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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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To: mkleesma

As if anyone needs proof that there are indeed lots of folks out there who struggle to reach two digits on the IQ scale.


61 posted on 08/06/2020 5:46:48 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: libh8er

Poor kid.

When I see a “thing” like this, I immediately assume they are mentally ill and crave attention. I bet there’s an emotional support dog, too.


62 posted on 08/06/2020 5:46:52 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: amnestynone

Transgenderism is a really tough nut to crack. My heart goes out to them. They were obviously born with this malady

All sexuality s learned behavior. What these mental degerates are doing is child abuse. Funny how its always women that know their sons are trannies, and fathers that always know their daughters are trannies. What tragic is they all seem to be liberals.


63 posted on 08/06/2020 5:51:18 PM PDT by Bommer (I'm a MAGA-Deplorian! It is the way! It is the only way!)
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To: BenLurkin

“We knew from the very beginning that our child didn’t fit the mould.”
“They were obviously born with this malady.”
“we followed his lead.”
So much B.S.
The parents or parent are responsible for this. A three year old knows nothing about these things. They “knew” from birth the child was different. The woman is sick and has no business having children.


64 posted on 08/06/2020 5:51:45 PM PDT by Vehmgericht (12)
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To: mkleesma

These people are absolutely insane. They are projecting their wrongheaded values onto their children. The JOB of parents is to guide their children INTO truth...not let them fall into error and confusion.


65 posted on 08/06/2020 5:52:38 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: DouglasKC

That’s child abuse.


66 posted on 08/06/2020 5:56:02 PM PDT by caww
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To: mkleesma

Was this youngling conceived in a rental truck?

What can you expect with such a name!

I can think of a few things that could earn me a “FRacation”


67 posted on 08/06/2020 5:57:32 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: wny
that kid won't get therapy. When he decides he's not a girl, because the girls won't accept him as one of them, (girls taught to compete/bejealous with each other while boys are taught to work as a team), and boys will find him unattractive and undesirable (wrong pheromones) his mother will refuse to support his decision.

He will alienate both parents, turn to drugs and a life of meaningless sex with casual partners, most likely abusive, and will be in and out of jail until the end at a young age.

68 posted on 08/06/2020 6:00:30 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017))
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To: wattojawa

Ping


69 posted on 08/06/2020 6:00:45 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Ezekiel

I should not have asked.

It is clearer and clearer, to me, how a major city ended up like Sodom and Gomorrah. When I was 18, I did not believe it happened.


70 posted on 08/06/2020 6:01:37 PM PDT by IgnorerOfLiberals
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To: mkleesma
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!"

Can anyone believe this? If true this child is one in ten million.

71 posted on 08/06/2020 6:03:31 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: mkleesma

“At three,................. He went to preschool with dresses and pigtails.”
______________________

At three he’s chosing his own wardrobe? Who bought the dresses?

He’s copying his sister. Sounds like there are no brothers.


72 posted on 08/06/2020 6:03:37 PM PDT by xenia ("In times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." George Orwell)
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To: libh8er

Okay that explains some of it.


73 posted on 08/06/2020 6:04:07 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: mkleesma

Yes. Child abuse

Moron liberal idiot parents

My two boys tease eachother and call eachother and me FAGGOT ! all the time

It’s SUPPOSED TO BE DEMEANING

if you say that word ONE TIME IN SCHOOL. YOURE SUSPENDED


74 posted on 08/06/2020 6:04:16 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guv-mint you get is the Trump winning express ! Yea haw ! Trump pence II!)
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To: Truthoverpower

Yes. Child abuse

********

The goal is permanent physical mutilation.


75 posted on 08/06/2020 6:05:34 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: mkleesma

So they FOLLOWED their kid’s lead???? What the eff is the point of parenting? That is antiparenting! And the dad should be flogged and thrown into hard labor.


76 posted on 08/06/2020 6:05:34 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: tet68

This always turns out to be a female agenda. There are a couple of islands at the end of the Aleutians that should be big enough to house these sick, narcissistic bitches. A healthy society would be rounding them up and shipping them off...after rescuing the children from them.


77 posted on 08/06/2020 6:09:58 PM PDT by Iowa Slim
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To: blueplum

Truvata.....for prep.


78 posted on 08/06/2020 6:10:59 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: IgnorerOfLiberals

On the “bright” side, I suspect that Lot intentionally triggered them, which pretty much pushed the dramatic conclusion to its logical end.

He offered his daughters. That’s right up there with generously offering a militant vegan a sizzling steak off the BBQ.

Not to make light of the plight of this innocent, abused boy. Horrifying what people think they can get away with in order to advance a perverse agenda. Ryder needs a real father figure to emulate so he’ll learn how to be a man.

Maybe the mountains turn into plains because all that granite will be used for millstones.

I see a reset on the horizon.


79 posted on 08/06/2020 6:11:18 PM PDT by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
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To: mkleesma

Sick parents. Tragic for the child.


80 posted on 08/06/2020 6:14:58 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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