i think creating a process for all for an issue effecting less that 1 tenth of 1 percent, is , at best.. highly inefficient.. and honestly, grossly ignorant of reality. maybe this belongs in 'crazy ideas' cuz that, it is.

so, brava! i suspect a highly unpopular opinion.. .not for the cause, but the implementation.

I think I get where you're coming from. I don't necessarily agree, but I get it. I can imagine there are a lot of kids that don't know to ask certain questions, don't know certain things are even an option, and end up in similar situations because they don't truly understand themselves until much later in life. It would be nice if puberty didn't kick in until kids understood themselves better, and had developed mentally a little more. But I think unless we're just artificially shifting the age of puberty to 20-25 universally, it'll cause many of the same problems and a host of new ones.

Now, if we could somehow press a magic button, and shift puberty to the early 20s universally? That could probably solve some problems, and also really help with education. Haha. But if we've got magic buttons, id rather just have a button that allowed everyone to be the sex and gender they preferred.

I believe children should have the choice of which puberty to go through.

Chilren aren't capable of making serious, life-altering decisions for themselves. We don't allow them to consent to sex and we don't allow them to sign legally binding contracts because those decisions can have devastating, life-long negative consequences when they're made by people who aren't capable of understanding them fuly. Which puberty to go through falls into that same category of decision.

We consider puberty something natural

I agree, we should give gastric band surgery to toddlers to prevent them from getting fat.

"a default" ... for that small minority

You don't understand what a default is supposed to be.

children should have the choice

Children are stupid up to the age of 20/25. That's one of the worst idea ever.

Evolution cares more about survival than anything else and puberty is a key part of survival. By forcing the body to halt or slow the normal processes causes damage to the body. The more intervention by people before the process is complete, the higher the risk of damage to that system because puberty affects the entire system not just the sex organs.

The body needs to complete the normal process to a certain point to lower the risk of perminate damage. Suicide is one extreme but what about those that aren't considering suicide but would be willing to take the drugs. We would probably see a measurable increase in debilitating deformities and life threatening illnesses. Should anyone give someone the option to make this choice when that person isn't even mature enough or experienced enough to make such a dangerous decision.

Once the decision is made it can't be taken back, the risk out weighs the benefit.