yes, equating is the wrong word. The reality was that my previous point was that there are parents that are encouraging their children to "select" their gender identity. If children are too young to "consent" to have sex, then they are also to young to change/select gender identities different than their body parts.
What parents are "encouraging" children to do any such thing.? Encouraging is another poor choice of a word. Some parents who are enlightened enough will listen to their children when they are expressing doubts and confusion and give them PERMISSION and support to explore those feelings.
What do you think that parents should do? Should children who have those feeling be made to feel ashamed and guilty? Tell the child that he/she is just being foolish and that they should get over it.? Reject the child and tell them they will go to hell? Regardless of why people question their gender, they are very real feelings being experienced by real people and the wrong response has consequences.
I suppose that knowing that such a response often leads to depression, anxiety, and self harm is to much to expect of you
And , no one is allowing children who have those doubts about their gender to make irreversible changes. At most, they are given a drug to delay the onset of puberty so that the person can make an informed decision when they are old enough.
Another thing that indicates to me that you know precious little about the Transgender issue is your reference to "body parts" There is much more to biological gender than the obvious external male/female anatomy.
Geeez man!! do some reading before bloviating about that which you know nothing.