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/ (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.