“Yes, Mothers Do Know Best”
Me. MEMEMEMEME! _I_ know best! MY desires override! MY opinion is all that matters. Standard Pittsburden Bullshit.
We raised three boys. If i’d had to guess:
Which one was gay
which one did well in the Navy
Which one would do best in college
Which one would be the first to marry
… I’d have been wrong every time. But that’s okay, because i didn’t really have a firm formal PLAN for any of them. They turned out how they turned out. Love ’em to death.
AND WE’RE STILL TALKING WITH THEM!
“A Quick Guide to Helping Your Child Desist”
No, bitch, this is you standing on your bigotry and shouting ME! ME! ME!
“You know your child best.”
Nope. You know your mental picture of a child, which is standing where your actual child should be.
"Remember that despite appearances, your child still needs his or her mom more than you think.”
Sad truth, your child needs an adult, but you’re not the adult they need.
“ Having an upset teen doesn’t mean that the core of your relationship is broken.”
It does if you reject everything they say and try to brainwash them into your ideal
“Your child is going through a normal unhappy adolescence and is attempting to individuate.”
That IS possible. This is why we take them to experts who will either confirm your bigoted diagnosis, OR tell you something you don’t want to hear.
"The good thing is that this is all normal and healthy and thus will pass when this developmental phase evolves into the next.”
Unless it’s not a developmental phase, you self-centered asshole.
“Don’t get discouraged when your child doesn’t listen to facts and calls you transphobic.”
THey’re not facts, though. And you ARE transphobic. You’re saying ‘no child of mine could be transgenered’ and not listening to the child or the experts at all.
"Teens all think that they know better"
Well, somene does, and it sure as fuck isn’t you.
“For goodness sake, do talk to your child about the facts. Yes, they will cry, yell, storm out, shut down, call your names—at first.”
Yes. This response will end. It’s when they decide that there’s no point in arguing with you. And when they are of age, they’ll cut you completely out of their life and carry on.
“ They need the facts about biological reality like they need air.”
So do you.
“Remember that your child still implicitly trusts you.”
Not any more they do not.
"They are still subconsciously immersed in the feeling that you are their Entire Universe.”
Ever read Calvin and Hobbes? We’re lucky to be in the credits, much less the center of their universe. We’re not the entire universe.
And you’re painting yourself as the Wicked Witch isn’t helping with that.
You’re going to lose this kid. HOPEFULLY to a better community. Maybe to a bad ending.
And like an incel, you’ll blame EVERYONE except yourself for that.