This is a tough call for me to answer. Emotionally, maybe instinctively, I would want to spare a potential offspring from the pain of dysphoria. For me it's often a very jarring, very distressing, very physical thing. And I would want to spare someone else from having to feel that. But that is my protective instinct speaking, and my desire to not see anyone else in pain. The decision would probably be based on what I went through myself. A subjective one. And a misguided belief that it's the only way being transgendered has to be.
In all honesty, I don't trust myself to make such a decision free of that bias of my own experience. I don't trust myself that my desire to not see someone hurting would not override everything else. Talking about it in general is one thing, but if it were my own child, and I were actually faced with that decision... I fear that I would make a decision but it would not be the right one. Because I'm too emotional of a person. I fear I would overlook the voice in my mind which is screaming that, in a different environment, with different circumstances, this child would not have to go through what I went through. Things could be different. And, if I tried to be a good enough parent to look for, and recognise the signs that my child was not comfortable with themselves that I would be in a position to be able to help them in the way that I wasn't helped myself. To actually become themselves. To help them grow, give them the support they needed to flourish. To watch them walk their own path with pride and find themselves.
I guess my answer has to be: I'm glad I'm not having kids.
