Unfortunately what I hear from a friend who runs a support group for parents of gender-confused kids is that these tactics don’t work. Once kids have been emotionally manipulated and systematically dissociated through exposure to this toxic ideology, it’s too late to change their minds through appeals to reason. It’s a bit like hoping to talk a kid out of smoking, taking drugs, anorexia or gang membership. Mere words are no antidote to a seductive delusion sold to them by schools and clinicians as a panacea for all emotional distress.
Unfortunately what I hear from a friend who runs a support group for parents of gender-confused kids is that these tactics don’t work. Once kids have been emotionally manipulated and systematically dissociated through exposure to this toxic ideology, it’s too late to change their minds through appeals to reason. It’s a bit like hoping to talk a kid out of smoking, taking drugs, anorexia or gang membership. Mere words are no antidote to a seductive delusion sold to them by schools and clinicians as a panacea for all emotional distress.