Gender Identity Disorder
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Gender Identity Disorder is on the rise among children. Children now are coming out and talking about how they feel as they are trapped in the wrong body. How does this affect a child who feels this way and how can we approach this situation in a positive way. For a child as young as six years old to feel this way, it can put them into depression and make them withdraw from society. These children can have these feelings as young as six years old and up. Some parents who have children with Gender Identity Disorder disown their child. When a parent disowns their child due to the Gender Identity Disorder, this has a huge affect on the child. This is when the child goes into a deep depression and at times, some have committed suicide.
Some children who are born male and have the male parts actually feel female. These males actually have all the other characteristics of a female. The same goes for a child who is born a female. They have all the female parts but feel like a male on the inside and they also have all the characteristics of a male. Parents who have children who have Gender Identity Disorder need to approach this in a positive way and support their child. This is in no way the child's fault. This is a disorder in which you are born with.
If these children are supported and people would think more about the child's feeling, they may grow up and lead a normal life. Approaching this disorder in a negative way can have a huge affect on these children. This only puts more pressure on the child when they have enough to deal with already.
Some children who are born male and have the male parts actually feel female. These males actually have all the other characteristics of a female. The same goes for a child who is born a female. They have all the female parts but feel like a male on the inside and they also have all the characteristics of a male. Parents who have children who have Gender Identity Disorder need to approach this in a positive way and support their child. This is in no way the child's fault. This is a disorder in which you are born with.
If these children are supported and people would think more about the child's feeling, they may grow up and lead a normal life. Approaching this disorder in a negative way can have a huge affect on these children. This only puts more pressure on the child when they have enough to deal with already.
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I would think that you would want to support your child than to see them dead at their own hands.
I do not think this is as huge as people are making this out to be. How come all of a sudden now it's becoming an "issue"? Say I believe the argument decades before this was misdiagnosed, and misunderstood. Still does not explain away the causation of such. Gender roles are largely social, but to be male and see yourself as a female is different from just feeling the need to be more feminine. And vice versa. Personally, I do not think this is a real disease. If it were my child this would cause a huge rift and I would disown them I'm not going to lie and say I'm going to be accepting of this.
Curt first of all I am not even wasting my time commenting to your post. Nor will I read your article. For all of you who left positive feedback, I thank you for that.
Curt are you a doctor? I am almost certain that even if this disorder is proven without a shadow of a doubt that it does exist, there will always be bigots on here that will down play something serious as this. Children are committing suicide because of people like you who have no compassion or tolerance. I would hope that if you have children and Lord forbid they should suffer from this disorder, you would show them some compassion and love and support them.
When working at a doctors office, we came across this issue. It is a tough road to hoe. I enjoyed your article.
Great article. Parents should love thier childrena nd support them through times like these. NO child should feel as though they have done something wrong when this is clearly not a choice they are making but just who they are. Very well written article.
Chas, Gender Identity Disorder is so far away from spoiling the child, that there is no possible scientific, genetic,and biolgical basis for connecting the two. Gender Identity Disorder, is in fact, a medically recognized illness, and not something that children create as a means to justify dressing and acting as the opposite Gender. How anyone with ANY common sense could dismiss this as spoiling the child is beyond me
Single parent families and gay and lesbian parents will not cause an epidemic of G.I.D I watched the Barbara Walter's special on this the other night. Not once was there an interview with gay/lesbian parents or single moms. These parents were married and in a loving, heterosexual marriage. From what was being said, it sounds like this occurs in the uterus and has to deal with hormones. You can't blame something on single family parents and gay and lesbian parents. Not everything that happens with transgender or GID should be blamed on these two sterotypes. There are many children with single parents or gay and lesbian parents who grow up happy, healthy, and well adjusted.
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05/05/2007
This is a well written article, it is short and to the point and highlights a problem which the mass media has not yet given the kind of attention it deserves. I am in support of both the parents and the society supporting anyone who suffers G.I.D (Gender Identity Disorder). Besides the biological factor, there may be a spiritual dimension to this problem. And in the future, as more and more states legalize same sex marriages and single parent families keep increasing, there will be an explosion of G.I.D. So, this is just the beginning of an epidemic.
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Why is it that others come on here just to mess up your ratings and they never leave a comment as to why??? How immature is that?
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