Gender affirming care, does it help or hurt children?

[CountValentine]

36% of 177 over three years. That seems rare to me.
How many trans/non-binary kids we talking about? 100k, 500k, 1mm, more or less?

In terms of surgery numbers, there are no wide-spread statistics. However, this is the stats of one hospital only.
In terms of official prevalence in the wide-scale population, the DSM-5 says: For natal adult males, prevalence ranges from 0.005% to 0.014%, and for natal females,
from 0.002% to 0.003%.  Since not all adults seeking hormone treatment and surgical reassignment attend specialty clinics, these rates are likely modest underestimates.
In children, sex ratios of
natal boys to girls range from 2:1 to 4.5:1. In adolescents, the sex ratio is close to parity; in adults, the sex ratio favors natal males, with ratios ranging from 1:1 to 6.1:1. In two countries, the sex ratio appears to favor natal females (Japan: 2.2:1; Poland: 3.4:1)
So, according to the statistics, we should be talking about a practically non-existent minority.
There are 26.2 Million children in the US. If we take the high-line estimate, (0.014% of born males, 0.003% of females) we should have about 4,454 kids with gender dysphoria in the whole country.

Looks like those numbers are off.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-transyouth-data/

[imayid2]

If you tell a child enough times he/she is a duck, don’t be surprised when they start quacking.

[CountValentine]

If you tell a child enough times he/she is a duck, don’t be surprised when they start quacking.

That is why we listen to the medical professions out there.

[EliJelly]

That is why we listen to the medical professions out there.

Who have the ability to turn them into a real duck and not letting them quack out of a human body forever.

[neveryou]

That is why we listen to the medical professions out there.

"Science"

[bochur22]

Looks like those numbers are off.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-transyouth-data/

Take it up with the American Psychiatry Association. The statistics are a copy-paste from their diagnostic manual, the DSM-5. If, suddenly, the numbers have been exploding exponentially, that would seem to indicate a social contagion aspect. Proponents of gender theory argue that the numbers were always there, but that kids didn't feel safe coming out in non-affirming environments. But, if we couple that with the studies showing a high prevalence of suicidality for trans youth, (which is the argument made to push radical surgeries "Cause otherwise the kids will die") Then we should have had a decrease in suicide and mental health problems congruent with the rise in trans- identifying youth. But it's not there.

[CountValentine]

Take it up with the American Psychiatry Association.

Didn't the link I posted quote actual known numbers and not estimates? Which means the actual number is higher.

[YitzyS]

Could you add a poll to this thread?

[CountValentine]

Could you add a poll to this thread?

Options?

[YitzyS]

Options?

I think that question should be addressed exactly as it's titled in the thread, with three options: Help, Hurt, Other (explain in post)

[ReadsTheT&C]

Hurts

[CountValentine]

I think that question should be addressed exactly as it's titled in the thread, with three options: Help, Hurt, Other (explain in post)

Done

[YitzyS]

Done

Thank you

[dm123]

Could you add a poll to this thread?

What's the purpose of the poll?

[CountValentine]

What's the purpose of the poll?

To see how many are ill-informed. 

[m65]

To see how many are ill-informed. 

FTFY

[biobook]

Other.
Helpful for some, perhaps not for all.

Does anyone here know a transgender person IRL?

[jj1000]

Other.
Helpful for some, perhaps not for all.

Does anyone here know a transgender person IRL?

I guess you don't remember @meshugener

[imayid2]

If your 6 year old son wants to play dressup in a princess dress, would you:
A. Chalk it up to kids being silly.
B. Tell him that boys shouldn't wear dresses.
C. Talk to him about transgender concepts.

[CountValentine]

Did you see the response to that question? It was from someone ill-informed. I hope by now he educated himself.