No Consensus That ‘Gender-Affirming’ Care Helps Gender Dysphoria: Psychiatrist and Author
Lauri Florentine-Howell’s daughter was 11 years old when she began dressing like a boy, and by 12, she wanted to be called Jack.
Her daughter explained to Florentine-Howell that she identified “more with male energy.”
“It was a shock,” Florentine-Howell told The Epoch Times.
Not wanting to alienate her, Florentine-Howell said she processed her daughter’s words without reacting negatively, neither affirming nor denying what her daughter said she was experiencing, she said.
“We’re not going to tell her that her feelings are wrong because we don’t know what she’s going through, but at the same time, we’re not going to allow her to take any drugs, like puberty blockers,” Florentine-Howell said….