‘My son, who we prayed with each night, came to believe that God had made a mistake by having him born in a boy’s body.
My son no longer believes in Jesus or in God.”
EITHER she believes in God, AND that god put her in a body with issues OR she doesn’t believe in god. Pick one.
“My son now believes in a cultish trans ideology which he learned about online rather than believing his mom-who has all the best intentions for him based on true love.”
I’m sure you tell yourself that your goals are best-intentioned, but everyone on PITT sure seems selfishly oriented to their own needs.
“My son, who will not consider any truth I speak to him because he has been told repeatedly by this cultish group that parents don't love trans kids, believes we will exile him from our home.”
This would be your daughter that you dead-name and dead-gender wilfully?
“My son, who is now making up memories based on the thoughts and considerations being put there by this cult, has convinced himself that he really has loved girlish ways since he was young.”
And you never noticed it, so she just HAS to be inventing it, not reevaluating her experiences in light of new information.
“My son hates school now because he has to "hide who he really is"”
You put ‘he’ in quote marks. I have to assume you’re talking more about your view than hers.
“My son, who believes that no one will accept him the way he is, believes being female will solve all his problems.”
It’s a start.
“My son hates his body and the way he looks.”
imagine that…
“My son, who is 14 years old now, shaves his legs and arms three or more times a week because he hates the male looking hair that grows there.”
Such a burden upon you.
“My son constantly wears oversize sweatshirts to hide his body, even sleeping in them in the summer heat so no one (not even his parents) sees his body.”
And this is intolerable because…?
“My son cries when I try to speak to him about how he feels now.”
Because YOU try to tell HER what she feels or should feel. I’d cry, too.
“My son, who cannot tell me exactly why he wants to be a girl,”
Yes. Your daughter IS a girl, doesn’t WANT TO BE a girl. No wonder the words are hard to find.
“shows me propaganda such as bingo games and other stupid material, repeating what obviously he found on grooming sites”
And you reject them out of hand as propaganda and wonder why she cries…?