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My eating disorder got questions. My gender identity got answers.

theblaze.com · 3h · first reportShare

As the buzz of summer winds down, back-to-school season offers families a fresh start. Kids return to routines and extracurriculars. Moms like me return to schedules, snacks, playdates, forms, and the peculiar relief of getting everyone back on a calendar. Before we get buried in backpacks and lunch boxes, though, parents need to brace for something harder: our children's mental health. Our children need adults willing to talk with them, challenge them when necessary, and remain present when the conversation gets uncomfortable. A recent Wall Street Journal investigation described Oregon as an epicenter of pediatric gender medicine, with diagnoses of gender dysphoria and use of cross-sex hormones among minors rising sharply in recent years. Oregon has only about 1% of the nation’s teenagers , yet its clinics reportedly accounted for roughly 7% of gender-related mastectomies performed on teenage girls from 2019 through 2023. Those numbers are shocking. But behind every one is a child. I