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Originally Posted by Pedestrian
I think we're putting too much adult thought into the implications for children. Children don't think like we do. If they see a boy playing with a doll or wearing a skirt, the answer is literally as simple as "He's a boy that wants to be a girl."
Children are much more accepting of these concepts than we, people who've been shaped for decades by society are. Childhood is not a confusing age. I don't think many children question their identities at that age. The fact that they're just kids I think is a good reason to introduce them to these new concepts, before their minds are made biased by society.
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As a child, I speak for us all. We are confused. So very, very confused.
But I get what you mean. Society is to blame for a lot of the issues that individual people have. Although if who we are is the sum of our experiences (the slogan from a dating website I think) then surely having more experience of issues like transgender is going to influence them more than those who have never even considered the idea?