The Consequences Of Raising Your Kid as the Wrong Gender

Recent research into children ages 3–12 years old reveals the surprising outcome

Stephenie Magister ✨
Politically Speaking

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Graphic by author, elements from photos by geralt and geralt again

Newly-discovered milestones in your child’s development

There’s something happening beneath the surface of your kid that will now and forever be beyond your control as a parent.

By age 3, most cisgender children label their gender according to their assigned sex.

By age 5, most children expect their gender to stay the same.

By adulthood and beyond, recent Pew research concluded that for most kids, their gender will stay the same.

But what happens when a kid discovers their gender doesn’t match their sex assigned at birth? And how are you supposed to feel if you’re that child’s parent?

Just how much damage might even a loving parent do by raising their kid as the wrong gender?

You supported your kid, and yet —

You got it wrong.

Well, sort of.

You aren’t like my dad. You didn’t abuse and torture your daughter until she agreed to dress herself like a boy.

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Stephenie Magister ✨
Politically Speaking

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