Transgender Child to Live As Girl

Mother Stands by Her Transgender Child

May 19, 2009

The responsibility of raising a child to be a contributing member of society can be enough pressure to drive a mother crazy. Add illness, divorce, other traumatic events or life's natural happenings and parents may reach their limits much earlier.

One Omaha mother is determined to put her eight-year-old child's needs first as he is certain he is a girl trapped in a boy's body. Putting his happiness, self-awareness and desires as the priority and ignoring society's gender stereotypes, she and her husband are doing everything in their power to make the transgender child's life as normal as possible. Their story is touching.

9 Comments

4 years 5 days

Having grown up this way myself I know how had it is for that child. I was not able to do anything until my late 20's. it has been 8 years now a I am very happy. My family was very supportive during my transition for male to female. This little girl is very luck to have parents that are open minded and willing to support her.

4 years 1 week

Honestly? I can't wait for the day when this is a non-issue. There are so many "worse" things that could happen to your child like pediatric cancer. She is lucky because her child will grow up to be sensitive to others, caring, and worldly. I congratulate her!

lickety split 4 years 1 week

oh these stories are so sad, such a hard path for this family. i have seen stories like this a couple of times before, on talk shows. there is no denying how these children feel, but society makes being "different" so difficult. there's a girl that goes to school with my daughters that told my 10 year old she "should" be a boy, and wants to be a boy. i was at yard duty one day and my daughter was talking to her and i asked who the boy was. i was very surprised to hear that the child was a girl. it doesn't seem to be an issue at school.

lickety split 4 years 1 week

oh these stories are so sad, such a hard path for this family. i have seen stories like this a couple of times before, on talk shows. there is no denying how these children feel, but society makes being "different" so difficult.there's a girl that goes to school with my daughters that told my 10 year old she "should" be a boy, and wants to be a boy. i was at yard duty one day and my daughter was talking to her and i asked who the boy was. i was very surprised to hear that the child was a girl. it doesn't seem to be an issue at school.