My daughter is now 19. She showed signs of desisting last year before going to college. Unfortunately, she went into gender inclusive housing in the dorm, with 3 FtM suitemates, one in the process of medically transitioning. After being immersed in this environment, and after a very challenging year socially, where the only people in her corner were her roommates, my daughter came home for the summer fully entrenched in a male identity with, I think, an intention to medically transition. I believe her thinking has softened over the summer. She knows we do not support medically transitioning. It has been a long and painful road since this all started in 2020, during Covid lockdowns. The one positive is that I think we both feel like we have started to reconnect and become closer. My hope is that she will not do something I know in my heart she will regret ... at least until her brain is fully developed and she has had some life experiences so that she can actually understand what she is signing up for.
I’m sending you all good wishes. I’m so happy she’s putting her energy back into her connection with her loving parents. She’s lucky to have you. I hope she has a better year next year.
I’m so sorry you had that experience! How are you all doing now?
My daughter is now 19. She showed signs of desisting last year before going to college. Unfortunately, she went into gender inclusive housing in the dorm, with 3 FtM suitemates, one in the process of medically transitioning. After being immersed in this environment, and after a very challenging year socially, where the only people in her corner were her roommates, my daughter came home for the summer fully entrenched in a male identity with, I think, an intention to medically transition. I believe her thinking has softened over the summer. She knows we do not support medically transitioning. It has been a long and painful road since this all started in 2020, during Covid lockdowns. The one positive is that I think we both feel like we have started to reconnect and become closer. My hope is that she will not do something I know in my heart she will regret ... at least until her brain is fully developed and she has had some life experiences so that she can actually understand what she is signing up for.
I’m sending you all good wishes. I’m so happy she’s putting her energy back into her connection with her loving parents. She’s lucky to have you. I hope she has a better year next year.