Post by Jeanne Sager
When I saw that Barbara Walters had a transgender tween on her show, I groaned. Here we go again, I thought, another set of parents exploiting their "different kid" to get on TV. Does 11-year-old Jazz really need the whole world weighing in on her male-to-female transformation at one of the most critical phases of childhood development? Folks, I sit here corrected. This isn't about Jazz at all. Not exactly.![]()
When I saw that Barbara Walters had a transgender tween on her show, I groaned. Here we go again, I thought, another set of parents exploiting their "different kid" to get on TV. Does 11-year-old Jazz really need the whole world weighing in on her male-to-female transformation at one of the most critical phases of childhood development? Folks, I sit here corrected. This isn't about Jazz at all. Not exactly.