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Mother trying to persuade son he is a girl

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PolyPoppy · 21/09/2024 14:37

Relative has a 9 year old who she says is trans. She changed her son's name to a girl's one and changed pronouns used at school and stopped all friends and relatives seeing the boy. The boy loves long hair but is a typical young boy in terms of mannerisms, interests etc. He has got annoyed when mistaken for a girl and tells people that he's a boy. He told us that his mum had talked to him about being trans and he didn't think he was. We think it's his mum who wants him to be a girl. We are worried that she is manipulating him, we're not sure why. She has mental health issues and is autistic. School have gone along with the new name and pronouns. Family don't understand why she won't let any of us see him as we will happily support him if he is trans. We think the child is vulnerable and want to make sure that the gender change is coming from him not mum. What can we do?

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MovingTooFast121 · 21/09/2024 14:38

Children’s services referral. Ideally from
several different people so it’s taken seriously.

Viviennemary · 21/09/2024 14:39

I would report this to social services. The child is being abused.

Deipara · 21/09/2024 14:41

Wow. This is completely abusive. Report her now.

BodyKeepingScore · 21/09/2024 14:41

Didn't you post about this yesterday too?

PolyPoppy · 21/09/2024 19:03

We've tried to get Childrens services to look into it but they dont sèem to see it as an issue which we were surprised about. School will only talk to parents. If they looked into it and the boy was happy about it we'd be happy but as he is easily persuaded and hasn't got people to talk to from his family and friends we want to make sure that he does feel hes a girl as he has been consistent in identifying with and telling people he was a boy until now. The suddenness of this and us not being able to help him either way rings alarm bells. Other than childrens we cant think what to do. He/she is a lovely child but very trusting and young for their age. Mum has lots of issues. We want to help him.

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