I can&#x27;t help thinking that there really is a large element of adults applying adult values to children here.<p>&gt; <i>&quot;...research suggests that most gender-dysphoric kids will, in the long run, end up identifying as cisgender.&quot;</i><p>If this really is true, then the approach offered by Dr Zucker makes far more sense to me - to allow the child to make up his&#x2F;her own mind over time and provide an understanding and sympathetic environment to do it in, rather than immediately treating the child as the opposite sex the moment they express doubt at age 5.