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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am keeping the topic vague in the hopes of getting more kind responses. We’ll see how that goes, ha.

I have an issue I need to get over, I think. I really dislike the name DC chose as their preferred name. They are 12 and while I am fine with them picking a new name, I wish I could have had some input. It seems like there are so many good gender neutral names and had they let me know they wanted a different name I could have steered them toward one of those. And DC even likes the names I was thinking of, but they have come out to everybody as their own preferred name and they say it’s too late to change.

If people say I just need to go along with it, I will and I’ll just consider myself lucky that they didn’t choose “soup” or something. [/quote]

I am the mother of a trans boy, so I get it. I do like his chosen name.

But I want you to look at this from another angle, an that is that all people have the right to be called by what they want. And choosing a new name is very common in religions, and in other cultures. And it is. huge part of many people's creative growth. Think Robert Zimmerman -- Bob Dylan. Audrey Perry -- Faith Hill. Tennessee Williams -- Thomas Williams. The list of creatives is so so long. Really let this go, and allow your child to take the lead on this one.

Look ten years ahead at how you want to be part of your child's narrative during this transitional time -- supportive, or nitpicking and controlling.[/quote]

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