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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any news on this?

Op! Stay strong and support your child! I’m not sure what would be the right support for him/her, but I hope you get it done.

I think it’s telling that this other boy has so much power. Maybe the solution is much simpler.

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OP here. Thanks for all the posts. I'll give a quick update.

Son has cooled down some. He seems to mostly have lost interest in the kid who was his trans mentor. Also, he has done some research, and we have discussed, the side effects of hormones. He now says that was a bad idea. He still says he feels like a girl though.

We are trying to be warm and keep him close without being judgmental. It feels like he is just going to have to work this out of his system on his own time frame. I don't think this will be permanent but it could take months or even years for him to work it out. Here is an example of working it out. He talked for weeks about how badly he wanted to buy a pair of girls jeans. So finally, we took him to the mall with the agreement that he could try on but not buy a pair of jeans. He went into the changing room and stayed there for a long time. But to cut to the chase, once he actually put them on whatever glamorous images were in his head went away and what he found was that girls jeans are just not very comfortable. He has dropped the girls jeans idea but he still mentions other (non-specified) girls clothing he would like to try.

And to the person who asked why a 12 year old is watching trans videos on YouTube, it's a fair question. But any newer TV is going to have YouTube and if you leave the kid alone for 5 minutes, this is the result. For bigger picture reasons involving his overall mental health, we have moved to cut way back on his computer and YouTube use.[/quote]

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