Parents Opposing Child Gender Reassignment Procedures Are Wrongly Threatened: Dr. Grossman

They're told if they are not supportive, their child is likely to commit suicide

Dr. Miriam Grossman, a child and adolescent psychiatrist, in New York on Sep. 23, 2022. Blake Wu/The Epoch Times

While some major medical organizations in Europe have begun to halt medical interventions such as puberty blockers, hormones, and surgery for children, some in the United States are doubling down on these procedures. In addition, if parents oppose their child’s gender reassignment, they are seen as a problem and told by medical personnel that if they don’t support their child’s transition, that child is more likely to commit suicide, says psychiatrist Miriam Grossman.

When parents take their child to a medical professional they hear: “Well, if you are not going to accept your daughter as your son, you’re the problem. And they would often say this after one or two meetings with the family, and they would say it in front of the child,” Grossman said during a recent interview with EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders” program. “And if they continue to reject their son ... and don’t go along with their child’s new identity, they are going to increase the chance of their child committing suicide.”