"To my knowledge, I had never met a trans person, child or adult," Karen says.According to Michelle Telfer, it's very common for children as young as three or four to know they're transgender.
"If you ask any child at age three or four, they will tell you absolutely whether they're a boy or girl," she says. "I think all children have a sense of their gender at that age, we just have to trust that children can tell us how they're feeling."Dr Telfer says it is"totally normal" for children to experiment with their gender and to go through phases of wanting to dress up in a particular way.
"If they are persistently, consistently and very much intensely expressing themselves in a particular way — and they become distressed when they're not able to be who they are — that's when we tend to get involved."For children as young as Lottie, all the treatment involves is psychological support — questions of medical intervention only come up when young people approach puberty.
These stories about little kids knowing anything about being trans make me sick.
Go Lottie!! Beautiful story. And good on the parents for being supportive and encouraging
ABC showing its true colours now
In these replies: - People who feel threatened by a child - People who think they know more than a qualified paediatrician, because their favourite political pundits told them so.
Let the kid be a kid.
auspol We regiment kids into stereotypes very early! Why shouldn't boys wear dresses or fairy wings? Why shouldn't girls wear male gear? If weren't so bloody stereotyped such a young age I wonder if would even be a problem with transgender kids? They could be who they want.
auspol Hmm I think ppl should be just allowed to wear what they want then some of the issues facing transgender ppl wouldn't B a problem. Wear what you want, be what you want but also think kids should be left alone as I think being very young it might be too early 2 decide.
Child abuse
. If this story being fake didn't cross your mind you are not paying attention to how our world works. .
Child abuse
Her parents must be very careful, at nine years of age children do not totally understand complex issues such as this. It could be simply a 'phase'.
Poor kid
Child abuse.
That's because they can't. Terrible parenting. Do your research for Christ's sake!
Predicted this when Angelina Jolies kid Shiloh came out as a boy fashion lemmings conspiracy
Well we do know little kids brains are developing and malleable don’t we - so they are easily influenced
'she came out to her parents when she was four.'
The whole idea of gender is quite sexist.
Stupidity, 3 year olds don't even know what they want for breakfast!
Fwit parents. This agenda-driven story not needed thank you.
Idiot parents. How at 3 years old they think he knows what he wants is beyond me. At 9 he still wouldn't know.
Transgenderism can be A) natural B) SOCIALLY IMPRINTED - thus unnecessarily encouraging children into a highly suicidal demographic
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