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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone with experience of a child who wants to be identified as the opposite gender much younger? Like at 4? Insistent, persistent, consistent for at least 6 months now. But wants to be known as a woman, not a girl (child was born a boy), so we are not sure if this is driven by general unhappiness with this stage of life. We are also working through other diagnoses like anxiety, ASD. Any advice?[/quote] I would not jump to conclusions about anxiety or ASD unless you have other reasons to think your child might be experiencing these things. Honestly, it almost sounds like a typical 4-year-old obsession. How some kids become obsessed with dinosaurs, construction equipment, animals, certain characters, careers, any number of things kids latch onto and make central to their lives. What do you tell your son? What is his understanding of what girls and women are? What men and boys are? Do you think he grasps the difference between sex and gender?[/quote]
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