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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 12 year old DD and I could have written your post, OP. I’m confused, too, but trying to be non-judgmental. I don’t care who identifies as what, but for this age group it all feels very internet-driven. [/quote]

+1 - dealing with this with both of my girls - 14 and 10. I have posted here about it previously.

I'm supportive, but firm about the idea that they are too young to make any permanent decisions. I refused to buy a chest binder for my 14 year old. She has largely returned to being a girl, but is still a bit uncomfortable with her developing body. 10 year old has friends calling her by a gender neutral name. She has not asked me to use this name. I don't think I would agree to it at this point simply based on my point above - too young to make any permanent decisions.

I have also tried to talk to them about the fact that they are being heavily influenced by the internet/culture and while we should all be accepting we should also be aware of outside influences on how we think about things. This is trickier because it can sound unsupportive but I feel like it's important for them to question the source and content of what they are seeing/reading.

From an adult perspective I feel like the entire gender dysphoria discussion in teens/tweens is hugely overrepresentative of how many actual transgender people exist in society. The sexuality discussions are a little different, but I think it's this generation's edginess.[/quote]

Here's a question: Why does your 10 year old (or even your 14 year old) have access to this part of the internet? It's clearly messing with their minds.[/quote]

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