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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
Because children may not be mature enough to make certain decisions. Adults with authority (parents, kindergarten, schools, Government) make most decisions for children all along their childhood years for that exact reason. Gender identity is a very complicated matter and, frankly, is not the most important matter in the overall scheme of things. The new protocol has a potential of pushing children to think that it's very important to make these choices without having the maturity level and experience that's needed to make them. It is dangerous and unnecessary.
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Not the most important matter? Try telling that to a little boy who feels like a girl. It can be the key to their happiness in a lot of cases. And I'm pretty sure this isn't going to effect the vast majority of "normal" children. A boy who is born a boy, who identifies as a boy, who finds girls yucky and dresses ugly isn't going to be sat down and asked what gender he prefers. The confused ones, who raise questions naturally, act "different", who bring up feelings of not wanting to be a boy, that will be where the decisions are made.
Children are taught sex ed in the lowers grades, I think I watched a video of child birth in grade 5 at the age of 10. God lord. Speaking of creepy. We didn't need to see that.
They're not making any lasting permanent decisions here. No one chopping off a tiny penis and turning it into a vagina at these ages. Yes, the onslaught of puberty will happen at some point but even that can be delayed for several years when a child in 10-13 to further delay and major decision, allowing them to mature mentally.