It seems to me that "we" have forgotten the role of parents and society to properly "socialize" a child.
We must teach children how to speak, how to dress, how to act, how to treat other people (elders, teachers, siblings, strangers, etc.), how to be "good." This is a necessary process, in order to continually build a world of good citizens.
Now we have a movement in which parents take their "parenting" cues from the children...it is fucking ridiculous. Children are stupid, ignorant, unaware of the consequences of the things that they do. It is the parents' role to guide and nurture the children to behave and live as NORMAL PEOPLE.
When "we" exalt and admire the ABNORMAL in our midst, it sends exactly the WRONG SIGNAL to our kids, who at first are confused, and then - because they are kids - want to be abnormal themselves, in order to get attention and approval.
So when our 12-year-old little girls want to dress up like street hookers, we say, "Isn't that cute!" and give in to their stupid wishes. When our little boy wants to wear a dress and pretend to be a girl, we buy him a dress and treat him like a girl.
This is fucking parental MALPRACTICE! Teach your kids to be trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. And NORMAL. Just like a Boy Scout.
Then if s/he wants to weird out as an emancipated adult, they will at least have a cultural foundation to fall back on.