Mum waits 3 years for autism diagnosis for child - yet transgender diagnosis took a few months.

When the child said she was a boy why didn’t they continue with you’re a girl but you can dress as you like and call yourself what you like, but you ARE a girl? It’s obvious that puberty is going to be very difficult for this child but now it will be 10 times worse because they’ve been led to believe they’re a boy. The parents and the NHS have really failed the poor kid.

Worryingly, recently Dexter has started to show signs that he may be less sure about his gender identity than he used to be. The announcement came one night in February 2019. ‘He was so upset as he said, “I think I want to be a girl. I don’t know. I’m confused.”

Of course this poor child is confused. Being told by supposedly responsible adults that whether you are a boy or a girl is a matter of choice. And why is it 'worrying' if a girl decides she is a girl after all?

My kid got a GD diagnosis in one session with a psychiatrist. So, 1.5 hrs.

Psych told me the diagnosis is 'low hanging fruit'.

Oh ye Gods and little fishes.

Yes I clicked and read, despite being aware of the shortcomings of the DM, and being slightly tipsy in charge of a laptop.

So please forgive me for possible hyperbole but honestly, I took a couple of months I'm back on the hamster wheel.

It seems every time I dive in, fresh horror waves itself in my face and reminds me how ephemeral old certainties have become.

In what world is this in any way acceptable? Any of it?

That poor kid. Their poor parents. Casualties to ideologies.

What happened to "do no harm"?

"Best interests of the child" ...... when did that get so warped?

Honestly it feels like I'm drowning, and every time I come up for air water-boarding happens.

Yes, I could "step away" - but if we all do that what happens?

Again, apologies for the ramble. No constructive words other than the usual......

It seems like her mum is reluctant to Dexter to return to Talia. But even more worrying is her attitude to puberty blockers:

Mienna was resigned to the fact that hormone blockers — which can be taken from the age of ten — would be available to Dexter to spare him the agony of an unwanted puberty

Which the article describes as:

Children can request puberty blockers before they hit puberty.

They are said to give children ‘breathing space’ to decide if they wish to be a different gender, by preventing changes to their body such as their voice getting deeper or breasts growing.

If they then decide they want to, at 16 they can begin the physical transition from male to female, or female to male, using the ‘cross-sex’ hormones oestrogen or testosterone.

They can also change their mind and come off the hormone-blockers before reaching a further stage, at which time puberty would happen normally.

It worries me that a woman who would encourage the transitioning of a 9 year old child, including legally changing their name, is being trusted with other people’s children.