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I do like how the article raises how we treat children at the end: we mostly treat children as extensions of their parents as opposed to independent people, albeit ones who are not yet physically mature. I knew I was trans by the time I was 6 years old, but I certainly didn't understand what I was feeling, because I wasn't provided the language to make sense of what I was feeling, let alone to express it outside of pestering my grandma to paint my nails.

It's true that kids don't always understand long term consequences, but they are people and they're a lot smarter and more capable than they're generally given credit for by our society. It's why childhood in this country is fucking miserable: it's designed around being measured by an endless battery of tests and carefully controlled and curated by adults.