There is also the fact that very few doctors would do such a surgery before the child is 18. Who the fuck thinks about 14 year-old's genitals? High school kids or creepy perverts, that's who!

This is not about activism. Since when did saying "I'm trans" = activism, any more than someone saying "I'm Catholic" = they are the Pope?

A dear friend of mine was born intersex. The doctors "chose" male for her, because her ambiguous genitalia looked a bit phallic. She spent the next twenty plus years of her life wondering why she felt like she was supposed to be a girl. It was not until her 20s that she learned she was born intersex. She considers…

"The child also doesn't want to be pretty anymore, she would prefer to be handsome." As a cis female, screw this!! I don't give a flying banana about looking "pretty" - Did I miss the day Planet Earth sent home a memo saying women need to strive to be "pretty" in order to be womanly? I would rather do "manly" things…

The fact that my parents "helicoptered" when I was little is the reason they raised such independent teens/ adults. Four year olds are barely capable of controlling their bladders without sometimes being asked, "Sweetie, do you have to go potty?" I do not trust a four year old to be independent or make sound…

Search around for some of my other responses in regard to this careless mother. I am not in the habit of repeating myself.

A person in my area recently baked their dog to death. Morning temp- 60. Went in for a quick second, got distracted. When the owner came back, dog was dead. Temp had risen nearly 20 degrees in that 30 minutes.

Common sense would dictate that she take her bratty kid inside. Even if I'm just running in to pay for gas, I unbuckle my daughter (about the age of this kid) and bring her in with me. The amazing thing? A) Like this dopey mother admits, I *KNOW* people are shit heads, but unlike her, I don't give them a chance to…

There was a family on Oprah once- mom left kids locked in the car for all of 5minutes. One of the kids grabbed a match or lighter and now all her kids are horribly disfigured. A 4 year old should NEVER be out of sight/ earshot of a caregiver. It's not just baking the kid to death that the mom should have worried…

I was expected to cook my own dinner by age ten. It was because of how "helicopter-ish" my mom and dad were when we were itty bitty that us kids were capable of handling things like knives and fire and ovens.

What on this green earth does "raising children for a living" mean?

Unfortunately, neither do the majority of kids under 14. People are REALLY naive if they feel a 6 year old is that street-smart.

From a fellow mom— I like you. People often give me shit for being stern like that with my pre school-age daughter. I cannot tolerate kids who are brats because their parent(s) let them terrorize the world- so I have made certain my daughter will not be "that" kid. You are awesome :-)

A dog can die in less than 30 minutes on a 60 degree day.

What would have happened if the temperature rose ten degrees in ten minutes (as it frequently does in my area of the US) and she somehow ended up taking 12 minutes instead of 5 because the line was long? Her kid could have baked to death.

You are comparing apples and oranges. I could talk about how safe Russian Roulette is because it kills less than a dozen people a year, but hunting is far more dangerous than Russian Roulette because dozens of Americans die hunting every year. The take away- hunting happens much more frequently than Russian Roulette.…

Your dad sounds awesome!

Hi, religious agnostic person here. While my daughter is still pre school-age, I am planning on condoning her choice to have sex before marriage, because chances are, she will have sex before marriage. If I have a son, I will be just as open about sexual matters. Heck, teaching kids comprehensive sex ed is part of our…

I had a healthy pregnancy until PPROM destroyed my vision of a certified nurse midwife-assisted home birth. To make a long story short, I ended up with a high-risk hospital birth, vaginal delivery, preterm baby. No self-respecting midwife would consider me or your sister as a good candidate for home birth. If I have…

No, it was not. Thank you for your concern :-)