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Wednesday - October 29, 2008

Gender Confused Kids

Dr. Phil tackles the sensitive topic of children who identify more
with the opposite sex. What do you do if your son wants to wear
dresses and play with dolls? Or if your daughter tells you she wants
to be a boy? Should parents chock it up to be a phase that their
children will grow out of, or should they intervene right away? Meet
Melissa and Tim, whose 8-year-old son declared himself to be a girl
when he was just 3 years old. Now, they allow their child to live as a
girl, and wonder if and when they should begin hormone therapy. Then,
when Mary's son was 8, he told her he felt like a girl, and Mary
allowed him to experiment with dressing as a female. Now a teenager,
her son is more comfortable living as a male – but Mary wonders if she
caused his confusion. Joining the discussion are experts with
different points of view: Dr. Dan Siegel, professor and clinical
psychiatrist at UCLA School of Medicine, and Glenn Stanton, author and
research fellow with the organization Focus on the Family. Is gender
identity something we're born with, or is it influenced by parents and
environment? Don't miss this heated discussion.

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