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Our 9-year-old child Ryder is transgender — but parenting isn't about labels
CBC "News" ^ | 8/3/2020 | Ann Bruinn

Posted on 08/06/2020 5:01:51 PM PDT by mkleesma

We knew from the very beginning that our child didn't fit the mould. Ryder preferred dresses and pink sparkly clothing from the moment he could crawl to the cupboard and pull out his own clothes. They belonged to his sister but he wanted to wear them and so he did. His sister wasn't impressed at first but as long as they weren't her favourite outfits, she soon adjusted.

At three, he wanted to grow his hair out. He went to preschool with dresses and pigtails. When the other kids were confused, Ryder just shrugged. He didn't feel the need to explain himself and we followed his lead.

When Ryder was four, he sat on the couch crying heavy, sobbing tears. "I want to be a girl! I want to be a girl!" he cried as he rocked back and forth covering his face with his hands. I rushed over, took him in my lap and cradled him, saying, "You can be a girl. Of course you can. Be a girl!"

There was a brief time when Ryder's dad had doubts and made him buy clothes from the boy's section. We had a major fight and I was ready to leave with the kids if he didn't come around. Those clothes sat untouched for weeks until Ryder brought the pile to Dad and said, "I don't want these."

Dad nodded knowingly. That whisper of doubt was washed away and, every day since, Dad has been nothing but loving and supportive.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: abuse; badparents; child; childabuse; loons; transgender
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"‘We tell Ryder she is just a girl who was born with a penis. No biggie.’"

Child Abuse.

1 posted on 08/06/2020 5:01:51 PM PDT by mkleesma
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To: mkleesma

Losers. The kids will need therapy eventually


2 posted on 08/06/2020 5:03:30 PM PDT by wny
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To: wny

If they don’t kill themselves first.


3 posted on 08/06/2020 5:04:36 PM PDT by Monty22002
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To: mkleesma
Mother of the 'transgender child'.


4 posted on 08/06/2020 5:05:33 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: mkleesma

The parents need help!


5 posted on 08/06/2020 5:05:37 PM PDT by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE)
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To: mkleesma

No, he’s not. Labels are all you care about here.


6 posted on 08/06/2020 5:06:01 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: mkleesma

I always kind of wonder in these cases how much is the parents doing, and the kid just goes along because they think that is what the parents want. The kid overhears the parents saying they wish they had a daughter so they put on a dress one day, they get lavished with praise and attention from mom and dad. So they go all in to get lavished with love and attention.


7 posted on 08/06/2020 5:06:30 PM PDT by apillar
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To: mkleesma

At three... we followed his lead.


8 posted on 08/06/2020 5:06:59 PM PDT by Jolla
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To: mkleesma

Couldn’t this whack job tell whether he was a boy or girl when she changed his diapers?


9 posted on 08/06/2020 5:07:03 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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Child Abuse.

I agree. Child abuse.

10 posted on 08/06/2020 5:07:09 PM PDT by libertylover (Socialism will always look good to those who think they can get something for nothing.)
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To: libh8er

The mother has a ‘husband’. I am guessing a woman with a strap-on.


11 posted on 08/06/2020 5:08:47 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: mkleesma
Transgenderism is a really tough nut to crack. My heart goes out to them. They were obviously born with this malady and I guess the only sexual anomaly that is worse it being a pedophile.
12 posted on 08/06/2020 5:09:44 PM PDT by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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To: Monty22002

Something like 85% end up killing themselves because they can never adapt.


13 posted on 08/06/2020 5:09:50 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Slow Joe Biden is the Bolshevik sock puppet.)
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To: mkleesma

What’s the over/under on suicide by the age of 30?


14 posted on 08/06/2020 5:11:06 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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To: mkleesma
We knew from the very beginning that we would never allow our child didn't to fit the mould.

Fixed it.

15 posted on 08/06/2020 5:11:55 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (You are in far greater danger from authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
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To: libh8er

She was ready to leave with the kids unless $$@& whipped Dad came around. Since he was beaten down and conquered, Dad has been loving and supportive of the mom who was ready to end the marriage over this issue.

Ok then...........


16 posted on 08/06/2020 5:12:04 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: mkleesma

Only three sexes, male, female and freak.


17 posted on 08/06/2020 5:12:11 PM PDT by hardspunned (MAGA, now more than ever)
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To: mkleesma

Thank michelle.


18 posted on 08/06/2020 5:12:32 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: libh8er

Shocking


19 posted on 08/06/2020 5:12:58 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1, Today's Special: Half Baked: 50c)
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'We knew from the very beginning that our child didn't fit the mould.'

So, you raised a faggot. Bully for you. But nothing a few playground ass-kickings won't straighten out.

20 posted on 08/06/2020 5:15:36 PM PDT by Viking2002 ("If a really stupid person becomes senile......how can you tell?" - George Carlin)
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