“Is this a form of progressive Münchhausen syndrome?”
I remember reading about a researcher at Children’s Hospital in Oakland, CA who specialized in both Munchausen Syndrome and transgender children.
The guy could recognize Munchausen’s in the parents but was steering the kids thru transgender “therapy” anyway (puberty blockers, hormones, etc) because of course he was getting the grant money to “study” it.
IOW, he’s now getting TWO revenue streams— to study trans kids AND to study their parents.
I can’t find the old article I originally read— it was scathing, and probably removed, but there’s still info on the researcher, which recommends him in glowing terms.
https://www.childrenshospitaloakland.org/main/psychiatry-herbert-schreier-md.aspx
That is really creepy. And it’s OK because it’s progressive. The book that lists mental disorders will have to removed Munchhausen-forced-transgenderism from it’s list of sicknesses and maybe add it as gold star item.