As a parent, you are charged with discernment and responsibility to do so FOR your child.
Short fat kid wants to be Michael Jordan - does NOT equate to - my kid wants to chop off his penis and take hormone blockers.
As a parent, you are charged with the responsibility to understand the difference.
If you want to be literal - then we can even look at these two examples by themselves and see that chasing one leads you down a path to better health while they other leads to a life of permanent medical dependency, mental instability - and often accompanied with Regret and Suicide.
Short fat kid who wants to be Jordan has to go exercise and practice - if they fail, they're in better health and understand concepts like Talents and the uniqueness we have. They experience working hard (I'm assuming they tried) for something. They experience failing at a goal - or not getting to their goal, but that failure turning into a success they didn't set out for.
Man who chops off their penis and takes meds forever? I don't even need to go down that list - there are plenty of "Detransition" vids out there and high suicide stats to paint the picture of that route.
It's not about reaffirming your beliefs. It's about being a responsible parent.
I appreciate the detailed reply but you're now targeting something very specific.
The meme, which is what I'm critiquing, doesn't get into penis-chopping and seems to cover all gender affirming care, the majority of which is non-permanent. That's where one would say the superman metaphor misses the mark.
As a parent, you are charged with discernment and responsibility to do so FOR your child.
Short fat kid wants to be Michael Jordan - does NOT equate to - my kid wants to chop off his penis and take hormone blockers.
As a parent, you are charged with the responsibility to understand the difference.
If you want to be literal - then we can even look at these two examples by themselves and see that chasing one leads you down a path to better health while they other leads to a life of permanent medical dependency, mental instability - and often accompanied with Regret and Suicide.
Short fat kid who wants to be Jordan has to go exercise and practice - if they fail, they're in better health and understand concepts like Talents and the uniqueness we have. They experience working hard (I'm assuming they tried) for something. They experience failing at a goal - or not getting to their goal, but that failure turning into a success they didn't set out for.
Man who chops off their penis and takes meds forever? I don't even need to go down that list - there are plenty of "Detransition" vids out there and high suicide stats to paint the picture of that route.
It's not about reaffirming your beliefs. It's about being a responsible parent.
I appreciate the detailed reply but you're now targeting something very specific.
The meme, which is what I'm critiquing, doesn't get into penis-chopping and seems to cover all gender affirming care, the majority of which is non-permanent. That's where one would say the superman metaphor misses the mark.