Years ago, gender dysphoria (severe discomfort in one’s biological sex) was exceedingly rare. Typically less than .01% of the population identified as having gender dysphoria, and they were almost exclusively males who emerged in early childhood. Recently, whole groups of female friends in all ages of school are coming out as “transgender”. Parents of these girls are finding that their daughters are watching “hip trans” YouTube stars, talking to doctors about getting prescriptions for puberty blockers that cause permanent infertility, and some going as far as undergoing medically unnecessary double mastectomies. To help parents understand what may be going on in the minds of daughters, Dr. Meg talks with the author of the book Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters, Abigail Shrier. Abigail is a writer for the Wall Street Journal. She is a graduate of Columbia College, where she received the Euretta J. Kellett Fellowship; the University of Oxford; and Yale Law School. This conversation is one that parents of daughters cannot miss! Do you have a question for Dr. Meeker? If so, email them to [email protected] and listen to future episodes to see if your question is featured! WELCOME Dr. Meg starts this episode by introducing her guest, Abigail Shrier, author of the book Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters. She also teases her points to ponder that you can start using right away. Dr. Meeker also introduces her free webinar, When No Stops Working that you can find at meekerparenting.com! A CONVERSATION WITH ABIGAIL SHRIER (PART 1) In today’s episode, Dr. Meeker talks with Abigail Shrier, author of the book Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters.Listen in on a tough conversation about gender dysphoria and gender reassignment issues in young children. BREAK A CONVERSATION WITH ABIGAIL SHRIER (PART 2) In today’s episode, Dr. Meeker talks with Abigail Shrier, author of the book Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters.Listen in on a tough conversation about gender dysphoria and gender reassignment issues in young children. POINTS TO PONDER PARENT PEP RALLY FROM THE PRODUCER Thanks for listening to Episode 130, Irreversible Damage, and for helping Dr. Meg’s parenting revolution reach over SIX MILLION downloads! Subscribe, rate, and leave a review for us on iTunes! Get Social with Dr. Meg on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram @MegMeekerMD Have a parenting question? Write Dr. Meg at [email protected] and she could answer your question during the show or you can let us know what you’d like to hear about in a future episode! Dr. Meg’s parenting resources and tools are available at MeekerParenting.com/resources. Subscribe, rate, and leave a review for us on iTunes! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices