So, how much time has the BOY been spending with "Uncle Ernie"?
Exactly
Good God! Why hasn’t this kid been fostered into a family with the knowledge to deal with normal childish fantasies? Anyone with a brain should be able see this is s form of child abuse, like Munchausen by Proxy- and apparently has been going on awhile. Some family member should have insisted that the MOTHER go to therapy, never mind the kid.
Unless a baby is born a hermaphrodite, or its sex organs do not match its DNA as male/female, then the child is not “transgender”, period-a person can convince themselves that they are a space alien, but that does not make it reality...
And plenty of kids are enamored of being of the opposite gender-hell, I work in a male dominated profession, prefer the company of men at work and as friends, etc- I also wear makeup, have long hair and I’m totally heterosexual when it comes to the physical stuff.
I was a tomboy, and said I’d rather be a boy as a little kid, too, but I had real parents, so that my liking of cars, playing sports, physical work, etc co-exist quite nicely with perfume, high heels, having been married to a man and being a mom. Parenting is apparently no longer a necessary or respected skill...
These cases make me think of women who want a girl, have a boy, and abuse the boy instead of having a second child.