions share of the blame for that along with more liberal societal values in general.
But you can't bury your head in the sand and expect girls to be playing with Barbie dolls at 16 anymore.
My niece outed all of her toys at 10yo, now she has a mobile phone and takes lots of selfies, no doubt she will
start being interested in boys next. It breaks my heart to see her growing up so quickly but that's a sign of the
times. Her mother, my sister is a Police officer involved with child protection and could tell you stories that would
make your hair curl about the kinds of and levels of abuse some parents are capable of. But as a parent, to some
extent she has to let go and allow my niece to mature at the same rate as her peers and just step in with some
guidance from time to time. What I do know is that if my niece expressed a longing to be a boy, my sister would
first have all the relevant conversations with her but ultimately support what her daughter wanted to do. And she'd
have some choice words for anyone damning her for doing so, quite likely followed by a knuckle sandwich if I know
my sis. She's a badass when her little ones are threatened and she's well enough trained to put most people on
their arse. She's entirely unfazed by conflict too. Comes from her years on the beat and her riot training.
My trans friend tattooist had the opposite problem and his dad didn't talk to him for many years when he confessed
his wish to switch from female to male. It took years before his dad would accept that his little girl felt like she should
have been a little boy and would go to any lengths to achieve this, which just made the whole process more painful
for my friend when all he wanted was his dad to support his choice.