Good article on treatment of trans-gender kids

Thankfully, transgender issues are becoming more known and more acceptable -- it's time to stop hiding these things.  I have a suspicion that these cases are of kids who have reincarnated into a different sex after many, many lifetimes as the opposite sex.  It could be shocking to find yourself in a totally different body than  you were used to.  This is a good article:  http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/20/10450683-more-transgender-kids-seeking-help-getting-treatment

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As for what parents should do if their child starts acting in a gender nonconforming way, Key advises ongoing communication and conversations.

"Ask them, 'Do you just want to wear dresses or do you feel like you're a girl?'" he says. "Sometimes a boy who just wants to wear dresses is just a boy who wants to wear dresses."

When little kids speak up and tell their parents "I have the body of a boy but the heart and mind of a girl," though, parents should take note and decide how they want to handle it, he says.

At the GeMS clinic in Boston, a team of psychiatrists, psychologists, endocrinologists, and pediatricians provide tools to help adolescents navigate the choppy social and psychological waters of gender identity.

"As non-transgender individuals, we take for granted how easy life is when our mind and our body are congruent with each other," says Leibowitz. "Clinicians and pediatricians need to understand what gender nonconformity and gender dysphoria mean for a specific individuals and to know there are options out there that will profoundly improve their quality of life."

But even kids who have emotional support can become extremely distressed when puberty hits and their body begins to change into that of a stranger, says Leibowitz.