Christmas presents for girls

Christmas is coming. And maybe you should think twice about buying that little girl something pink and frilly. 

More and more, girl teenagers are declaring they are 'really' boys, and such is the lunacy of the moment that 'professionals' are perfectly likely to help damage her body in the belief that she is transgender.

One example is the young woman pictured left, Keira Bell, who is now suing the 'professionals' who damaged her health by acceding to her voiced desire to be a boy. She was just sixteen.  It didn't take many years for her to regret that decision. 

 I think a lot of the phenomenon of teenage girls suddenly wanting to be boys is a revolt against the girly-girl training that is foisted onto them from the time they are born. (Other reasons - wanting to be special, and peer pressure.)  

Refraining from trying to force her into a narrow gender role can help avoid future damage. So this Christmas, buy that little girl a truck instead of a rainbow coloured unicorn adorned with long and curly mane and tail. Buy her a building set instead of yet another Barbie. And if you do buy her a Barbie, make it an astronaut Barbie or something similar. 

And instead of dressing her in a pink and frilly 'princess' type of dress, give her the option of active play with more practical clothing. 

I am not saying that she should never have the pleasure of dressing up or playing with that cute unicorn toy,  just that she should have options, and she should understand that she has options.  

A girl can do anything she wants to do. She does not have to be a boy to do 'manly' things, and she needs to know that.  And maybe that will reduce the likelihood that some well meaning but ultimately very foolish professional ends up damaging her body and her health. 

The image to the left is a little girl in around 1960.  Girls then were not relentlessly forced into pink and frilly.  Girl then, overwhelmingly, grew into healthy women. 

That a little girl could turn into a man would have been laughed at.  And so it should be. 

And just incidentally, there is the corollary.  If you have an effeminate boy, simply accept him as he is. Not all boys are 'boyish.' It does not matter. He is likely Gay. It does not matter if he is, but please, if he says he wants to turn into a girl, explain that it is impossible.  Impossible, no matter how many ideologues would like to say different.  

Love your child the way they are, and it is much less likely that he or she will  try and turn into something different.