Transgender child's changeSeptember 13, 201 11:40 am EDT
What if your little boy only wanted to play with Barbie dolls and dress like a girl...
Patricia and Eduardo have three sons.
Patricia: "Very healthy, happy, normal situation."
But they started to notice something was different with their youngest, Manuel, before he was a year old.
Patricia: "The first thing he really wanted was a stroller, a pink stroller."
They figured, what's the harm, and bought it, but as the pink stroller became the only thing Manuel wanted to play with, they had second thoughts.
Patricia: "We decided it best to get rid of the stroller because it made no sense."
But Manuel still wanted what most people consider to be girl toys.
Patricia: "Where he wanted a Barbie, of course it's, 'No, you can't have the Barbie. You want the G.I. Joe.'"
By age two, he started adjusting his clothing to look more feminine.
Patricia: "He would stretch out his shirts so, of course, it looked like a long skirt."
Patricia started to blame herself, and tried to have him spend more time with his dad.
Patricia: "Maybe he was identifying with me too much."
It didn't change anything.
