Preliminary Literature Review: Summary & Comparison of Articles
The topic that I’ve chosen is “transgender kids” and how as a society we should protect them. This topic is wide enough to reach a nation and grab their attention, on the seriousness of transgender children. In a society, where you get killed for being yourself, protecting our future children should be a priority. Although in society people should be treated equally, not everyone believes that. I’ve read several different articles on the mental health and the effects it causes on transgender children. Transgender children suffer from depression and anxiety in society due to lack of support, with a strong support system I believe that this can solve or inprove the high increasing level in depression and anxiety rates with transgender children. As kid’s bodies develop, so are their minds, the transition to something as big as identity changes can take a huge toll on their little …show more content…
The whole mental health and physical aspect of transgender children. I am leaning toward the first article because it provides readers with more information, as well as observation, examples, and samples. In the article “Mental Health of Transgender Children Who Are Supported in Their Identities” by Ristina R. Olson, Lily Durwood, Madeleine DeMeules, Katie A. McLaughlin allows readers to understand both the positive and negative toll it takes on a transgender child to not have mental and social support when transition into society. Having or coping with depression at a young age can affect, a child’s social performance as he or she gets older. The main point of by Ristina R. Olson, Lily Durwood, Madeleine DeMeules, Katie A. McLaughlin’s article is that socially supported transgender children might have better mental health than transgender children who are not supported in their
The topic that I’ve chosen is “transgender kids” and how as a society we should protect them. This topic is wide enough to reach a nation and grab their attention, on the seriousness of transgender children. In a society, where you get killed for being yourself, protecting our future children should be a priority. Although in society people should be treated equally, not everyone believes that. I’ve read several different articles on the mental health and the effects it causes on transgender children. Transgender children suffer from depression and anxiety in society due to lack of support, with a strong support system I believe that this can solve or inprove the high increasing level in depression and anxiety rates with transgender children. As kid’s bodies develop, so are their minds, the transition to something as big as identity changes can take a huge toll on their little …show more content…
The whole mental health and physical aspect of transgender children. I am leaning toward the first article because it provides readers with more information, as well as observation, examples, and samples. In the article “Mental Health of Transgender Children Who Are Supported in Their Identities” by Ristina R. Olson, Lily Durwood, Madeleine DeMeules, Katie A. McLaughlin allows readers to understand both the positive and negative toll it takes on a transgender child to not have mental and social support when transition into society. Having or coping with depression at a young age can affect, a child’s social performance as he or she gets older. The main point of by Ristina R. Olson, Lily Durwood, Madeleine DeMeules, Katie A. McLaughlin’s article is that socially supported transgender children might have better mental health than transgender children who are not supported in their