Most times, when somebody is whining about "THE CHILDREN ARE DOING A TRANSITION!", they don't give a fuck about the children in any other facet of their life / policy. Children starving? Children being evicted? Children being forced to work in sweat shops, in prisons? These people usually won't know or give a shit about any of that.

But suddenly, when a child realizes they are trans and want to do something about it, it's "Save the children! By blocking their self-determination!" (implying they could or should come to regret being an icky trans person accidentally) It's patriarchal as fuck. If a person is making this argument to me, it makes me think they're more likely to align with the reactionaries, than to side with me in thinking.