[logi_cal869]

I'm looking for cogent feedback, not the sort of social media ferocity meriting sputum rather than discourse.

This article is being passed around social media to promote the lifestyle and activists are attacking those with opinions to the contrary.

I view this as child abuse and there are several apt quotes in the article which are fitting to that end.

I really don't care what adults do on their own personal time, as they have that right. But promoting the perversion of children and challenging gender identity before a child even understands the effects of their own gender hormones is akin to a version of paedophilia from my perspective.

Looking forward to some choice comments of substance that we can all use as ammunition against this onslaught many of us have seen permeating our schools.

[crusty old prospector]

I’d like to knock the smile off of that pervert’s face.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

"with the support of his mom"

Always seems to be the instigation of the mother. No kid that age has such wishes unless it is planted by a manipulative adult with an agenda.

[miss marmelstein]

And if the muzzies take over in 20-50 years, his life will be a living hell. Why does no parent ever think about the world blowing up around them?

[Red Badger]

Where is ‘dad’?....................

[NorthstarMom]

I don’t see much difference between this and encouraging your 9 year old daughter to pursue pole dancing. Both place young children on a stage in a sexualized role. Parents are to protect their children from perverts, not put them on display for perverts. Incredibly dangerous.

The dad in the pictures makes alarm bells go off in my mind. Why is he so thrilled with this look for his son? How on earth does a prepubescent boy even know what a drag queen is? What has he been exposed to in his few years on earth? There is something going on there that isn’t right.

[simpson96]

"His" dream.

Yeah, right.

[JerryBlackwell]

Maybe God is going to rebuild Sodom and Gomorrah. Or maybe smite America. Seems like a toss up these days.

[a fool in paradise]

It’s called ‘grooming’ boys for homosexual encounters and it used to be called corrupting a minor.

[antidemoncrat]

Another screwed up adult living their fantasy through their child? Much like those that enter their girls in beauty contest and dress them up as adults.

[IronJack]

Ethan wants to dress in drag and, with the support of his mom, he's making it happen.

Way to go, Ethan! You'll make the Pervolympics in high heels at this rate. Of course, you have no real idea what sex or even gender means; to you it's just a silly game, an act of juvenile defiance. But with the support of your emotionally crippled mother and a legion of like-minded deviants, you can be convinced that it's perfectly okay, and go on to live a fulfilled, rebellious life for the next 10 years or so before you off yourself.

[marktwain]

If the boy has the emotional, mental, and sexual maturity to “choose” to be a drag queen, why doesn’t he have the emotional, mental, and sexual maturity to consent to sex with a loving adult? /S

That is where this is going.

[Menehune56]

This is sick sh!t.

[RegulatorCountry]

The pink cell phone case and Madonna tattoo on the “dad” tells me that this is no conventional parenting arrangement. The boy looks completely normal in a tee shirt playing with a soccer ball. But then there are the other photos, the makeup is very professionally applied, certainly not done by an 8 year old boy. The parents are encouraging him, he wants to please his parents. They’re totally warped and are damaging their son.

[moehoward]

Poor kid doesn’t have a chance.

[Pollster1]

Next year:

The world is changing. It's fierce (in a good way). Somewhere in it, among everyone else trying to break out of their insecurity shells, is a young boy named Ethan. This soon to be 9-year-old heard the call to become something outside of leftist orthodoxy, the overdone cliches that socialist mothers are demanding their children comply with, and he's rocking it with untethered passion.

Tired of dressing up as a figurative fruit, Ethan wants to dress as a banana and, with the support of his mom, he's making it happen. Keep reading to see the professionally made-up Ethan donning his dream appearance — that of a ripe Chiquita banana. Do you support your children in whatever choices they make? Let us know in the comments!

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When a change that small turns the article into something that even a social justice warrior would consider absurd (I hope!), you know the original was over the top.

[wbarmy]

I attribute my family dodging those bullets to the complete absence of any television or modern cable programming. The only movies they watched were ones selected by mother or I after careful screening.

In addition, no one got a cell phone, basic model (no smart phones) until they were sixteen. They could text or call, that was it. They got email addresses the year prior to leaving for college or whatever they decided. So far, no major incidents or massive changes in self identity

[wbarmy]

I was going to comment, since the article says there is a comment section, but I could not find it. I guess you have to sign up and I really do not want my name on their list.

I tend to agree with the other commentators on FP, the father might not be doing this for altruistic notions. Especially since an article on their same page talks about other children being abused by their parents.

[Neoliberalnot]

Child abuse is plainly relevant in all of these cases.

[mrs. a]

Putting aside the comment on how wrong it is to steer a prepubescent child down this path - I think the mom wants attention and is using the poor boy in a shameful manner to get it.

He hasn’t got a chance.

[Chickensoup]

Munchhausen by Proxy Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP) is a mental health problem in which a caregiver makes up or causes an illness or injury in a person under his or her care, such as a child, an elderly adult, or a person who has a disability. Because vulnerable people are the victims, MSBP is a form of child abuse or elder abuse.

Note: Since most cases of MSBP are between a caregiver (usually a mother) and a child, the rest of this topic will describe that relationship. But it is important to remember that MSBP can involve any vulnerable person who has a caregiver.