Dear Editor,
We have recently subscribed to the Epoch Times and I would like to commend you on your objective in-depth reporting of current events. I am writing specifically in response to an Op-ed piece by Wesley Smith on drugs used to block puberty in transgendered children. I am in agreement with the premise of his piece and must tell you that I am angered by the realization that children are being physically deformed. I don’t think that at the age of 10 or 12, a young person is self-aware enough to make the decision to mutilate themselves for the rest of their lives. It is wrong for a parent to encourage their young child to believe that they should take these most drastic actions because the child feels a connection with the opposite sex more than their own. The child cannot know that these feelings are not transient, they do not have enough experience in the world yet. It is a parent’s responsibility to guide, not to acquiesce.
