Warning: Please be advised this episode contains descriptions of a sexual nature. “My daughter was groomed into being trans-identified at 13. It began innocently enough with a friend joking with her that she was bossy- planting a seed that would grow into the belief that take-charge girls are like boys.” A heartfelt account of how […]
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A mother of a trans-identified teen in the USA remembers her own desires to lead a new life, but that this was a result of wanting to escape herself, not her life. This originally appeared as a PITT essay. Transcript I’m a parent of a trans-identifying teen. I know a lot about this subject and
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A Mother in the Southern United States describes the external influences on her son through social media sites, including exposure to extensive pornography. Originally an essay on PITT, contains some explicit descriptions. Transcript I am a parent living in the southern part of the United States. 12 months ago in my inbox, waiting for me,
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A mother in the UK describes her experience of having a son who removed himself from his family and changed beyond recognition in his quest to find his place in the world. Transcript I am a mum from the UK. Unfortunately, like many other loving parents I have met, our 19 year old son doesn’t
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A mom from South Carolina describes the impact of pre-adoption trauma on her daughter, and recommends parents read ‘Hold on to Your Kids’ by Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté. Transcript I’m a mom from South Carolina. We adopted our daughter in 2005 from one of the worst orphanages in China, at 13 months. She weighed
Mother of a son in North Carolina This story initially appeared in PITT – Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans (https://pitt.substack.com) Transcript: I’m a mother in North Carolina. My child is a very impressionable, self-conscious, extremely smart 13 year old. He does well in school, has no depression and no visible body dysphoria. He has
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A Mom in Los Angeles describes her daughter’s path towards a trans identity. Transcript Hi, I am a mom from Los Angeles, California. So much to say, so little time. The seed was planted when my daughter was 11, when she went to a homeschool theatre programme, where she got into my car one day
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Californian parents speak of online and real-life influencers and clusters of children having the same experiences. Transcript Hi, my name is Avery and my husband’s name is Scott. We are happy to have a couple of minutes to share a little bit about our family life. We have a daughter who’s 16, who has always
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A mother in Canada tells her story. Transcript Hi. I’m a mom in Canada. I want to share the story of my daughter who as a little girl, toddler, always was into purple and sparkles and girl things, dolls. She could run around and climb trees too, but she certainly was not gender non-conforming in
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