A NZ family are defending their decision to start sex change treatment for their seven-year-old.
The child was born a girl. But her parent's say it is a biological mistake and they are already raising her as a boy.
The child began to choose to wear boy's clothing at about the age of three and would tell the parents that he wasn't a girl.
In a few years they will aim to use puberty blockers - drugs to stop the onset of female puberty to better enable his transition into becoming a male.
They justify their decisions as they don't want the child to be traumatised by going through puberty as a girl, but identifying as a boy.
While it is understandable that the parents would want to avoid such psychological trauma their decision has been met with disapproval by some, who feel that decisions of such gravity should be kept until the child is older and can take a more prominent part in the decisions and can better know what will best suit them.
Should the parents proceed or reconsider with the child at some later point?
Read more here:
tvnz.co.nz/national-news/family-defends-sex-change-seven-year-old-5601028 www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/sex-change-treatment-children-rise-article-1.1025598 It is proposed that the parents proceed with the 7 year old's sex change treatment.