At what point is this child abuse? Trans kids.

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John2290 said:

Torillian said:
Where was anyone pushing a child to question their gender? What I read sounded like just affirming what the child said themselves rather than anyone pushing a child to do one thing or another.

Updated OP. Consider any circumstance, does a child have the ability to make that decision or to even consider it? 

Yes.  Besides which in order to go through any actual sexual change therapy they have many rounds of evaluation by professionals.  In no example so far is the parent the one making the child do anything. 

'Adults' like to consider 'children' of practically all ages as these beings that couldn't possibly be able to make sounds decisions on _anything_.  For the purpose of law and ambiguity we (per state) have laws on consent for sex at certain ages, voting, alcohol, voting, etc which is all fine and good but in all those things they are essentially best guesses in when we think the person is capable of making those decisions.  Not at all based on any science (if there would be any).

This is all to say that it is not cut and dry that a person has to be an 'adult' to be able to make the decision to change their sex.  In fact in many ways waiting till puberty hits or heck forbid after, can makes things worse.  People forget that puberty changes the body rigorously.  Sexual change transition, when possible should happen before/during puberty.  Again, this is why there is rigorous psychological evaluation before and during the transition in case the process needs to be halted.  The transition itself can take many years and _is_ reversible before a certain point.