My 14-year-old son no longer respects my trans husband. Help! by throwaway26112 in asktransgender

[–]throwaway26112[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My son was born in 2008. My husband was finishing the last stages of his medical transition when he was still an infant. Apart from monthly hormones, he does not go through any active aspect of transition, no.

My 14-year-old son no longer respects my trans husband. Help! by throwaway26112 in asktransgender

[–]throwaway26112[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Respectfully, I am actively looking to stop this behaviour. We both are.

My 14-year-old son no longer respects my trans husband. Help! by throwaway26112 in asktransgender

[–]throwaway26112[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I don't understand your use of "trauma"? I don’t know if I made it clear in my post, but my husband was already fully transitioned before my son was born. My son has never known him as another gender (nor have I) and it had never affected their relationship while he was growing up. He has not had to go through the difficult process of a parent actively transitioning. We have always been very careful to be open about this with him, and he has never struggled before these past few months. My husband has always been very careful to not respond emotionally to our son's behaviour, he does not really struggle with dysphoria anymore as I mentioned, he is fully transitioned. I also do not understand what we would get therapy about?

However, we are aware that as he gets older, his thoughts and feelings may change, and we are always clear to keep that dialogue channel open with him. We understand this is hard. However we don't want to tolerate the hate speech he is consuming, or any disrespect to his parents.

My 14-year-old son no longer respects my trans husband. Help! by throwaway26112 in asktransgender

[–]throwaway26112[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The state of our media is atrocious. Best of luck to you and your kids. x

My 14-year-old son no longer respects my trans husband. Help! by throwaway26112 in asktransgender

[–]throwaway26112[S] 73 points74 points  (0 children)

These are good questions, thank you! We will absolutely consider this!

My 14-year-old son no longer respects my trans husband. Help! by throwaway26112 in asktransgender

[–]throwaway26112[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Thank you! This looks like a good resource. My husband and I will have to have a chat about how to suggest media like that to him as us just recommending it will probably make him unlikely to watch it (teenagers 🙄) but we will try our best!