Gender Identity Disorder in Kids ??????

[rizen1]

Liberty Counsel
May 27, 2008

Administering Hormone-Blocking Drugs to Seven-Year-Old Children Pushes Ethical Limits



Boston, MA – Dr. Norman Spack, a pediatric endocrinologist at the Boston Children's Hospital, has launched a clinic where he administers hormone-blocking drugs to children as young as seven years of age. Gender Identity Disorder (GID), which these children allegedly experience, is classified as a mental disorder. A GID diagnosis involves someone whose biology and physiology is indisputably male or female, but subjectively this person has a desire to be the opposite sex. Children that are diagnosed with GID later in life often abandon the desire to be the opposite sex.

Dr. Spack administers either luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) or medroxyprogesterone, which blocks estrogen or testosterone to delay the onset of puberty. The result would stop girls from developing their menstrual cycle, breasts, and other normal female characteristics, and it would stop boys from developing a deeper voice, facial hair, and other normal male characteristics. The dangers involved in children taking these drugs include permanent infertility, increased risk of breast cancer, and more confusion about who they are.

Shortly after stopping children from reaching puberty, cross-hormones are taken to simulate the puberty of the opposite sex. Estrogen is given to boys and testosterone is given to girls, physically transforming these children into the gender they want to be. The final step would involve removal of male or female organs and plastic surgery.

In 1966, Johns Hopkins University started performing the nation’s first "sex reassignment" surgery in its Gender Identity Clinic. In 1979 the university hospital stopped performing these surgeries when it was discovered that the patients' well-being did not improve and the procedures were destroying healthy organs. The hospital decided the best treatment was through psychology, focusing on healing the mind.

Mathew D. Staver, Founder of Liberty Counsel and Dean of Liberty University School of Law, commented: "Seven-year-old children are thinking about video games and riding their bicycles, not about artificially transitioning to the opposite gender. Since Gender Identity Disorder is purely subjective, it is dangerous and unethical to give drugs to children to block the onset of puberty. Gender Identity Disorder is a mental, not a physical disorder. We do not treat anorexia with liposuction and we should not treat gender confusion with plastic surgery."

 

[Chad]

This is what happens when you push GOD away.

 

[Ncdataman]

Such a sad state the world has gotten itself into. Brother Chad you are right, this is what happens when we push God out. Pray for these children that are becoming what their parents want them to be, not what God intended them to be.

IN Christ,

NC

 

[Bratface75]

wow... this world really has gone awry!
I think that people who choose thier own thinking over God's design are sick, and should not in this case be allowed to practice medicine. That though will never happen. Too many freedoms are allowed to play with the God's creation. Although I am not against research to help fix human problems, I am TOTALLY against messing with one's gender.

This actually made me think about those who are born what they call a hermaphrodite, and they do have the option to seek medical surgery based on thier organs. If they carry more female organs they could have reconstructive surgery to help the physical appearance and function, and the same for males. Unfortunately it seems as if we live amoungst a Sodom and Gomorrah land with all that is happening.

How dare those doctors do this to innocent children. If a person wants this done when they are at the age of accountability (an adult) that is their choice, but a child??? I fear for thier judgement day... :shock:

 

[SpiritLedEd]

Gender Identity Disorder in Kids???

Gender Identity Disorder (GID), which these children allegedly experience, is classified as a mental disorder. A GID diagnosis involves someone whose biology and physiology is indisputably male or female, but subjectively this person has a desire to be the opposite sex.

I notice that this report says nothing about parental involvement. A pre-pubescent child is naive, vulnerable. If a caring parent is not involved at all times when these diagnoses are being reached, a child can be tricked into saying whatever the "researcher" wants him/her to say. This report terrifies me!

SLE

 

[Katzie]

Wow, this just breaks my heart. Where does man get the audacity to literally assault these young innocent children who certainly are not old enough to make such a horrific life altering decision and make that decision for them?

When I was 6.... I wanted to be a fairy, a sprite, a nymph.....anything with wings who could fly and live amoung the mystical creatures in the forests, especially the Unicorns. I wanted a magical wand to grant wishes to those who needed them. Why stop at Gender identity, maybe I needed a creature identity intervention.

I remember when my son was 4 years old and misdiagnosed with ADHD and placed in a pre-school program for ADHD children. The Neurologist who did his testing did tell me if he didn't do well in the program to request additional testing because he did see a significant amount of Autistic Behavior to question his diagnosis.

Needless to say my son did HORRIBLE. The teacher and aids were not trained to work with autistic children so when he acted autistic, they put him in time out which turned out to be a huge part of his day.

He started loosing weight.........a 4 year old at normal weight had lost 15 lbs in a month. He started crying and screaming everyday when I brought him out to the school bus.

Then on Feb 26, 1993 my brother died, suddenly and totally unexpectedly. I took my son out of school for the funeral. Then when it was time for him to go back, that very first day as I carried him kicking and screaming down my driveway I could hear a voice say "this is not God's plan for him, turn around and do not send him there".

I told the bus driver he would not be coming anymore. I then called the Child study team and told them, he was doing horribly and he needed further testing as the Dr. suggested to see if he was autistic. They told me to come in to discuss it. When I got there they wanted me to put my 4 year old son on RITALIN - an amphetamine.

I told them that if they weren't going to send him for the testing, I'd do it myself, that in no way shape or form could I justify putting a 4 year old on an amphetamine just to make him compliant as they seemed to have had that success with children with ADHD.

I took him to the Children's Specialized Hospital for a battery of tests. The first thing the Neuropsychologist said to me after the testing was complete was "Thank God that you did not give in to the demands of the Child Study team because your son is Autistic and you know what happens when you put Autistic Children on Ritalin? They become psychotic and often suicidal.

All I could do is thank the dear Lord for using my brother's death to speak to me and get me to seek help for my son on my own.

My son was then placed into an out of district school specifically for autistic children and never again did he cry when it was time to get on the bus. Never again was he put in time out. Never again did he loose another pound.

He thrived, he laughed, he smiled, he began speaking, he gained weight bringing him back up to normal weight and he made many friends. He continued to thrive and then administration felt he needed to move on and go back to main stream school that he was academically brilliant and he would learn more socially among peers his age who were "normal". He was the youngest child being 8 at the time to ever Graduate from Alpha School, the youngest before that was 13.

He went back to district and he did thrive. I went in every year and along with the Child study team we explained Autism and in his case, specifically Asperger's Syndrome as that is what they narrowed it down to.

With the help of everyone working with him with his deficits being social skills and communication, he went on to do wonders. He was an honor roll student all throughout the rest of his years in elementary, middle school and High School.

He graduated with Honors last June and we are currently working on getting the help needed from the State and the County to help him transition. He is taking a few college classes on line right now and I am hoping that soon he will get some job training and will be able to work, go to school and fulfill his dreams by the Grace of God!!!!

Anyway, didn't mean to go off on that rant. But what if I had been uneducated, complacent, didn't believe in God and had put my son on Ritalin???? It's scarey, especially knowing there are many who do this very thing and now they have adult children who are in trouble with the law and are totally out of control.

Again..........the result of pushing away GOD!!!!!!

I pray for these children whom these so called adults are in my opinion are experimenting on. I pray for the Lord to open their eyes and let them see the horror of what they are doing. God help us all!!!

In Jesus Name!!!!!

Katzie

 

[rizen1]

I notice that this report says nothing about parental involvement. A pre-pubescent child is naive, vulnerable. If a caring parent is not involved at all times when these diagnoses are being reached, a child can be tricked into saying whatever the "researcher" wants him/her to say. This report terrifies me!

SLE

Yes it is scary, as if these kids really understand.
It's just absurd.

More stuff to add to our prayer list.

 

[Darian]

Huh???

These people redefine the word IDIOT.
But If we as the body of believers would stop living like the world at large, seek the face of God and pray, all of this foolishness would vanish.
2 Chron 7:14

 

[Chad]

These people redefine the word IDIOT.
But If we as the body of believers would stop living like the world at large, seek the face of God and pray, all of this foolishness would vanish.
2 Chron 7:14

So you call them idiots, then you basically complain that we should pray. Why bother praying for the people you just called idiot after all Darian? Does this make sense to you? Does GOD call you an idiot each time you sin against Him? No. Let me ask you Darian, when you pray for these "idiots", do you call them just that in your prayer to the Father?

GOD loves all sinners. You either pray for them out of Christ-like love, or you don't.