Once, gender dysphoria was treated as a psychological struggle to be explored with care and counseling. Now, too often, it’s medicalized with puberty blockers or hormones—quick fixes that promise peace but rarely deliver it.

When you connect truth to their deepest needs and help them live it out in everyday life, you give them what no trend ever could: confidence in who they are, because they know Whose they are.

The enemy loves to whisper the opposite: you’re not enough, you’ll never measure up. Culture reinforces that lie through constant comparison. Kids feel like their worth hinges on being better than someone else, or at least looking that way online. Without roots, those lies sink deep. But with roots, kids can recognize them as weeds and pull them out before they take over.

Proper treatment for mental health issues, particularly in the context of identity confusion, involves recognizing the complexities of mental health and resisting the urge to simplify these struggles into identity traits. By doing so, we can better support young individuals in their journeys.

Sometimes kids don’t voice the struggle, but you see it in their shoulders or the way they retreat to their room. The unspoken doubt is heavy. They might not even have words for it.

This is where your presence matters most. Sitting on the edge of the bed, folding laundry nearby, or inviting them on a car ride, these simple acts say, “You’re not alone. I’m here.” And in that safe presence, truth has room to grow.

Confidence isn’t something you conjure up by staring in a mirror and saying affirmations. It’s built through relationship. It's formed as children are seen, known, named, and celebrated by the people who love them most.