I wonder how many of these trans kids are simply the waste product of an attention seeking mother who hitches up to the latest fad? Many of these moms are sought out to appear on TV. They get requests to be interviewed by local and national media. Are they enjoying the adoration of a fawning press, and too caught up in their own fantasy world to appreciate the real harm they do their own child? Perhaps the real therapy needs to be directed at other than the confused children.
Munchausen by proxy.
And, yeah, it’s a real thing and the media is making it worse by feeding into it.