Listening to a child is one thing, but allowing them to have medical changes so young is insane.

@finallythere100

Жыл бұрын

Burt Blanchard is heartbreaking. He is the only one speaking in terms of faith and the afterlife. Surprised that he caved on his deep convictions in this difficult situation. Ultimately the child led everything. Not judging anyone’s interior soul. No stone should go unturned andnInthink he was inter right track.

@finallythere100

Жыл бұрын

Listening to ‘Alex’ not even comfortable having the clinician talk about STD s and then expecting child to discuss, process and make permanent huge decisions is just crazy. I understand the mom correcting herself saying she does not feel she has a choice. The choice is time and delay even if puberty blockers. And I would also look into the entire spiritual aspect. It needs to be discussed in society, Like a Fr Ripperger . Not judging although many who don’t follow what Inam saying might think so. Anything that is so basic and requires permanent major lifetime hormone transformation plus Jazz J surgery is NOT something of God. The distress of the kids is undeniable but this is drastically against biblical teaching.

@sheenak4934

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!! I Didn't want to be a girl when I was little. I felt Boys were stronger and had more privileges.... but that rose out of being raped at age 5. In my mind girls get hurt and boys do the hurting. I got better, healed inside and out. I love being a woman.... had my family encouraged this with me, God only knows what would have happened to my life. Can we just let kids be kids and allow them their fantasies, with out trying to make them reality?

@graysonwalker

Жыл бұрын

They should be able to sue their parents when they're grown...these parents are mutilating their children & making them sterile....

@tektako

Жыл бұрын

Yes. No kid is ‘comfortable’ with puberty. Frankly it’s character building and we are depriving the kids of that process. If at the other side and past 18yo they can do what they like but messing with puberty and the process of physical development with medical measures is a form of abuse. Pandering to a child’s ‘happiness’ at a discrete point in him is a parenting fail. What’s best isn’t always what the child says makes them happy in the moment. These kids are clearly troubled but irreversible medical interventions ain’t the answer. What happens to poor folk who can’t afford the meds? And guess who’s really profiting from all of this? Little wonder it’s happening in the USA.

I’m a biological female, growing up as a little girl my biggest fear was getting my period and growing breasts. I cannot express in words just how much my changing body affected me mentally, emotionally, and physically. I grew up so disconnected with my body and hated being a girl. I kept this to myself (I grew up in the late 80s and early 90s). I grew out of this stage by age 16 and have never questioned my gender. It really makes me wonder about these children and the permanent life decisions they are being allowed to make.

@MsFlamingFlamer

Жыл бұрын

​@@reapthewhirlwind4166 Same. I really hated puberty. it was so confusing and uncomfortable for me. I remember viewing it as the worse time in my life. I was also always a Tomboy and even now I still work in a primarily male dominated (90%+) field. That being said I'm very happy to be a woman. I'm happy I have the ability to have children unlike these kids who are being sterilized.

@reapthewhirlwind4166

Жыл бұрын

@@MsFlamingFlamer I was a Tomboy from about 6 years until puberty. I think dreading puberty was more about just being a kid a little while longer

@serpentines6356

Жыл бұрын

I think it's child abuse, and needs to stop. So many adults, and now some schools are being plain evil and trying to hide what they are doing from parents. They obviously don't really care about the children's best interests. Very bad. Concerned parents need to stop this.

@calliecrider2475

Жыл бұрын

I agree with you. Everyone is terrified of puberty! That doesn’t mean you need to medically modify childrens bodies based upon how they feel in their head.

@margaretgarana911

Жыл бұрын

These are not permanent changes

I want to see Frontline do a follow up in 10 years.

@bonesmcgee9853

4 ай бұрын

this documentary was from 2015

@loveisthekey7

Ай бұрын

What are you expecting? Lol. You can google. I've found them all on Instagram. I came out as trans in 1984 at 5 years old and lived on the streets from 13-21 giving myself hormones. Anyway rarely have I seen people say that got it wrong. It does happen but that's rare. It's hard for you to understand if it's not your experience

@anu.princessfeefee

Ай бұрын

@loveisthekey7 it is NOT rare but the trans community throws detransitioner away when they no longer align. Your were 5 and your parents FAILED YOU. Fear GOD

@liamx6636

Ай бұрын

​@loveisthekey7 ah yes that sounds like a healthy lifestyle... nothing to see here folks move along 😂

@Q-ed9dc

Ай бұрын

I was just thinking the same. The government was the first one to push this travesty on our children. I know of instances where they took kids away from their home because they were labeled "abusive" for saying "no" to their young children's request to transition. Some are still fighting to get them back. It's terrible......

Where are they now? Daniel is an activist, just graduated HS. Ariel is a Calvin Klein Runway model. Kyle and John are still in HS, doing better than ever.

@cinner

16 күн бұрын

Awesome!

They should do an update show with the same kids now that 5 years have passed. I really wonder what has happened.

@ishtar0077

3 жыл бұрын

Fallow their KZread channels or social media, simple. 🙂 they are not hiding.

@nicholeellzey2189

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. I would love to see where they are at in their lives in 5 yrs.

@CS-nw9si

3 жыл бұрын

@@timmyotoole7312 love this strawman argument. Have you heard the attack helicopter joke? Classic.

@GentlemensAcademy

3 жыл бұрын

They’ve all died

@TheOpenSociety777

3 жыл бұрын

45% chance of suicide

I'm surprised to see an available comments section

@CadillacFleetwood68

3 жыл бұрын

This doc is from 2015, so just PBS dredging up old topics. I'm also surprised comments being left on, as this seems like a topic where people have extreme opinions either way.

@ATLbench

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t worry. It’s being censored.

@nicestoriesnottherealstori3006

3 жыл бұрын

This channel tends to leave them up.

@dertythegrower

3 жыл бұрын

Propaganda channels by the far left always hide their comments... even PBS.

@dertythegrower

3 жыл бұрын

The comment moderator is OBVIOUSLY deleting any comment that disagrees!! Pathetic POS! I only typed a 2nd comment saying i am going to flag this video.. it was deleted. Loser Admins, confirmed nazees

Every day I ask my son what he learned at school today. I remember it very clearly, it was 2nd grade when he came home and told me that his teacher had a lesson on genders. I asked him what does he mean. He said "my teacher says gender is not a real thing. That I can be a girl or nothing at all." 2ND GRADE. I pulled him out of that school faster than lightening.

@McFaddenWasRight

10 күн бұрын

They've takennthe gender (with intent) and turned it into a baseless meaningless word, destroying it as being a synonym for the sex of an individual.

This is so surreal. How did we get here???

@lottiej5855

13 күн бұрын

social media

@McFaddenWasRight

10 күн бұрын

Marxist driven subversion taking advantage of the most fragile and easiest mind which ste easily manipulated in the interest of gsining more power.

letting your kid express themselves? awesome. letting them get medical changes at a young age? i’m sorry but that’s messed up. people need to realize how serious of a decision it is to medically transition. it’s something you need to be 1000% sure about, otherwise there will be consequences. nobody fully knows who they are at 8 years old

@ghostnoodle9721

Жыл бұрын

But education about the matter has to start young so they can have the proper perspective of where they can fit into society. The surgery should have to wait until 18 for sure, maybe with two or three free therapist sessions to make sure the body dysmorphia is truly from the issue that the surgery will resolve and not some manifestation of other issues you know, proper healthcare haha

@criscross20

Жыл бұрын

@@ghostnoodle9721 Planting garbage only leads to thinking garbage. You obviously are quite confused about how this works. No young child should even have to consider or think about this. Why do you think people go to college when they graduate? They want to learn more get a profession. They are of the age to do so. No a young child should not have to even consider it in grade school. It is sad that you think this is funny.

@mrshumbe5393

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! This shouldn’t happen at all! But to add insult to injury,the children are allowed to transition at such a young age? I thought I liked girls when I was young. I use to tell my mom that 😂 she didn’t say “ok come on let’s you hormones because I can see you like girls” wtf I don’t think this has to do with religion anything like that. But allow them to make those changes when they are out of your home, and especially fully developed. Personally I will never allow this.

@freewithnature

Жыл бұрын

@@ghostnoodle9721 When you’re a child you should be eating your boogers and messing with bugs, not discussing these kind of things.

@jerrylong6238

Жыл бұрын

YEAH, THE ONLY THING WORSE WOULD BE NOT LETTING THEM, RIGHT?

I can’t think of a decision I made at 16 that I would make the same way as an adult

@starshinemoonbeam

10 ай бұрын

I agree. I was the biggest Tom boy. I hated dresses. I dressed like a boy. I wore a baseball hat (very rare for girls then). I behaved more like a boy. I had my hair cut very short like the boys. But I wasn't a boy. I was a girl who enjoyed boy things. And that's okay!! It's highly sexist to be told those things are for boys only & that if we want to do them we're born in the wrong body & we need to transition into being a boy. It's 2023. It's okay to be yourself whatever that means. Nobody is born in the wrong body, that's impossible. But for minors surgeries & hormones are just experiments. Soon patients will be suing their doctors & their parents.

@Tracey..H

9 ай бұрын

Exactly! Not many wise choices at all. Still a baby

@paxanaparsons8054

8 ай бұрын

I would probably make the same choice regarding my appendectomy. Making that choice in the company of a doctor and a parent probably helped, but some might say my parents pushed me into it.

@tylerl4472

8 ай бұрын

Choices I would keep that I made at or before 16: - Coming out at trans - Telling people my name and pronouns - Competing on an all female cheer team bc legally we couldn’t be co Ed but I loved the sport - using the restrooms that aligned with my heart and my brain - speaking to every teacher and multiple school officials about what I would my name was and why it was different - going to a hospitalization program for my anxiety and suicidal thoughts - ignoring my parents who told me it was ‘just a phase’ - choosing to not post on SM like everyone else my age

@batatab7549

3 ай бұрын

It's not really one decision though, it's a process that takes years.

I sympathize with the kids and their families, this must be such a difficult and painful situation but I resent the medical approach and the lack of consistent and extended therapy. I just can't understand that these doctors couldn't consider that therapy is pivotal. Ariel's voice and demeanor shows that the child is autistic, am I right? This "documentary" left out so much. Down playing the risks of what they call "affirming care", blockers, hormones and surgeries, the way those are presented here are so superficial that's scary. Kids are also not told that WE, HUMANS TEND TO CHANGE OUR MINDS. That they will most definitely change their views in some or even most aspects in time, that a 23 year old will not be the same he/she was at 13. This "documentary" leaves me with a sour after taste.

@Cicada-Screams

Ай бұрын

Autism doesn't necessarily invalidate that they are gender dysphoric and trans. I know people think autistic people think in rigid boxes but this couldn't be further from the truth based on most autistic people I know. Its a spectrum so if you know one person with autism you know just one person with it. I also don't believe autistic people are more likely to follow trends. Like that hasn't been my experience with autistic people with black and white thinking either.

@almagoh8436

Ай бұрын

@@Cicada-Screams Are you going to refute that autistic people can be easily swayed or influenced? Is your theory solid enough as to accept the risks of transitioning for a person who can't analyze and weigh every aspect involved? Transitioning consist in a series of steps taken towards changing one's body, meaning potentially modifying a healthy body irreversibly. How is it ok for an autistic person, child or adult, to take such a big step? I do know autistic people and I know that there's always a part of them that needs to lean on someone, always the need for emotional support and the frail sense of security that makes this matter even more dangerous. Detransitioning, when it happens, is hard and painful for a person who accepted the consequences from the beginning and it's likely to happen to everyone, why would you submit a perfectly healthy autistic child to this outcome?

@Cicada-Screams

5 күн бұрын

@almagoh8436 @almagoh8436 Those are the autistic people you know. It's not true that all autistic people need to lean on others emotionally. That honestly seems to be the exact opposite in the people I know. Autistic adults aren't all overgrown children who need chaperones their entire lives. And what makes you think an autistic person wouldn't take the time to research and weigh the pros and cons of certain medical procedures? Austic people probably, on average, spend more time deeply researching things they have a special interest in. Maybe your thoughts of austic people are those you see on shows like "love on the spectrum" or someone having to wear a helmet because they hit themselves in the head. Those people definitely exist sure but higher functioning autistic people are much less obvious. There's a reason theirs a term called "aspie Supremcy" because aspergers is just higher functioning autism. As for autistic people being more easily influenced. There's studies that show autistic are less likely to fall for cult tactics and join religion. Anyone of any neurotype can be deceived. And I think plenty if not most neurotypicals go through life just following the social script. This is my anecdotal opinion, but austic people are just, if not more, introspective than neurotypicals.

@Cicada-Screams

5 күн бұрын

@almagoh8436 Also, I apologize for the late response, but yt doesn't notify me of a comment until 3 weeks later, apparently.

I want the kid who doesn't want "big hairy legs and big muscles" to know that being a woman doesn't necessarily change that. As a woman (assigned female at birth) I had harrier legs growing up than most of the boys in my class, and I got teased a lot. I still get comments about facial hair and have gotten asked if I'm trans. I reply, "Nope, I'm just Italian" lol. If it bothers others, too bad. If it bothers me, I can just shave or wax. Most people, whether they're male or female, have hair! I understand that some people do not have hair. My point is that biological sex may determine the amount of hair, but not the presence/absence of body hair completely. Also, big muscles don't just magically appear. Some people build muscle faster because of genetics, but you don't bulk up by just existing. It's a combination of exercise and diet. I know that kid will likely never read this, but it's frustrating that people are taught that women are hairless and if they're not, something is wrong. The same goes for muscles on men. I don't mean to offend anyone, I just wanted to share my thoughts with hopes of a positive outcome and bring some normalcy to body hair :)

@catch451

5 ай бұрын

Lol

@cristinam5899

5 ай бұрын

Too funny. I too had a lot of hair on my legs, took after my dad. Just a Latina with hair. It all falls off as you age wether you are male or female, lol…I have the smoothest legs now at 70. It does t matter as you said. I chose to epilady.

@sherei9530

5 ай бұрын

Menopause will take care of that hair but wont make you male and girls with small breasts are not more boy than other girls. Just live

@cicicave1279

5 ай бұрын

@@cristinam5899 As a white girl, I always get more hair on my right leg than my left for some reason. Given, I was the one who always shaved when needed esp. during the summer time. I do not shave 100% of the time either and sorry if tmi, but sometimes I let my pits look like a dude's and my mom says: "What are you, French?"-I do know this varies from person to person that live France. Idk if it's still true or not, but I've heard that French people don't shave. Given, I do not know a lot of the French language, I'm surprised I remembered more than what I thought I had when going on Duolingo a while back. My best friend at the time encouraged me to take French, but even without her, I think I still would have taken it. As I'm reviewing some ancestry stuff, I know my dad's side is German, my mom's side is English, but I think her side is a little French here and there. So it wouldn't surprise if her side of the family is part French.

@HopelessObserver

2 ай бұрын

You were not "assigned" anything. The doctor recognized that you had normal female genitalia. By normal, i mean you didn't have the genetic intersex defect anomoly

On a small but significant note, it's sad that the one boy is teaching the other boy that if you like a girl, show no emotion and act like you don't like her. First of all, this sets up a terribly dynamic for girls where they go anxious b/c the boys are being avoidant, and also it teaches boys that they shouldn't show emotion or care.

@tinaperez9756

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that bothered me as well and I thought it weird that they said she's still learning to be a boy but getting there. That one more than the others did not seem truly male but a girl trying to be male. I see this one as a phase she's going through and will eventually regret her decision. She still seemed like a girl to me that just wants to hang out with the guys.

@cg-ny9078

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you said that! On top of all that, he said that boys don't hold in their burps, but girls do. Plenty of males hold in burps because that's just plain manners. It's like the actual boys themselves weren't even mature enough to know how to explain what it meant to be a true boy, so how could "Alex" have any idea at her age?

@shawnsegebarth6707

Жыл бұрын

As a trans man I completely agree! Men shouldn't be shamed for showing emotion. I hope the little guy doesn't end up buying into toxic masculinity.

@moonminimo4404

Жыл бұрын

Agree with you and the other commentaries here.

@annastarr2043

Жыл бұрын

Seems to be a general effect of testosterone. I know you want to deny biological effects

I transitioned at 28, and detransitioned at 34. These kids have no idea what they are doing. I'm writing a book about my experience.

@LayDeeTee1

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting! Do you have a KZread channel? I have a friend with a son in his 20's beginning his "transition" with hormones. I sincerely wish he would talk to adult people that have been through this before he continues. I'm afraid he believes this will "cure" all his problems & he has no idea what he's really in for. 😔💔

@theconundrumnut5921

Жыл бұрын

@@LayDeeTee1 Since you haven’t received a response, I would ask him to really investigate the surgery that goes with becoming “female.” There are a lot of people posting about this and it’s leading to what’s called vaginal stenosis, or, where they literally have to go in like I think weekly and get their “vagina” dilated. He needs to get away from social media. I’m seeing many people post here on KZread, that once they walked away from all of the trans hype, they started to see things clearly, and saw it for the lie that it is.

@Dollieee777

Жыл бұрын

Maybe lest, not everyone is the same and honestly nowadays kids have a better mindset and open mindset and they are very clean on what they want. So in the end you bringing up your regret of transitioning and thinking it's something that happens to everyone its very not right. You had your issues so lest not involve other people to think on this because at the end its their life and not everyone should bring negative comments into trans kids nowadays.

@Libra_Strings

11 ай бұрын

🗣️🗣️🗣️

@Kick_Rocks

10 ай бұрын

@@LayDeeTee1 I have a KZread channel, but I don't have any videos. If they let him do it. He will discover that he is not in control. He will reach a breaking point. He will either attempt suicide or detransition. It happens all the time. He needs to seek therapy from a non biased professional.

The girl,who,transitioned to Arielle seems very much on the spectrum. I have several cousins that are autistic and she really acts like them from young to 13.

I was a kid like this and never grew out of it. Let trans kids grow up.

@7eyesopenwide168

Ай бұрын

That’s fine but let’s not transition kids who aren’t “trans” even though they are convinced they are for a period. When these kids end up taking hormones and going farther but end up regretting- as so many now are- this shouldn’t be acceptable, there must be a way to prevent damage to such kids. The surgeries so often fail also. Where their bodies are butchered and they become lifelong patients with serious complications, including sterilization and loss of sexual function. Boys who reach tanner stage 2 will not experience orgasms. Children cannot decide whether to sacrifice this or not!

When I was a kid i wanted badly to be a boy. It was miserable being a girl. I didn’t understand why I was different. If I was given the option to transition I would have taken it at that age. Now in my 30s having had my own opportunity to choose how I want to live my life, I am glad that I am female. I still dress and act masculine but I am me and I am comfortable in my body. I am glad no one tried to tell me I could change my sex when I was way to young to comprehend the lifelong implications of this kind of treatment.

@graysongirl6403

2 жыл бұрын

Well im glad youre happy with your life ,but you also need to understand that it's your story ,not everyone else's. Many people transition as kids and dont regret it,other kids dont get the opportunity and are so devastated they kill themselves. Please dont generalize personal experiences

@legalza0843

2 жыл бұрын

@@graysongirl6403 And what about the ones who transition as kids and DO regret it? The point is that kids minds are completely different then adults minds. Children shouldn’t be able to make such a life changing choice like this because it’s a likely possibility they’ll grow out of it.

@TheKatarinaGiselle

2 жыл бұрын

I agree

@miamoore1666

2 жыл бұрын

Ra your comment was wise and I’m glad you had the time to think about your life.

@anunimates_2690

2 жыл бұрын

@@legalza0843 there is literally no life changing decision that children can make. The most they can do before the age of 18 is that they can take puberty blockers, which are fully reversible. And even after they are 18, it takes a lot of gender therapy and medical examinations for a person to get cleared for surgeries. You’re not just “given” the option to medically transition as a child. The only thing you can do is social transition and puberty blockers, both are completely reversible.

What worries me is when these kids said the internet is the best place to figure out these issues... it may be, but that’s a slippery slope and even adults have a hard time figuring out what’s real and what’s bullshit.

@heliaxx

3 жыл бұрын

They are just repeating what the parents or other people say to them.

@CS-nw9si

3 жыл бұрын

By "adults" I assume you don't include doctors 'cause medical consensus is on the kids' side 🤷‍♀️

@cloroxbleach5159

3 жыл бұрын

@@CS-nw9si no it’s not.

@tuongcat5728

3 жыл бұрын

What is him/her pain?? , Second garde??? And what ??a peaniss??? What the fuck is this cure life

@seamusin1697

3 жыл бұрын

People who go through gender reassignment understand it is a lengthy process that often involves medical evaluations and serious discussions with doctors and mental health professionals to help further clarify and understand what a child is experiencing and if it corresponds to being transgender. It is not something decided on a whim.

A kids under the age of 12 just said they needed a cosmetic surgery 😢😢 wtf

The way that John’s dad has made John’s struggles about being trans all about him is so infuriating. He says it is a personal problem, as if he is the one who is going through his son’s struggles. I hope that John and his mom found a better male role model because that is not love.

@skychoyce9854

Ай бұрын

How would you feel if your son wanted to cut his dingaling off

@Story_player

8 күн бұрын

He’s holding strong to what he believes. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. Try to understand things from his perspective as well.

Um, has anyone else noticed how financially privileged these people are and the fact that they seem extremely fixated on gender stereotypes. Just because ur a girl doesn’t mean that u can’t be strong or into sports or a boy and still like princesses.

@elijah6496

3 жыл бұрын

although half of the time that sort of stuff causes gender dysphoria. i'm a trans guy turning 15 and i'm known i was a male since i was 8. i started socially transitioning last year (no surgery, just am called by a new name and pronouns and dress differently). i personally stay away from stereotypical female things. literally i love sailor moon and it makes me doubt myself and my identity..it just proves how hard this sorta stuff is. it's so hard to try to like things assigned with your birth gender because it can bring back trauma and stuff like that.

@lewiskunst1089

3 жыл бұрын

Obviously C K doesn't understand or care. Take care milk and don't let biggits like c k bring you down. They just mad for what ever reason.

@anthonykerr3509

3 жыл бұрын

@@elijah6496 you are completely valid in those feelings. I’m sorry it gave you more dysphoria. For me, once I started transition )and came to terms with my sexuality), I was able to express my more feminine interests without a breakdown later. It gave me a lot of strength and reassurance that I could both be a guy and have feminine interests. It didn’t make me less of a guy, and that made me really happy.

@zakurn1086

3 жыл бұрын

@@elijah6496 you're going at it in the wrong way, who cares? Who cares whatever you like? Why do think the stuff you like dictate your identity? There is no such thing as something made entirely for boys or for girls, people don't fit into boxes, if you like sailor moon but want to be a guy, go for it, this shouldn't change who you are. I don't know if you ever heard of bronies, they are adult males who are heavily into my little poney and most of them still see themselves are guys. You are fixated on things that are irrelevant, start living for yourself and stop caring about perceived notions.

@emilytrott

3 жыл бұрын

@@elijah6496 Don't let it get you down milk, and like Zakurn said always be yourself and don't be ashamed of the things that you enjoy because they are a part of you. Those worries are more about being fifteen years old and fitting in than they are about being trans. Fifty three years ago I was a fifteen year old boy too, and was ashamed to let my friends know that I liked Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass because everyone, my self included, liked the Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Doors, etc... I thought that if they ever found out how much I really liked someone who our parents might listen to, then I'd be ridiculed by my friends. Looking back I seriously doubt that they would have cared, since they liked me, but I lacked confidence in myself so I kept that pretty much hidden. :-) You are very fortunate to have been born with loving, understanding, and encouraging parents who only want the best for you. You have the opportunity to live your whole life as who you really are. So don't get depressed over the minor worries that are natural at your stage in life. Just continue being the wonderful boy that you are, and look forward to the not so distant future when when you will have grown into being a fine man. Keep the faith! :-)

I grew up poor so the idea of this much medical intervention as a kid is insane tbh

@ted1091

2 жыл бұрын

I understand your viewpoint, but believe me, there are plenty of poor Trans kids. Plenty. They don't have the same resources.

@dystoniaify

2 жыл бұрын

Same. I couldn't even get to a Dr for bronchitis or lifelong suicidal depression.

@ProFriend

2 жыл бұрын

Notice that most of the kids in this documentary come from well-off families. I know three of the kids in this film personally. I really wish health insurance would cover this care.

@basedandbiasedkakampink

Жыл бұрын

@@ted1091 i have 2 problems. Transphobic father and no money

@purplespaceship2417

Жыл бұрын

I find it really interesting and yet not very surprising that these kids all come from clearly affluent wealthy families and I wonder how much that influenced them into taking this route at such an early age. I'm definitely not suggesting that there aren't trans kids from poorer families. But nonetheless I don't think it can be ignored that there's a higher incidence of people from wealthy backgrounds coming out and turning to medical intervention while still children.

I pray for all these children that they don’t regret what they have done, but I believe they will.

@Swappifyapp

4 ай бұрын

Trans children exist. Trans people exist.

@kayzeegirl972

4 ай бұрын

These stories are just so sad. Just heartbreaking 😢

@ghostieknight3810

4 ай бұрын

What makes you think that?

@Jeanettesboxingchannel

4 ай бұрын

maybe they wont'...I regret not having done it while I was a kid. And no, I am not talking about hormones which wasnt available in 184 that much, Im talking about social transition.

@JamesHoang121

4 ай бұрын

@@ghostieknight3810 they are not mature enough to understand it, I think it is just an immature part of themselves as kids

I see patterns of persistence among the children and I can also see why the parents give in.

growing up i was ALWAYS a tomboy, always loved “boy” stuff and hated dresses (still do) never wore heels (still don’t) makeup and beauty stuff disgusted me, literally wanted to be “wild” but literally kids can act like “tomboys” and not be trans ect. as a kid i wanted to be a boy and was petrified of puberty… now that i’m 23, i thank GOD my parents didnt facilitate it because i am a woman and always will be and just because i like getting dirty, the outdoors, hanging with guys, chillin with animals over people, more guy stuff ect. doesn’t mean i’m a male, i’m 100000% female, and always have been 🤷🏽‍♀️

@Monique-tc3cg

7 ай бұрын

Omg someone finally Said it.....the world gone mad.....where children rule their parents ......parents no longer are raising children......sad ....really sad

@RichConnerGMN

7 ай бұрын

okay... you were a tomboy then. who is saying that tomboys must be trans

@argusfleibeit1165

7 ай бұрын

Well I guess YOU'RE not trans. Do you understand that you are not like everybody? That is one thing an adult ought to know.

@KaliKush-jc9yl

7 ай бұрын

@@argusfleibeit1165 Maybe that's what YOU should know since you ARE different from most people, apparently, as is @Ivy.Huesmann. As is most everyone on this planet. Something else you should realize is that just because you are different does not mean that other people have an OBLIGATION to accept you so I'm just wondering where the condescending comment to her came from, because she was rather transparent. YOU, on the other hand should know that not everyone cares that what YOU want to have be true, but just ISN'T, IS NOT important in the big scheme of things to most people so it's best to get over THAT now.

@argusfleibeit1165

7 ай бұрын

@@KaliKush-jc9yl She's transparent that she thinks everybody with a gender dysphoria should just be a tomboy or a, what? "Sissy-girl"? Extreme gender dysphoria is very rare, but there have always been people like that. Many times in the past they just would commit suicide, so they wouldn't have to "bother" straight people with their existence. Backlash against trans people is inhumane, and they are pushing laws that take human rights away. They are real whether anyone likes it or not. And it's not harming anyone to try to support their right to live publicly.

It would be interesting to do a follow-up on these kids

@stephentaylor8339

10 ай бұрын

This video is actually old. For instance, Alex is in his 20s now and Ariel is a Calvin Klein model and has appeared on the cover of Vogue. Those are the only 2 I've heard or read about.

@Kristinapedia

6 ай бұрын

@@stephentaylor8339 Somehow I just knew Ariel would be in the public eye. She is just so freaking awesome. Outspoken, smart, and very well spoken. I"m so happy for her! I hope John and Alex are doing ok. I was worrying about them.

@lmo7724

3 ай бұрын

These kids are brave.

@BigRed35U

3 ай бұрын

@@Roninkip Thankfully your parents are conservative. Maybe they can teach you a thing or two about being, I don't know, a normal human being.

@pete5819

3 ай бұрын

​@@lmo7724they are kids. Like a bunny is brave bc it lives in the wild. Kids are young & naive, easily manipulated, and vulnerable.

What does it matter whether boy girl just be. You don’t have to change just be!

@finallythere100

4 ай бұрын

WOKE female doc w vocal fry, oh dear… This is unconscionable.

@nompumelolo

4 ай бұрын

now that's REAL gender affirming care

That last line in the video says it all, I really "hope" that what we're doing is the right thing.😞

@donmakavelli1626

5 ай бұрын

Transgenders are being pushed to be made in the image of the Baphomet, i.e. Satan: “It is from the Cabala that modern Witchcraft and the Secret Societies say they draw many of their crafts. Like Witchcraft, the Cabala teaches that man is a microcosm (miniature universe), and has both male and female elements in the Godhead [here is the Satanic and demonic origin of transgenderism]. The female element of the Godhead is found in one of the ten emanations (Sefiroth). The Shekhinah, they say, is the female element because it is the passive aspect to the Deity, the manifestation of the divine power which vitalizes all creation.” -The New Age and the Illuminati by William Josiah Sutton, page 36

The world we live in has gone officially crazy

@judyalcatraz918

Жыл бұрын

" has gone ".......it's been

@poagy

Жыл бұрын

you act as if transgender people haven’t existed since the dawn of time

@chrisprimmer6441

Жыл бұрын

PBS use to be non bias.. seems they only push the woke and Democrat agenda nowadays

@poagy

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisprimmer6441 this is the funniest comment ever

@manlopsmx

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

I worry that we are teaching children that not fitting binary defined roles means they are transgender. We're going to have a lot of people who grow up being told vastly conflicting things about their core gender identity. Of course, this really isn't much of a problem until hormones and surgeries which are irreversible come into play. It's a very fine line between being supportive of those who need it and pushing those who shouldn't into doing it because it's the accepted norm or trend. Extreme gray zone here, I don't see any perfect outcome really.

@TheKatarinaGiselle

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, I agree

@cuppabeetea7301

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. One of my kids was The Hulk for about a year. I liked boy clothes, and boy toys, and boy activities too. If "gender" is "just" a social construct, then the toys, clothes, etc., are all social constructs, too, and NOT about gender. And these parents who let their kids think this is normal without getting real help is abusive as hell.

@adelinaclonts7004

2 жыл бұрын

Agree. The issue I have is the emotional effect it will have when they are older. Almost every one of my transgender friends say they have a completely different outlook and emotional issue now that they are older. IMO these decisions are not based on love but wanting to be accepted by their child. The lesser of two evils!!! An adult has to make decisions based upon right and wrong. If they feel this way after 21, let them do it. These kids needed counseling. There is a choice. There is no easy answer either way. I did notice these kids were more emotionally sensitive. To me, this is very alarming... I don’t understand how the parents can seriously think making these decisions based upon a child’s feelings will be great for their future. Kids are NOT adults. Why are they conversing with their children about altering their physical being at such young ages? Kids change constantly. Seriously? Talking to a 13 yr old about having a baby?? I’m sorry but I don’t agree with giving a 13yr old that much control. Otherwise we’d be letting our kids do whatever they want. If that’s so... get a job, get married, have babies and raise a family! Sorry but I don’t agree with transgender at such young ages. It’ll ruin their physical, emotional and mental state if they grow up and don’t want it anymore. Unbelievable. I do respect the kids in this video and wish them well, I just don’t agree with any of these parents. To me this is being afraid to say No to a child. 😒😞I’d rather let my child be a cross dresser until they are old enough to make a decision. Btw I have a friend who was thankful he never changed. He’s married and had a family. He goes out as a woman during the day and night and he lives a very happy life!!! He’s a great person!

@tinaharnack3704

2 жыл бұрын

I live I Washington state and our governor passed legislation a minor, as young as 13, can use their parents insurance for gender reassignment, without the parents consent. This sends a clear message of ignorance of what happens during puberty. Who didn't feel embarrassed in Jr high taking gym? Who hated how they looked, it doesn't mean yiu want to be a different sex. So appalled by this. These surgeries need extreme psychological support and counseling.

@cuppabeetea7301

2 жыл бұрын

@@tinaharnack3704 Re the gov of WA signing a law allowing 13 y/os to medically transition w/o parental knowledge on parents insurance proves that *this is, indeed, a disturbing universe.*

Who is in charge here...the parents or the children???

Alex reminds me so much of my grand daughter now son! They are 21 now, engaged, and being their wonderful self, which gives quality to their life!!

Man listening to the 17 year old question if he made the right decision is heart wrenching

@bridykes9986

Жыл бұрын

I kno and that is why these parents don't need to let 5 year old kids make decisions and take blockers at young age its doctors playing God bc they can't actually make them oone or the other what I wanted at 5 isn't what I wanted at 25 u know reason kids don't make decisions parents do

@finallythere100

Жыл бұрын

he didn't.

@momochef463

Жыл бұрын

So kids when they take wrong decisions we stop them coz its wrong and that's wath parents do....now we let confused kids to take massive decisions gonna infected they life in the future ..wath kids want in age of 5 year old is not wath they want when they 18 years old...instead of telling 5 or 6 or 10 year's old that's u are a girl u borne as a girl and really look at the problem way my child want to change?we let them change and maybe regret that massive decision in the nearest future and hate they parents for not stop them... However for me personally the hole idea its about how much money i have to spend in surgery and medication so my child find his fools happiness?i think the hole thing is generated and sponsored from big pharma ...coz we talking about big market here...billionsof dollars and next thing it will be sponsoredand pay by government..and that wath big pharma want on the cont of children.if parents dont know really way they child dont know how they are really....thats a big fuck up from parents....i blame the parents...

@finallythere100

Жыл бұрын

@@momochef463 - a school nurse can lose professional license and be charged with crime of falsely practicing medicine by giving a student a Tylenol w/o a Dr. order signed BY A PARENT.

@finallythere100

Жыл бұрын

@@momochef463 - PS, even if a student has a severe asthma attack and has no inhaler (or ran out) school nurses specifically taught they must NOT administer same prescription from another student, only to call 911 - even if in an area where ambulance would take too long tom arrive and child is dying in front of us. Things are really screwed up.

The father that questioned the safety of hormone treatment breaks my heart. He just wants his child to be as safe and healthy as possible and he's right to question. Changing your body in this way isn't a magic cure to all of your problems. Puberty is a very uncomfortable and vital part of growing up.

@McCJA8

Жыл бұрын

Now, look at other countries banning puberty blockers because of the side effects. Especially destroying their bones.

@susandaniels8741

Жыл бұрын

Ĺ ?

@finallythere100

Жыл бұрын

He also cares about his child's soul. Not to be insensitive bc that child seemed like one w the fiercest of convictions. I mean NO disrespect, bc I sincerely have compassion. But this is a very secular movement. My heart completely breaks for that man. But this is the stuff of Baal and Baphomet. there have always been masculine gitls.women. But God made her a female. On a religious level this is a severe abomination. I know this is considered highly offensive on the secular level, but these a re 2 different paradigms. "THY kingdom come, THY will be done. NOT ours. We can't ignore biblical teaching and the dogma of the faith when it comes to these things bc the day WILL come when we have to account before God. And that father is the only one that I saw that really seemed concerned by that. Tough situation, and my heart goes out to them all.

@GR8APE69

Жыл бұрын

@@finallythere100 Good thing god doesn't exist. John's father is the only one in the entire documentary that I think is simply wrong. He's taking that stance out of his own selfish conviction, and is making a decision about his son because of how it makes himself as a father feel, not because of how his son, John feels.

@usernameisusernam

Жыл бұрын

@@finallythere100 not everyone believes in that thougj

The dr says repeatedly that these drugs are not approved for children. Hmmmm- then writes out an RX!!!

Since when have children run the household? The best thing a parent can do is lead a child with the power of saying, “No”.

It’s amazing how much power is given to kids who have no idea about the real world and are not grown up enough to make an informed choice

@htwwht41813

Жыл бұрын

it's amazing how you, as an adult, clearly know nothing about the real world if you think trans kids shouldn't transition. unless you understand the severity of gender dysphoria and don't care that transitioning for trans kid helps immensely with gender dysphoria and improves their overall mental health?

@binaryfairy4197

Жыл бұрын

@nisha.. I think it’s safe to say that at least 80-90% of *young* girls and boys don’t like their bodies or parts of their bodies at an age when they *obviously* have *no* real world/life experience. And for all but *maybe* .001% of those *children* like many changing things in their lives, it also passes, and they move forward in their lives. *IF* someone is still feeling that way at age 18, *that* is *totally* and *completely* different. And then it’s a choice that’s being thought out and decided upon by an *adult!* It’s terribly shocking and sad that our society has chosen to go in this ludicrous direction based upon the ever changing feelings of too *young* girls and boys! I suggest reading the book “Irreversible Damage, the transgender craze seducing our daughters” by Abigail Shrier published in 2020 These are *adult* choices that should be made, (and I support anyone making them), when they are legally an *adult!*

@dishish

Жыл бұрын

​@@htwwht41813 gender dysphoria should be treated as a mental illness, because it is one. if alcoholism is a mental illness, we dont treat it with alcohol. if pedophilia is a mental illness, we dont treat it with providing young children. in knowing anything at all about biology, children prior to puberty should absolutely NOT transition. no, no, no.

@chrysanthemmom7928

Жыл бұрын

the real term for trans is transsexual, not transgender. The term was changed by wealthy activists to make it more palatable for the mainstream and push their agenda forward - pretending it has nothing to do with being sexual. Put that term inf front of the term for that age group, and it becomes apparent how disturbing this is. And I was thinking along similar lines..."idle hands are the devil's handiwork"! Too much free time on their hands - all of their material needs met in abundance, and not enough responsibility. They need jobs. They need household work...they need to have more responsibility.

@grapejuice8595

Жыл бұрын

@@binaryfairy4197 Isn't that the book that misgenders Leelah Alcorn because she committed suicide a year before she turned 18, thus meaning her gender identity wasn't real to Shrier?

"None of these medications are approved for children." Oh well!

@jessicamessica2271

3 жыл бұрын

I honestly would be very worried about that

@chloenunez1290

3 жыл бұрын

This is what got me. The non chalance with which they describe that they’re essentially just making hasty decisions because these things are not approved.

@emytann7838

3 жыл бұрын

Hmmmm, like the corona. vaccine.

@suigeneris2663

2 жыл бұрын

Science only matters when you’re talking about climate change. When it comes to using kids as guinea pigs, it’s all good.

@typicallyteamtyler

2 жыл бұрын

You can't legally get meds till 18

I grew up disliking my body and feeling a general distaste for sex and sexual body parts that I wished I was neither male or female. I hated my big breasts, having a period and just being a female when I was younger. I even struggled with severe depression and I have autism so my sensory issues with my body made things worse. It was hard when I was a kid till into my early teens. I eventually found out I am an asexual fictoromantic woman and I am so GLAD I did not have the chance to take off my breasts and get rid of my sexual parts when I was going through that time. So I worry about kids having the choice to do this because we all go through discovering who we are and thoughts/feelings change.

What strikes me is how mature so many of these kids are. Depression and having to learn to advocate for yourself will do that to you, I know. But they all have resounding emotional intelligence too. There are some teens and kids you talk to who sound smart, may be book smart, but you still feel like, 'Yeah, I'm talking to a child.' So many of these kids, though? Even the hyperactive or silliness doesn't offset the feeling of speaking to someone who has had to grow up way too fast. It's both humbling and sad. I hope they will eventually get to live the lives they've envisioned for themselves, without having to constantly waste mental energy on having to justify their existence. I hope the are able to build up strong friendships and familial relationships as the foundation of their happiness.

@uslph.

19 сағат бұрын

Well said!

I had what is considered “gender dysphoria (spelled “dysphoria wrong and fixed it)” growing up. I dressed up as a girl when I was little, played with Barbie’s, and even had sexual fantasies of being a girl. However, like many other thoughts and actions I was a CHILD. I thought random, stupid, and even awful things. Kids have never been given this much freedom and for good reason. If we let kids make decisions every kids hands would be burnt from touching their stove. Why are we all of a sudden treating kids like they understand themselves when we know they understand very little. Adult humans are dumb enough when they’re old enough to make decisions let’s at least protect children during their nieve years. Coming from an adult who is grateful that he grew up with rules, structure, and being told no. Also the numbers of kids struggling with this is skyrocketing because it’s being talked about and displayed. A lot of my feelings were due to exposure to pornography which is also skyrocketing for adolescents. I don’t come to judge. I’m coming as someone who can even relate to this stuff. However many are claiming love and support but don’t realize they are lacking so much structure their love and support will destroy the child. Children will not do well with overbearing religious parents but they also won’t do well with Yes whatever you want parents.

@dynahmaranatha2954

Жыл бұрын

Amen! It is nothing less than child abuse. These people that indoctrinate or take normal children's Behavior as choosing to be a different gender because they chose for a while to do things or to wear things that are of the opposite sex. That doesn't mean anything. I was a girl that did the same thing. I like to wear boys clothes instead of dresses. But when I grew up, I was a woman and I couldn't be more grateful to be a woman from A to Z. Just the way God Made Me!

@laura9868

Жыл бұрын

My exact thoughts because it's all plastered on so many social media sites that they watch it like it's the new trend. Not saying some kids aren't legitimate but still there a child. If they can't consent to having sex then how can they consent to changing there sex?!?! My son came out as gay at 7 years old and all I worry about is his safety with all the ignorance left in this world but he is 12 now and if he were to tell me he's Trans then I would tell him wait till your 18 so you cam make that choice and explain why as well as I still love him and support him no matter what but it's to dangerous to make changes this early in life.

@robinshahan5778

Жыл бұрын

Some kids could be actually gay. Much of the gay community is against switching a barbie, dresses boy into a girl. Many say a sex change would have been devastating.

@EveCole23

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing

@jjack.isdumb

Жыл бұрын

*dysphoria. i’m not tryna be annoying but if i don’t know how to spell a word i want someone to tell me:]

I hope someone does a documentary on "detransitioning"...it's more common than people think

@Thatb-yk8cw

Жыл бұрын

Trans success stories are way more common then confused people regretting what they did to themselves lol

@RoyalFlush7096

Жыл бұрын

There are lots of videos, a woman but n her very early 20’s, regrets it and showed the scars where she had her bests removed. She said the pressure in school to be gay or trans is probably why she did it. Teachers really pushed it. Felt very bad for her. Many more stories on You Tube.

@timbohp

Жыл бұрын

Nancy, it's interesting that you say "it's more common than you think." It's not about what you and I think; it's about knowing the facts. Currently, the facts show about an average of 3% end up detransitioning which means it works correctly for 97%. If you watched the movie, these decisions aren't taken lightly at all. And a 97% rate of "success" is rare in any life-changing event. Don't let fears get in the way.

@thegreencouchshow4029

Жыл бұрын

It doesn’t serve their agenda so they won’t show that as much as they show ignorant kids wanting to become the other gender. So sad.

@AutumnBreez

Жыл бұрын

Right!

When I was little I often expressed that I wanted to be a boy. If I had grown up in a different time and with open parents I wonder if my life would have been different. I was a tomboy and my parents didn't have any problem with it , and that was the '70's and '80's. My mother told me about a relative that was effeminate man who was a farmer and had a wife and children but mom said she thought they were supposed to have been born a woman. So I had an early education that that could be a thing and that my mom could have been open to it. I got to my teens and no longer felt like a boy. As an adult I usually work in fields and do things that have been considered a man's world. Honestly I don't think I would have been happy if I had transitioned. I am so glad we live in a world that is beginning to allow for different gender expressions at the same time it is a balancing act for all involved. I have seen a few families that seemed to push these ideas on kids and I know a few adults who I have doubted their sincerity in being trans. I respect their wishes and I feel bad that I wonder if they are just wanting attention. Then I have a a lot more trans kids who call me "mom"( my kids friends) and I absolutely believe they are sincere, I forget they are not cis. My point I guess in all this rambling is let them be a boy, let them be a girl, let them be nonbinary and then if they change their minds let that happen too. I would like to see a world where men can crochet without someone even blinking and for a woman can be an MVP in a pro ball team. The traditional roles are utter BS. I am a mother and people would shame me that I didn't want to decorate and make a cake for my kids birthday parties. Or that I was better at taking the kids to a park and playing/teaching them how to play ball. I am proud to say I managed not to completely push gender norms on my kids. My daughter is learning to be a mechanic, my son can sew.

@mewho6199

6 ай бұрын

It sounds like your parents were very open. Some of these parents today are not actually "open." They habe very rigid ideas about the gender binary and about their child's identity. Once the child expresses discomfort with their gender, they are very quickly diagnosed and boxed into being trans, and so much of the parent's life becomes about that identity. The child is made to feel they are disappointing their parents if they want to affirm an identity that corresponds with their biological sex.

I was a tomboy and didn’t want to be a boy! The parents need to do right. These kids will regret this.

“None of these medications are approved for children, BUT WE’RE STILL USING THEM ON CHILDREN.” Meanwhile, I can’t use the wrong pronoun because it might harm someone.

@ceecee328

Жыл бұрын

👑 you dropped this

@BRBDonna

Жыл бұрын

Sounds no different than parents who are willing to give an experimental vaccine to their kids

@margaretgarana911

Жыл бұрын

Be kind

The kid said "i found out i was trans from a youtube video" And try to tell me they're mature enough to make a decision like this. i feel for these kids and the parents though, i know this is probably so hard to go through

@jaynekranc8607

10 ай бұрын

The kid knew something was off and didn't know what to call it until seeing the video is how I took it.

@JaneDoe-ql9ye

10 ай бұрын

@@jaynekranc8607 yeah well that is called a self-diagnosis, which can be very murky territory even for adults to do, let alone children who haven't fully developed mentally/physically.

@jaynekranc8607

10 ай бұрын

@@JaneDoe-ql9ye but people do it all the time.

@taraw7413

5 ай бұрын

That response made me fear the long reaching influence social media really has. I'm in my 40s, internet wasnt really as mainstream until I was in my teens, cellphones didn't really become mainstream until I was 17, so I can't imagine how much more technology is ingrained in today's generation than when it first became popular

@champigranja1179

5 ай бұрын

@@jaynekranc8607 "People do it all the time" doesn't mean it's ok.

First documentary I’ve watched where the professionals are being honest (i.e. non reversible etc.)

Crying seeing John have a conversation with his dad.. such a sad story. İ really wish all the best to John and Alex

Trans males aren't talked about as much as trans females. I like how this documentary included many female to male children..very interesting.

@figgiepooh81

3 жыл бұрын

@@lunluxlum8167 I "appreciate" that you "think" you're helping by virtue signaling. BUT it seems like you missed my point entirely. I was being quite positive and I had a good point about female to male transgender stories are rarely covered in the media other than the murder of Brandon Tina. And umm helloo if I didn't make this specific distinction, how would it be known what I mean?? And.. How do you know who and what I am? Please be careful with your assumptions and use of terminology as well. Not only that, but you come across as extremely condescending. It doesn't help at all. I think you picked the wrong comment to virtue signal to. There are plenty of transphobic comments here. Please start with them, not mine.

@ninavermaak8203

3 жыл бұрын

It’s interesting that there are more female to male transitions coming forward...most of them do pass as male...sad thing about male to female transition is that some of them really should not have gone through with it...some just look like cross- dressing guys and then of course their are the really really good looking trans woman that has class and style and they pass as female

@animezinglife9627

3 жыл бұрын

@@lunluxlum8167 Nobody can change their gender. I would suggest you take some anatomy and biology classes. I hope that helps!

@grapejuice8595

3 жыл бұрын

@@lunluxlum8167 All due respect, trans masculine ppl and trans males are not the same. Quite similar, but not the same thing.

@jacobwiley5228

3 жыл бұрын

@@lunluxlum8167 im an ftm guy and i dont give a shit lol but you do you. the original commenter isnt misgendering or being disrespectful theyre being positive and polite lol. i dont speak for all trans people so im not saying im correct and youre wrong but you dont speak for all trans people either so dont correct where there isnt a need for correction, that just makes it harder to correct someone when its actually needed

The fact that she said "none of this is approved by the FDA" is very alarming. This is so sad

@Xsetsu

Жыл бұрын

Do you take vitamins? They aren't FDA approved. That goes for a lot of stuff you take that isn't approved.

This is so sad. I had no clue what I wanted when I was a child. So many changes in those formative years

@Dolphinboi

5 ай бұрын

Stop projecting your personal experiences onto strangers. It’s weird

@champigranja1179

5 ай бұрын

On the contrary, I was SURE of what I wanted while a kid, then I grew up and I wanted different things as a teen, then I changed my mind again... We have a lot to learn, including body and self acceptance.

@Br4veDave

5 ай бұрын

⁠@@champigranja1179 Did you also think of the long term negative implications of your actions? A 9 year old child who wants his penis cut off to be “fully” female doesn’t think that they will never be able to have biological children. This starts to hit home when their friends start having kids. I have read on Reddit as well as seen videos of Detrans people who completely regret their decision that they removed those body parts. A lot of these people had gender affirming surgery under the age of 18.

@champigranja1179

5 ай бұрын

@@Br4veDave My point exactly: while a teen, I was sure I didn't want kids until I reached 23 or so. So, no, I didn't think of the long term because kids rarely do that.

That man is going to be burying his daughter/son if he doesn't get off his soap box. This is for the child's mental health and well being. Smh

In the 90s, my sis wanted to be called Josh for more than a year, liked to dress like a boy, and would have been considered trans today. She very well could have medically transitioned. Today she is happy as a queer woman. It seems scary to have such a young person make a physically destructive decision.

@cicicave1279

5 ай бұрын

I understand the scariness for kids to make such a destructive decision like you said. I actually admired the dad for having high hopes of his daughter "Giana," to come back to being a girl. Honestly, I understand that very well, except transitioning will never ever fix every single emotion one has inside themselves. So it sounds like John already had thoughts of suicide as girl before transitioning, but refused to talk to his parents about what he felt and was going through during that time. What was causing Giana's thoughts of suicide before they decided to transition? Wasn't she the one who asked their mom to take them to a hospital late at night or something like that? Idk if his mom did that or not, but if he was taken to a mental hospital, I think they would still have their daughter, Giana. I 100% understand about the child's happiness in all, but what about the parents' happiness? John's father consistently refusing before relenting was 100% out of tough love that not everyone understands including teens the way they should. Honestly, I don't understand why his mom didn't think it wasn't love in what his father was doing. Most kids/teens now don't understand the damage the treatments/blockers/surgery can have on them the way they should be able to understand it in. They also need to understand that transitioning will never fix their emotions the way think it will. It will not completely get rid of those suicidal thoughts-those won't disappear for good. Those thoughts can go away for a short time, but those same thoughts make their way back over time. Either way, I hope everyone in this video is hopefully doing okay 2 years later since this video was 2 yrs. ago.

@hp51877

4 ай бұрын

@@cicicave1279Hi, just wanted to offer some thoughts. I transitioned as a teen. Before this, I was highly suicidal. Since I transitioned I was never suicidal again. It has been almost 10 years and I’ve never wanted to die since, not even close to the kind of depression I used to experience. You are correct, transitioning will not solve someone’s problems. But it can solve many for many of us. It is important to go in with a healthy mindset of what transition will and will not do. I don’t think minors should transition - that sounds hypocritical. But I agree it is a huge decision. However I wanted to offer a counter perspective to yours from someone who has been through the process. Thanks

@cicicave1279

4 ай бұрын

@@hp51877 Just wondering, but prior to transitioning, did you ever talk to your parents, your best friend, a teacher, a counselor, or therapist about what you had been feeling and your thoughts of suicide? Honestly, trying to figure out what's causing ur thoughts of suicide is the 1st step. The 2nd step: To talk to your parents and seek out a therapist first and choosing to transition should be the absolute last resort for most people imo and not the first resort like so many jump too quickly on. Given everyone gets themselves involved in social media a little too much to the extent that it does brainwash everyone and it makes think they're someone they're really not. I'm glad you no longer have those thoughts, but my biggest issue for everyone whether minor or not is both the top and bottom surgeries since both can cause irreversible damage to those who transitioned when at a young age. One day I came across Chloe Cole's story where she was a transman at one point, got top surgery I think at age 13, and by the time she was 15, that was about the time if not way prior to that that regret about top surgery had set in for her. When she was 15, she started thinking about wanting to have kids one day and also wanting to breast-feed them (which b/c of that surgery, she knows she will never able to do that). These are the main issues that so many kids/teens and some adults don't understand until years later down the line. Some may not want kids right now and some may think they would never want kids, but then sometime down the line in their own future, they do want kids. I'm glad you've had no thoughts of suicide since transitioning, but when it comes to any surgery, carefully reflect on that if you haven't gotten any surgeries yet.

@cicicave1279

4 ай бұрын

@@hp51877 Also, why did you feel like you couldn't live your life in your biological body? Idk if you're a transman or transwoman. But for the case of a biological woman becoming a man; tomboy girls with short hair exist out there in the world. 1 of my prior jobs, I accidentally mistook a really tall very tomboy teen girl for a boy by accident. And she also had her ears pierced and she gets mistaken as a boy all the time and she's never once cared at all by that. She was a full-blown tomboy without a care in the world which is awesome imo b/c she was and probably still is being her 100% true self in her biological body. As it'd be weird to see biological men wearing skirts and dresses in public, but if it's in ur biological body, who cares? Drag queens are completely different since they're literally putting a woman persona on for adult shows or what should be adult shows only. Yeah, it'd be awkward at first, but I wouldn't care if a little boy or even a biological man wore a dress in public.

@hp51877

4 ай бұрын

@@cicicave1279hi, thanks for your respectful questions. I don’t really know why I couldn’t live in my biological body. It wasn’t really about having short hair or things like that but more so all the aspects of living in my old body were extremely uncomfortable - everything physical associated with being that sex that came with it. It feels as though the wires in my brain are crossed somehow where my brain doesn’t connect at all to my biological sex. I couldn’t have a relationship or have sex at all with anyone. Now i have a good sex life. I didn’t like being touched or looked at before. Even with friends. I wish I knew why, but really I don’t.

“I used to say she but then I might correct myself and say he. I’ve gotten better at it.” That same kid two seconds later “yeah I had no idea SHE changed HER name”

@pru3206

2 жыл бұрын

cut to look of vague discomfort from alex

@gamerguy850

2 жыл бұрын

Probably reading a script

@demoskunk

2 жыл бұрын

It's hard to ignore biology. They're always gonna know she's a biological female and it's just natural to use the pronoun that first comes to mind. Nobody should feel bad about that.

@leo-wk2hv

2 жыл бұрын

@@demoskunk yes they should. he identifies as a male and should be referred to and seen as one no matter how well he passes.

@letsgobrandon3382

2 жыл бұрын

He

The doctor said none of these medication have been approved for pediatric use in any of these situations!! This is crazy.

Doctors manipulating parents with possible suicide is shameful.

Another thing I noticed is how each kid lives in a super nice house.

@kristingallo2158

3 жыл бұрын

Rich people problems.

@ricardobarreraacordeon

3 жыл бұрын

@@kristingallo2158 thats what I kinda wanted to say

@kristingallo2158

3 жыл бұрын

@@ricardobarreraacordeon There's a very scary reality that the majority of the population seems to be ignoring and that's the influence from the media, tv, and music industry. Miley cyrus ran around for a long time claiming she was pansexual or bi or something, then she turns around and marries a male from old money. These children grew up with miley cyrus and will immitate her behavior. Train up a child in the way he should go, now we let children tell us what to do. Seems to be a whole lot of wrong happening these days. And very few people see it.

@kristingallo2158

3 жыл бұрын

@@ricardobarreraacordeon all they do sit on the internet, they don't ride bikes, they're not allowed to have small jobs like delivering papers, or bagging groceries, but we let them decide their abortion rights, and life altering hormonal treatments while we don't allow them to get their ears pierced. It makes absolutely zero sense.

@jeremylee5990

3 жыл бұрын

Child abuse. More and more clinicians have identified severe problems within gender medicine which coalesce around the clinical and cultural invention of ‘the transgender child’. These problems are: an excessively affirmative attitude to the self-identifying transgender child; an inability to stand up to external trans lobby groups; the undermining of a coherent clinical model of child and adolescent development; and serious ethical and safeguarding issues. Clinicians recognize they need to resist the dominant narrative and seemingly intractable ‘truth’ of ‘the transgender child’. People are waking up to the harms of trans for children and young people, but transgender ideology is still marching into schools disguised as LGBT acceptance. Kids with perfectly normal unease or confusion about bodies and gender are getting dragged onto the transgender conveyor belt of affirmation, blockers, cross hormones, and surgery. LGB kids are passé. Transactivism is a form of bullying: if you’re not porn-culture straight, a proper ‘boy’s boy’ or ‘girly girl’, you must be defective, in need of fixing, by reclassification, drugs or a scalpel. My head is full of questions about why we are allowing this to happen. Is the explosion in the number of transgender-identifying young people a symptom of a society leaving little room for kids to be themselves outside of increasingly restrictive gender roles? How can we keep the conversation going to keep kids safe? The goal of the transgender activists is to try and get their numbers up in order to normalize their agenda. They care nothing about seeing people reach a healthy view of their biology and not needing to take drugs and have their genitals and breasts mutilated. Impressionable teens make easy targets. They are even unethically influencing autistic children to change genders. Activists would have the public believe that anyone who expresses a wish to be the other gender should be allowed and encouraged to do so. To date, however, there is no evidence that there is such a thing as a “true” trans, just as there is no marker that would identify a “false” trans. To accept the thinking and wishes of those with ASD at face value, without understanding why they feel the way they do, is not a kindness, and may in fact be extremely damaging. A high proportion of people who suffer from gender identity disorder also suffer from other mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, substance abuse, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, personality disorders and autism (see also here and here). In many of them these problems do not resolve with gender reassignment. In fact hormones and surgery deal only very superficially with what is often a very deep psychosocial problem that doesn’t lend itself to quick technological fixes.

I want to see a follow up 20 years from now.

@justinohren8549

Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@dorisurena1436

Жыл бұрын

Correct, all those kids are going to be on medication for life with a lot of health problems any endocrinology with ethics will not agree with this madness no medical doctor should allow this experiment with kids, gender can't be changed.

@basically2956

Жыл бұрын

Look at Jazz Jennings. That did not pan out. Jazz never went thru puberty and the poor thing has had 3 bottom surgeries, 3.. and it’s still non functional and she’ll never orgasm.. she has terrible social anxiety and she even put on a ton of weight, probably just from all the stress. I hope things go well for her but it’s not looking good. Poor thing. What happened to seeing people for their souls.. the only thing that truly matters. The inside.

@krissisnow6964

Жыл бұрын

I do too bc I’m willing to bet at least half of these kids have since changed their minds & got over this popular social media phase ..

@gemmasmith8496

Жыл бұрын

I'd like to see that too. It's been almost 8 years already...

One of the kids says that "the internet is great if you are scared to talk to someone about being trans..... I found out that I was trans on KZread...." Does this not say anything about where these ideas are coming from? The kids are watching "SkylarEleven" as their wise leader and clearly believe that injecting testosterone will give them deep voices, hairy bodies, more muscle, more strength and will make them happy. They really believe that getting an adam's apple and a double masectomy is the solution to happiness.

@LeannaBanana

5 ай бұрын

Exactly. The internet is raising these children instead of the parents.

@DarrellCasteel

2 ай бұрын

​@@LeannaBananaso your kids don't have a tablet or cell phone or access to the Internet? I find that very hard to believe.

@jordanabarcelos3733

23 сағат бұрын

That was literally one of the youtubers i used to watch when at 15 i was sure i was a transgender boy. Before, i didn't believe internet could influence me so much. Well, i was totally wrong. If i have kids, i won't give them phones, ever!

To the Blanchard, your now son John is so handsome and smart ! Be happy to have him alive and well. I lost my beautiful daughter in 2018. Jus have an open heart and love unconditionally! 👍🏽🙏🏽😘♥️

I’m pretty sure I would have transitioned from a girl to boy from the age 4 to 17 if i could have but as I got older things changed and I embraced and loved myself for who I am and live with discomforts just like everyone else. Sometimes it makes me wonder if gender roles under the age of 18 is a bad thing as it’s easier for girls to dress and act like boys growing up but not guys acting like girls and getting away with it

@lilianfowler7988

2 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your thoughts. I too wonder.

@judyholiday1794

2 жыл бұрын

I personally feel like it is getting way too easy for that happen and that is a scary situation when you break it down..

@kimberini6465

2 жыл бұрын

Especially before puberty. Our bodies and brains have not developed thru the changes they will have and are no where near what they will become. Making such a decision as a very young child seems unwise to me.

@amyparker9816

2 жыл бұрын

Gender roles absolutely are a bad thing. And the reason that it's easier for girls to dress like boys than the other way around is misogyny. Simple as that.

@amyparker9816

2 жыл бұрын

@@kimberini6465 To you, maybe. What seems unwise to me is telling a child "you have to suffer until you're at least18"

None of the medications are approved for children, but they are allowed to administer them. WOW! This is insane.

@S5S5066

Жыл бұрын

They are doctors are giving it to them

@queen_of_domination

Жыл бұрын

I agree! I’m glad someone is saying this!

@noraneka

Жыл бұрын

This is child abuse

@LittleGhost_16

Жыл бұрын

The only medication that trans kids are going on are puberty blockers, which have no long term effects. If a kid stops the blockers, puberty resumes as normal. Also, puberty blockers aren’t used exclusively for trans kids. They’re also used on kids who start puberty at early ages.

@greyspookss

Жыл бұрын

@@noraneka except it’s not because the child made the choice and watching this they seem happy.

I wish Frontline to follow up with these children and how life turns out for them to educate more parents and society at large. The Buddhists taught about reincarnation which the past life memory stuck out to them so strongly and the University of Virginia has been studied to help with the past life trauma and helped many to live a happier life.

My daughter went through a phase for a few years where she really wanted to be a boy. It was exhausting at times because she wanted to wear boy clothes, didn’t like girl toys except baby dolls (she loved babies), and even told some people she had a penis. She was pretty intense and stubborn about it. My openly gay brother was studying LGBTQ stuff in college and was telling me my daughter was transgender and gay, etc. I knew better so I didn’t believe a word he said. Instead I prayed and asked God for help in how to help my little girl understand her true identity as a beloved daughter of God. Many answers came and I was guided in many ways how to help her. Instead of letting her wear boy clothes, we compromised. She got to choose a more athletic look from the girls department of stores instead of really feminine colors, and she didn’t have to wear her two older sisters girly hand-me-downs. Thankfully we could afford to buy her the clothes she felt comfortable wearing but wasn’t cross dressing which would only have confused her more. It’s important to know that she didn’t really believe she was a boy, despite what she said. She really just liked boy activities, sports, etc., and I was able to help her see that distinction as much as a child her age could understand. She really liked watching UFC fighting with her dad and so people would tell her she was a “tom boy”. She loved being told that and it was at that time that she started wanting to be and look like a boy. Today she is 17 years old and is a loving and lovely young woman. She plays girls basketball in high school and snowboards. She is very athletic and definitely is not gay. She fully embraces her womanhood and is very very thankful we didn’t change her body with dangerous puberty blockers or sex change hormones. She has very little memory of wanting to be a boy. I shudder to think about where she would be if she had been born to “woke” (deceived) parents.

@ShyAnn291

3 ай бұрын

If your child was transgender would you completely accept that? Because by your comment it sounds like you wouldn’t.

@stephanieargyle7328

3 ай бұрын

@@ShyAnn291 My entire point is that there’s no such thing as transgender. Despite how children or adults feel, they are not transgender. They need help seeing themselves as they truly are, literal sons or daughters of God and they are not “born into the wrong body”.

@ShyAnn291

3 ай бұрын

@@stephanieargyle7328 I understood your whole point, which doesn’t sound very Christ like. Just because you don’t believe it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

I guess I just wasn't ready for this. I hope that all turns out well, I just grew up in a society where parents made the decisions until you were grown enough to.

@paxanaparsons8054

10 ай бұрын

All medical decisions including trans healthcare are decided in consultation with doctors, parents, and of course the children themselves. When I was in high school 20 years ago a girl got breast reduction surgery to help deal with back issues she was having. The same process was followed. She complained, the parents confirmed the complaint was recurring and not a fleeting thing, they went to a doctor who confirmed with the medical literature that this would help, and the procedure was done. Literally nobody had an issue with it because no politician was trying to sell them something using fear.

@PungiFungi

10 ай бұрын

AS IT SHOULD BE AND CONTINUED TO BE. Have you ever thought about all the crazy things you wanted as a kid and think what happened if your parents actually indulged you? Transitioning, especially for young children is for the most part IRREVERSIBLE, despite the lies and misinformation of tran activists.

@elenabarraza681

10 ай бұрын

@@paxanaparsons8054a breast reduction is much different because it’s been done for years and we know the long term effects. These doctors are saying this is experimental and they don’t know the long term effects.

@royaltrunks8003

10 ай бұрын

​@@paxanaparsons8054 🤡

@paxanaparsons8054

10 ай бұрын

@@elenabarraza681 how can it be experimental if it was being done 20 years ago? Nobody heard about this five years ago, even trump said that. It's just another fake issue to keep you afraid and voting against your interests.

Really curious to see a follow up episode

i went thru this phase before. so glad i didnt get on hormones or anything. from 7-14 i didnt want to be female. but you grow out of it most of the time.

@eddiegarnerr

6 ай бұрын

1% of transgender children regret it. Don’t use your own experience to let others down

@amandafortner1948

6 ай бұрын

Me too! I went through the exact same thing....so glad I didn't

@jordanabarcelos3733

Күн бұрын

Me too. I was so sure i was a boy when I was 15, i even told my mom and she started to believe it because i was really suffering. Now i'm 22 and glad it just passed

Thank you for being so honest in your research

Imagine allowing a 6yr old ti drive your family car. NOT A CHANCE RIGHT.... So HOW THE HECK can parents allow a child to make a decision As huge and life changing as this. IT IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE

@johnbush7595

Жыл бұрын

This seems so obvious. How can a young child make such a life altering decision with any kind of competence.

@l.j.walker8549

Жыл бұрын

I agree to a point. If I had been allowed to be open with loving parents about my transgender feeling, when I was six, maybe I would have spent the rest of my life wishing I would have had the courage to change my gender and maybe my genitals to match my feminine brain. It has been 70 years of trying to be masculine to live up to the expectations of others: sports, body building, church, marriage, children, male profession and continuous thoughts of guilt, going to hell and disappointing others. Good parents would have listened, gotten experienced counselling and possibly started the child on puberty blockers

@l.j.walker8549

Жыл бұрын

…..if warranted, by age 12. And then let the child learn how to make an informed decision at age 18 or later, before their body get hairy, their beard grows out, they get a triangular torso and heavy brow, chin, Adam’s Apple, voice, all of which are very hard and expensive to reverse, if the child chooses to transition. And that happens enough of the time to give them a chance to make up their own mind and not suffer the fate of most in-the-closet transgenders, like I had been. Maybe “I WOULD NOT have spent the rest of my life wishing I would have had the courage…..” (left out the “not” in the above response). Take care.

@aibisdalol8476

Жыл бұрын

Valid opinion.I agree

@krissisnow6964

Жыл бұрын

Agree 100%

Watch for the lawsuits in 15 - 20 years from now.

@unmothered333

2 жыл бұрын

Yep!!

Imo this is a crime. Adults who convince children that they were assign the wrong gender at birth and then help them change.... Are going to regret this one day.

These parents should all be ashamed of themselves. They have hurt their children not only emotionally but physically as well.

@trafficcat

2 ай бұрын

that is 100% not true at all. im a 19 year old trans man who has known im trans since i was 12 or 13 and i wish that my parents could have known and understood this better so i could have gotten HRT sooner.

I wish there wasn't so much focus on affluent, middle class families with children going through this

@BrookeSingleton

3 жыл бұрын

Not as many poor people have a focus on gender issues. They’re too busy just trying to survive.

@carlosio5

3 жыл бұрын

@Übermensch Lussenhorf There was also a half-Indian kid (Singh) featured, as well as a half-black kid... (with the dad who refused to compromise and accept his child)

@lilyevans7177

3 жыл бұрын

@@BrookeSingleton Wealthy people who i can 100% bet you are should not speak on behalf of folks living with poverty. Your assumption is false. It is only compounded and worse. Gender non-conforming folks who are also poor just have both to deal with. The problem here is the lack of representation. the fault and blind spot of the production crew,those who selected the interviewees.

@BrookeSingleton

3 жыл бұрын

Lily Evans interesting that you said you “100% bet” I’m wealthy, while also complaining I’m making assumptions. Aren’t you also making an assumption? (By the way, your assumption is wrong, I’m not wealthy, never have been)

@suigeneris2663

2 жыл бұрын

That’s because it’s a rich kid problem.

My heart hurts for John and his family.

@mart5476

Жыл бұрын

How do kids even know or really understand sex and gender at that age.

@vermilion6966

Жыл бұрын

@@mart5476 I mean theyre probaly have more than 2 iq. Unlike some people. I mean i just cant with this stupidity, why dont you question a girl that wants to wear a dress or a makeup or a boy that wants something you stereotypically view as masculine? How can little girls want to wear dress or boys want to wear pants? Shouldt they NOT care how they look at all, how theyre treated? If theyre so stupid that they cant understand the differences between men and women, why make them different at all?

@bettylew2231

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, John's story was heart breaking. Especially him talking about being a family & the hardship their all going through especially John. I think it's just hard for his dad to accept this too maybe cuz John's age. Just a hard thing for all of them.

@mariapoulos767

Жыл бұрын

@@mart5476 Well, usually the same way all little boys and girls find out they have a crush on a certain other little boy or girl. I remember my nephews trying to force me to play cops and robbers with them, they wanted me to dress like the sheriff, and I did it once, and told my mom I didn't want to dress like a boy, I was a girl! I was 5 years old.

Alex seems to understand who he is becoming. I’m glad he made the statement about not living a lie. You can’t change your sex, you are transgender. I don’t want any of these kids to be hurt anymore.

I am wondering if there is an update episode on these kids?

One child said where the problem is, it's social media. my social media was my family growing up. Aunt's and uncle's help me make choices along with parents I had some really hard times.i feel so bad for the children these days .

@janice7378

Жыл бұрын

Wow. True

@mrwolfi4377

Жыл бұрын

I agree, social media can be very toxic.. especially for a child's mind :(

@bucktooth002

Жыл бұрын

I wanted to be European starting at age 11 but looking back, it was all due to being bullied. Trump made me snap out of it & I was no longer a registered Republican. I did turn out to have %45 European, %5 African DNA but what I embraced the most now is being %50 American.

@paulaharrisbaca4851

Жыл бұрын

I think TikTok especially and Tumbler and all the semi-secretive social media "clubs" are totally twisting our alienated (from the lockdowns) k-12 vhildren into a weird group...adults, too. I've never been as generally unhappy and confused as well as losing my creativity than I have been since Jan 2020. It's almost like giving everyone super depressive drugs....

@t_story5544

Жыл бұрын

so so true!

Shout out to those boys who took Alex under their wings. You can see in Alex’s eyes how important their acceptance was to him. At the end of the day, everyone just wants to be accepted for who they are.

@nigerianprince9496

2 жыл бұрын

You tell a kid he’s a boy he thinks he’s a boy you offer a kid unhealthy food he’ll say he likes fast food

@gabbym333

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnDoe-rk7ej I disagree. For example, I grew up in a very religious household, and was very devout as a child/teen/college students. However, I am now 24 and am no longer part of the religion I grew up with, even though it was one I was born into.

@hollyrosenbrock6654

2 жыл бұрын

For real! You can see how much their acceptance means to him!

@fatimajinnah4000

2 жыл бұрын

on the one hand, I thought it was nice they took him under their wing, but on the other hand, they were misgendering him and giving him bad advice. As a mom, I was very concerned for Alex.

@jebidiahnewkedkracker1025

2 жыл бұрын

@@gabbym333 What you are describing in your comment and what this video is about are TWO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THINGS. You're not only comparing "apples" and "oranges", you're comparing BOWLING PINS to TUPPERWARE.😐

Can children decide if they want to smoke or do drugs? How about get a tattoo? No? Too permanent? Then why the heck would we let children make permanent detrimental alterations to their bodies and hormones? It’s straight child abuse.

The touching music makes me think that all of this is just the right thing to be doing.

I really disagree on completely transitioning during childhood because if there's any slight chance of regret aftwards, there's almost no turning back. Even if one knows they are physically and mentally different from birth, it should be no younger than the age of 18. Start out with loving the child for who they are, keeping them nurtured, help build strong relationships, strong attachments, meaningful values, etc. They can decide what they want, but give them the building blocks of good decision making. In other words, the usual parental upbringing. There's a big reason for the age of 18.

@JLoot_and_pigtina_tanked

2 жыл бұрын

True, when I was a kid, I wanted to be a girl, but now I’m glad I was born a boy. Sometimes, some kids doesn’t need transition in their childhood, all they need is time to decide

@ted1091

2 жыл бұрын

I think the research is going to show otherwise - that it's the delay that causes the most enduring damage. If you listen to these young people carefully, you soon recognize that they are wise beyond their years. They speak with a maturity that is actually disarming. It demands a certain respect. They know who they are - or more importantly, who they are not. I understand the concern. I think it's really important that they're not isolated- and that goes for the parents as well. You shouldn't go through this alone.

@miraarcilla6091

2 жыл бұрын

Also, after my last comment, what about cost? If a child is sensible and understand that some parents cannot afford to have things like hormone blockers, children are really good of not dealing with it in that sense because they understand what the family can afford or not. Those hormone blockers and the like or at least I think $10,000? For I don’t know how many shots? Hey, if you can afford it, and will do the risk, I suppose it’s your call. But there is a long-term deficit that could happen.

@ted1091

2 жыл бұрын

@@miraarcilla6091 are you actually affected by this issue? If not, why are you commenting on something that doesn't affect you?

@miraarcilla6091

2 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry if I seem strong about this, but I just see too many children having a necessary chemical hormone treatments and similar events at younger and younger ages. We already have an obesity problem in children, we are already having medical issues in children, why now do we need more chemical transformations? I’m commenting the fact that there are too many parents who just don’t except children the way they are. I was brought up in a family, and I am blind. Obviously I did not need chemical needs, but my parents were always excepting of me being who I am. I have just seen too many people with so many ailments. There’s some thing about having acceptance from families that may it a lot easier for children to except them selves and except the fact that if I need to do this when I have a job, and when I’m an adult, I understand. Meantime I’m glad my family except me for who I am, what I do, and enjoy the moments that I have with them. That’s why I comment. I know that I don’t have a lot to do with this, but I have also seen children that have been excepted fully and warmly by their parents to do whatever without having chemical transformations. The fact that if you do these chemical things, you are more prone to diseases, lower immune system‘s, etc. We don’t need more of that as a society. That’s why am doing it.

These kids sound like their parenting themselves instead of the parent being the parent

@CD-uf1lt

3 жыл бұрын

Child-led parenting is biologically sound, it is authoritarian parenting that creates neurodevelopmental distress

@payaj2815

3 жыл бұрын

@@CD-uf1lt I disagree children do not have enough life experience to raise themselves which is the reason why they’re given to parents full grown adults and not popping out of the sky as an infant raising them selves

@CD-uf1lt

3 жыл бұрын

@@payaj2815 the science of neurological development disagrees with you opinion. It’s child-led, not child-in-isolation-of-adult-guidance

@emytann7838

3 жыл бұрын

It is because when you are trans you think, feel and see things diferend. That makes you older

@pconnolly8533

2 жыл бұрын

@@emytann7838 that's a lode of BS. Children are sponges and pic up what is around them. I wonder how much social media time a day these kids get. Sexuality and gender do not have any influence in the maturity level of a child.

Parents should try to put aside their own emotions regarding social construct when making this type of decision and concentrate more on their sixth sense as a parent. Most parents have this gut feeling about their child-for example, you just know something's up when your kid is taking illegal drugs or even as small as when they're lying about doing homework. Parents should try to rely on that inner sense we have versus an emotional response. Of course it's not easy, but it's necessary. Bottom line...it's not about your feelz-it's about your child's well being. Saying things like, "this is not how we were raised," does not serve any purpose other then to shame and blame, which adds to your kid's anxiety. Also know that children and teens are humans too and are not stupid. They need guidance and acceptance. But their excitement and emotions also need to be reigned-in and if we are emotional and not guided by facts and savvy, then we can't expect our kids to either.

Very interesting documentary as a Parent I can't beging to imagin how the parents feels. With the uncertanty of "am I doing the right thing?" That's foe educating us on such a complex subject.

If you can’t buy a gun, buy alcohol or vote, you shouldn’t decide on such important issues like this one. Growing up I was surrounded by aunts and sisters and females cousins a lot and I played with dolls and all the girly stuff, I would put my mom’s clothes and shoes and makeup when she was out. I had no idea what being gay or trans was, I was just copying what I saw around me, later at school made me some male friends that I still see till today and never ever have I felt the need to put on any women’s clothes or dress like Cinderella. I’m assuming if I had expressed that and if a doctor had told me I was trans and started my transition, I would’ve made a big mistake. Glad to be a man. Period!

@margaretgarana911

Жыл бұрын

That’s the thing- these kids aren’t playing. Persistently say they are in wrong body

@reesemalo

Жыл бұрын

A doctor wouldn't tell you that you're trans based on that. Try again

@rosea8245

Жыл бұрын

Well said!! You are women or You are men. Period. People is EVIL doing this to change children.

@andreaberryman5354

Жыл бұрын

Oh ouch. I can't disagree there.

@CuriosiPress

Жыл бұрын

Glad you be who you are

At this point it is basically an experimental treatment. We will see later how this worked for them. I hope it gives them the happiness they hoped for.

@andyprompt

11 ай бұрын

No it's not. Puberty blockers have been used on transgender people since at least the 1940s. Information about that was some of the first stuff to be burned by Hitler

@champigranja1179

5 ай бұрын

And these doctors saying: there are some side effects but nothing to worry about. They don't know that, and these kids are guinea pigs.

@finallythere100

4 ай бұрын

2 of the fathers raising the right issues.

im so disappointed as a transgender man to see how negative these comments from boomers are lmao. im grateful that this documentary exists.

@Shane542

2 ай бұрын

Good luck…I hope you read the general comment I left for all to read. Maybe people will change their perspective😀

Im 42old woman, I'm just watching my 6 month old daughter try to crawl. I wished to born as boy in childhood. I liked behave snd play like boys. I felt ashamed when someone told me I should have been a guy. hmm,,, yes, I would like. " If you asked me when I was 20, 22, 24, if I want to be born a boy, my answer would be:,, Nooo, ABSOLUTELY NOT !!!" . I was a beautiful girl, very skillful, action, brave. Around the age of 24, I wouldn't change anything in my life. I remember moment, when I realized that... .. I feel physical nausea at the thought of being a kid now. if it didn't cost thousands of euros, DEFINITELY !! I WOULD DEFINITELY UNDERGO A TRANSITION !! NEITHER OF THOSE CHILDREN HAS A CHANCE TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY HAVE LOST, NOT A SINGLE ONE . they have wasted years thinking and imagining transformation, the transition It will take several years and I don't believe they will be happy at the end . PARENTS, YOU don't know handle puberty hormonal fluctuations in your children and you let them cripple. You who are supposed to protect them from themselves, because their brains are not developed enough to protect themselves. Children are a gift. They do not come into the world to spend half their lives transforming the body shell, but to live their lives and give this opportunity to their children

it seems like kyle had a hole in his heart because as a masculine person, he needed a masculine person to look up to and nurture him. but his father refused to be that person and made kyle feel as though that lack of love was *his* fault. it is only my opinion but i think that's why he was so deeply depressed. i am wishing him and all these youth nothing but the best. they deserve to thrive and share their stories.

@ProFriend

2 жыл бұрын

That certainly didn't help the situation

@joycedominguez1828

2 жыл бұрын

I think the dad was being cautious

@purplespaceship2417

Жыл бұрын

Kyle's dad isn't transphobic and doesn't not love him.Loving someone means being concerned for them and his dad has very warranted concerns about the fact that hormones manifest permanent changes ESPECIALLY if you take them longterm. All anybody needs to do is search detransition on youtube to find accumulating numbers of people who have detransitioned and the extreme hardships they've gone through and in most cases are still going through today. Also there's a disproportionate number of FTM who detransition, way more biological girls who transition end up detransitioning than boys. Many of these girls now have permanently deepened voices and hair loss and facial changes that can't be reversed and they will have to live with that the rest of their lives. I empathize with these kids and feel horrible that they have to go through this but if I were a parent I don't think I could ever agree with them pursuing as a child extreme medical intervention that not only has permanent changes but also has openly acknowledged UNKNOWN risks. And many many people who detransition do so in early adulthood after realizing they completely misunderstood their issues. They will spend much more of their life as adults than they will as kids so if that was something they were convinced they wanted to do then they could do so as an adult. Thankfully I'm never having kids so neither me nor my nonexistent child will ever have to go through that.

Holy shit, John’s dad won’t even let him change his name, which could literally be changed back. Glad John is over 18 now and I hope he is finally free.

@Sara-hy1kz

3 жыл бұрын

And how he says "I don't know if this is God's path for 'her'" but you know that it's not His plan for him either.

@gabimferraz5212

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sara-hy1kz and how he always says ''its a big thing to ME'' "MY thoughts'' or ''I dont belive'' like, yeah but its not about you, its about your kid, that is crying at your feet asking for this

@b.amelia1348

2 жыл бұрын

What a selfish father. Loving your child is accepting them for who they are. I hope John gets to be who he was made to be.

@iy4563

2 жыл бұрын

@@b.amelia1348 She was made a girl. However it's sad to see the pain.

@kathybrem880

Жыл бұрын

Her

Putting children through this is child abuse

@kalindamcnulty-uw4yh

4 ай бұрын

Abuse whoud being telling them their wrong and forcing them to be something that they are not

@InsomniacSleepy

4 ай бұрын

@@kalindamcnulty-uw4yh no forcing children that are not sure what they want into permanent decisions that are not reversible is. Kids dont get to choose what they want to see at a movie but can permanently disfigure themselves?

I grew up around boys and expressed myself as a boy (tomboy) playing football/basketball and wanting to be just like my older brother because I looked up to him. I even tried peeing standing up lol. And still my parents never encouraged the idea that I was actually a boy. Even though they never discouraged how I expressed myself. If they endorsed the idea, at such a crucial time in my life, that my nerves about puberty and becoming a woman was an indicator that I didn’t actually want to be a woman I wouldn’t be who I am today. And I’m so proud to be a woman. Kids don’t know how these drastic changes will effect them in the long run

@Autumn_Forest_

Жыл бұрын

I could’ve written your comment word-for-word. Exact same situation as mine.

@Pooyuck

Жыл бұрын

Which is why it is not only the child working through this but the parents, doctors and therapists. This is not a hasty decision.

@Marz859

Жыл бұрын

Not the same as having severe feelings of dissatisfaction about being your gender.

@primagiedi3775

Жыл бұрын

@@Marz859 no it’s not the same.. And that’s why parents shouldn’t jump straight to hormones and procedures.. I agree with the comment before you. Therapy and time, and when a child turns into an adult only then should they be able to consent to life altering choices for THEMSELVES. Not as a child with the parents consent.

@Pooyuck

Жыл бұрын

@@primagiedi3775 Please read my comment above. It is not a "jump" decision. And hormones before puberty is sometimes critical. But the decision is always made by a group of professionals, parents and the child.

Don't get me wrong, I'm really glad Alex has friends but the rhetorics they're pushing onto him are kinda toxic.

@xoEmilyAnnexo11

2 жыл бұрын

His friends are terrible ! I hope he finds some better male role models than mr. “treat her like you don’t even like her” & the guy who keeps using the wrong pronouns .

@tatsuhirosatouegoista5484

2 жыл бұрын

welcome to life as a man

@teresaburton4145

2 жыл бұрын

@@xoEmilyAnnexo11 I think that tactic with the opposite sex is used by both genders. I (an adult woman) used it myself back in the day.

@xoEmilyAnnexo11

2 жыл бұрын

@@teresaburton4145 doesn’t make it right . Today or back then .

@AccidentallyOnPurpose

2 жыл бұрын

They are teaching him how to be an asshole. He's already a guy, he doesn't need to be "taught". It's all toxic masculinity and stereotypes.

It is terrifying that parents are blackmailed by their children into having their own way . They are responsible for mutilating their children and failing their mental health . A whole new movement of children suing their parents and Doctors, and winning, for damages , is emerging. And the former Children do deserve at least monetary compensation, for not being protected from themselves. The lifelong pain and sexual dysfunction that these transitioned adults have to endure is heartbreaking.

@xermionthesecond4396

2 ай бұрын

strawman argument says what?

Everyone saying “they should do a follow up video,” you know there is, right? Called trans adults. All trans adults “grew up trans.” One famous example is Jazz Jennings, if you’re too scared to talk to a trans person in real life. Secondly, everyone else saying “I was a tomboy but never thought I was trans!” Exactly. You’re not trans. Being a tomboy girl or being a feminine boy is not the same thing as having a severely debilitating medical condition called gender dysphoria, where you have a male brain but a female body or vice versa. It’s an extreme and rare medical condition, not just a light passing “feeling” that apparently everyone in these comments has had. It’s like saying you had a headache once too when watching a documentary about brain tumors.

@InTheHillCountry

Ай бұрын

@@wnp67 have you met people before

@stevenkinzie84

12 күн бұрын

It’s a very conservative and regressive notion to say that if you like pink you’re a girl. That’s what transgenderism is. I feel like the progressives are blind to the fact that they have gone full circle and they are true conservatives.

I had a female friend as a kid. She was grown up being a tom boy. At puberty she embraced her femaleness and she became a beautiful girl and now a mom. Leaving kids to make such a huge decisions for a just not very smart. They are not even capable of choosing the most beneficial food, let alone gender.

@coffee_muggle

Жыл бұрын

Being a tom boy is not the same thing 🙄

@fresc007

Жыл бұрын

@@coffee_muggle Exactly my point.

rofl "I act like i dont even care about her" what a great bit of advice for dating, stellar really.

@speakingupforpointmolate4670

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Awful male advice. Misogynist, really.

@x.y.7385

3 жыл бұрын

What would these kids feel if they were taken out of our stupid emo sjw environment and just were left to grow up without so much internet info. So sad for these kids

@jordanmichelle6914

3 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly 😂

Trans kids… Please do not listen to the haters, you will only be doing damage to yourselves. Concentrate on the nice people like me for instance. I don’t have to understand it 100%, but I do wish you lots of happiness and good health. Be who you are… Isn’t that the most important thing when you come to think of it? I love you all, no matter who you are! 🙏💖❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🤟🤘✌️👍🫶🤗🤗🤗☺️😉

11:16 I hope they asked these questions off camera first and didn’t pressure him to be doing this. Then again assuming he made this choice then it is very brave of him and I wouldn’t not have been able to talk about that stuff on tv at his age!!!

Imagine if the parents had just said "Look, you are a girl, but girls can do anything that a boy can do" and left it at that. The kid would grow out of it.

@jamie1886

Жыл бұрын

They dive straight into "Let's make it permanent". These kids should have to wait until 21 if they have to wait until they're 21 to drink.

@pme8370

Жыл бұрын

That’s not how it works. Their brain is male and body is female or vise versa. Indeed there are a lot of kids that do question who they are and are uncomfortable while going through puberty and then grow out of it. That happens very frequently but these situations mentioned in the film are unusual. Unusual in that the child feels so uncomfortable in their body that they are willing to harm or kill themselves to escape what they are feeling. There has always been a small but significant portion of the population struggling with gender dysphoria. This has been the case since the dawn of civilization and it is here to stay. I get the impression that the parents in this film spent a lot of time wondering whether their child’s behavior and preferences were “just a phase” but then realized how much deeper their child’s challenges were. I would imagine that any parents that are about to let their child transition to another gender would not want it for their child without extensive and careful consideration. Because of what they have been through these kids are unusually smart, self aware and resilient. The reason that only adults used to transition in generations passed is because there was too much of a stigma surrounding transitioning earlier in life. Many people who transitioned as adults mentioned symptoms of gender dysphoria that date back to childhood. Sorry this is so long but it is a complicated topic.

@mdickard8354

Жыл бұрын

You're completely missing the point. At 21 regular development is irreversible. Hormone blockers allow this to be delayed. Ask a grown person who has transitioned of the wish they hadn't had to undo puberty and they would vehemently say yes.

@liamstacey419

Жыл бұрын

@@mdickard8354 It is an interesting question for two reasons: first, it is not possible to do the experiment with a "control" (i.e. treated and untreated), secondly, anyone who suffers a trauma or makes a tough decision will develop coping mechanisms to reassure themselves that they made the right choice. Of course there are people who suffer from traumatic regret and all sorts of PTSD, but my point is that just because someone says that they "feel" that they made the right decision, doesn't mean that they did. Its like trying to figure out if you made the right decision by not dating someone that you almost tried to, or if you married the right person... Humans simply can not compute the answer. The question then becomes: How can we know if it is right to tell kids that they are supposed to feel certain ways and want to play with certain toys etc. Was Baryshnikov not a man? I other cultures men wear makeup, jewelry, dresses, and dance together... on more important matters, do a google scholar search on "glyphosate" and "sexual reproduction".

@dayeden3333

Жыл бұрын

kid may not have. Perhaps dont medically transition, keep it social and perhaps blockers. they can decide on permanent changes as an adult