Transgender child's change

[Amelia Pond]

Transgender child's change
September 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.