My young son is asking about things that some of his kindergarten classmates have introduced, such as dating and transgender people. This leads his curious mind to wonder how a boy would become a girl or a girl become a boy. I've decided to be truthful and let him know that most people are fine with being born a boy or girl and in order to change, they would need to have surgery and shots. I also told him that even though one of his classmates thinks she is dating a boy in class, she really isn't (especially since the boy doesn't like her); and it sounds like on "Charlie Brown" when Sally likes Linus or Lucy likes Schroeder but the boys don't like them back...
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