Dear Linda column - Granddaughter wants to be a boy

[Shana A]

Dear Linda column

    * by Our Correspondent, South Wales Echo
    * Mar 2 2011

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/showbiz-and-lifestyle/columnists/2011/03/02/dear-linda-column-91466-28257936/

Granddaughter wants to be a boy

I'm a grandmother of a little girl of eight. She's the fourth daughter of my son, but the only child of his second marriage. She stayed with me recently when her parents went on a trip and told me she wished she was a boy. She said she thinks her father wishes she hadn't turned out to be another girl. Might she have a gender identity disorder? She's a bit of a tomboy and quite sporty. Should I get her to talk more about it, just in case I can help by telling her that many people have gender issues?

S.V. Dinas Powis

Best not assume that this is strictly a gender dysphoria issue.