{"id":1833821,"date":"2023-02-03T09:52:56","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T14:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1833821"},"modified":"2023-02-03T09:53:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T14:53:56","slug":"heres-the-best-thing-adults-can-tell-kids-who-claim-gender-dysphoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-the-best-thing-adults-can-tell-kids-who-claim-gender-dysphoria\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s The Best Thing Adults Can Tell Kids Who Claim \u2018Gender Dysphoria\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fheres-the-best-thing-adults-can-tell-kids-who-claim-gender-dysphoria%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1833821&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Teens are experiencing increasing anxiety and depression. They don&#8217;t need to hear that they can solve their problems by having sex with the opposite gender.\u00a0It is important for them to feel heard, to have compassion, and to be able to explore their pain. <\/p>\n<p>The world we live in wants us to solve every problem, then move on. We physicians are keen to offer concrete help, and I often feel that way as a physician. There are so many ailments that we don\u2019t completely understand and often we just write a prescription. <\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t because we don\u2019t care, but we do fall into the same trap as parents and counselors. We hate to see kids hurt, so we do our best to give any help \u2014 even if it\u2019s a band aid. But now we\u2019ve walked into dangerous territory. When kids come to us and say they are gender confused or dysphoric, we are too quick to advise a dangerous solution \u2014 medical transition.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Diane Ehrensaft, director of the University of California San Francisco\u2019s Mental Health Department, said, \u201cParents say to us, \u2018what do you really know about the long-term effects of puberty blockers? Who has really studied the children over 20 years?\u2019 We say: \u2018That\u2019s what we plan to do.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gender dysphoria can be a complicated issue. I am afraid of sending my children down the path of \u201cfixing\u201d Their dysphoria will only worsen if they are treated with surgery and hormones.<\/p>\n<p>A few years back, a young boy whom I had seen since he was little came to me to say he wanted a transition to becoming a woman. It was becoming more difficult for him to understand and was depressed. He wore camouflage pants and sparkly nail varnish. One half of his hair was shaved, while the other was long. My heart dropped because I could name the reasons he was depressed, and one was that he didn&#8217;t want to be a woman.<\/p>\n<p>He was the oldest of his four siblings. His mom and dad divorced. The two younger children were unable to cope with the divorce. He took over the responsibility. \u201cparent\u201d them. His father was a drug addict who sold drugs from his home on the nights that his children stayed with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would hear men\u2019s voices in the living room after we went to bed. I cringed. They were using drugs. Some of them would say weird things about sex and I was terrified they would come in one of our rooms and hurt my sisters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the years went on, he kept going to his dad\u2019s because the court said he had to. His mother knew that this was happening but was too scared to confront her ex-husband because she feared he would become violent. She met a boyfriend, and he moved in. \u201cHe hated us\u201d My patient said. \u201cWe never liked being around him because he was mean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He did this for many years. We talked for hours and he would cry every time he entered my office.<\/p>\n<p>When he was twelve years old, he came to me and his mother. She did most of all the talking. <\/p>\n<p>About halfway through her appointment, she said: \u201cWe need to call him Clare now, Dr. Meeker. He wants to transition to a girl and we fully support that.\u201d From my experience, parents are frequently the ones to push for gender transition, believing they\u2019re genuinely helping their kids.<\/p>\n<p>My patient stared at me. He looked empty. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re taking him to U. Michigan to the gender transition clinic,\u201d According to his mother.<\/p>\n<p>I tried to get them waiting. \u201cWe need to treat his depression aggressively before we consider this,\u201d I said. <\/p>\n<p>Research was also mentioned. A 30-year-long Swedish study found that transgender patients were 19 percent more likely to commit suicide after gender reassignment. Transgender patients who change from male to feminine are at higher risk.<\/p>\n<p>My pleas were unsuccessful. I asked him to go to the University of Michigan. This is what he told us. After being interviewed by two therapists, he spent an hour with a doctor. After that, he was sent home with the first round puberty blocking medication. I felt sick. He was a 12-year-old boy I knew. After three hours of talking, they began to change the course of his life.<\/p>\n<p>All across the country, this is what&#8217;s happening. Although they are good-intentioned, health care workers can be very dangerous. The problem is, they don\u2019t know these kids. They give them a \u2018fix\u2019 They are eager to help. But giving kids growth hormones to stop puberty doesn\u2019t help.<\/p>\n<p>A plethora data exists on the negative effects of children who are transitioning. Stan Weed and Irene Ericksen, researchers at The Institute for Research and Evaluation, meticulously reviewed hundreds upon hundreds of papers. Here&#8217;s a list. <a href=\"https:\/\/institute-research.com\/pdf\/Transgender_Research--5_Questions_for_Parents_%26_Policymakers_%28IRE%209-26-22%29.pdf\">A summary<\/a> Here&#8217;s what they found:<\/p>\n<p>First, \u201cScientific evidence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an age of rising anxiety and depression in teens, the last thing they need is to be told their problems can be resolved by becoming the opposite sex.\u00a0What they need is to be heard, given compassion and help to dig deep into their pain. 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