www.nbcbayarea.com/multimedia/Transgender-Kids-A-Changing-Student-Body-502987641.html
It's the Susie Green/Mermaids script all over again.
Right off the bat, at 0:42, mom says "I would rather have a trans daughter than a dead son".
At 1:25 reporter eagerly begins championing "new medical guidelines that allow trans kids to begin physically transforming their bodies at younger ages".
At 1:48 child born Sophia but called Jack for the past year is seen getting first puberty-blocking implant, which "will keep Jack from growing breasts". No mention here or elsewhere in the show that never going through puberty will most likely also leave Jack sterile, with stunted genital development, diminished sexual function & a loss of 8-9 IQ points. Nor is Jack made aware that if he goes on to take testosterone as is pretty much inevitable once on blockers, Jack will eventually experience so much agonizing genital/pelvic pain that a hysterectomy at an early age will be required. And of course, there's no mention - or consideration - of the likelihood that by preventing puberty, the blockers are keeping Jack from going through a natural, normal process of human development that in the vast majority of cases puts an end to childhood gender dysphoria & confusion.
In bonus footage at the bottom of the page, Stephen Rosenthal MD waxes lyrical about using puberty blockers on children. "I'm not talking about a three, four or five-year old now; I'm talking about someone maybe the age of nine, ten, 11". Because, he goes on contrary to all known evidence, if a child thinks s/he is trans at nine, ten or 11, "then it is very likely that that person's identity as a transgender individual will continue through that individual's adult life". And because kids whose growth & development is stunted by puberty blockers will better be able to pass as the other gender without tons of surgery. (This POV is based on boy-to-girl transitioners, & does not apply as well to girls-to-boys, whose ability to pass as adult males is often ruined by the short stature & dainty hands & feet that puberty blockers will freeze in place - & which will force them forever to shop for their masculine clothing in the boy's department, not the men's.)
A doctor opposed to experimenting on children with puberty blockers is also included, briefly, but the objections he's shown raising are vague - basically "we just don't know what the longterm effects of these drugs on children will be."
The accompanying article includes a photo of Jack getting the puberty blocker implanted, & what stands out is how incredibly young this poor child is. There's no way this vulnerable child is old, wise & informed enough to consent to being sterilized & all the rest. How can people not see that this is blatant child abuse?