Recently MSN reported about a boy who came out as transgender at a staggeringly young age. “One day, three-year-old Emma came to her parents with a question: ‘Why do people call me a “he” when I’m a “she?”‘” MSN goes on to say Emma “protested her assigned gender” and now, at age six, continues to live as a girl. Emma looks cute in the video now and the story of family acceptance and love sounds warm and fuzzy — but it’s not healthy, nor will it be warm and fuzzy as Emma ages.

Sexuality can be a complicated, but often a coming-of-age thing. As a mother of four, my 10-year old is still barely noticing the opposite sex (thank God) — or questioning anything about his own sexuality — though I’m sure that will change soon enough.