Someone posted this article about parents taking toddlers in for transgender therapy the other day. It made me think of Munchausen syndrome by proxy.
Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a factitious disorder, in which a person harms someone in their care in order to get attention https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchausen_syndrome_by_proxy
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factitious_disorder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP4qdefD2To
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