We've Heard of Better Ideas

The Lord of Truth lets us in on a story that, as he puts it, will probably be a Lifetime movie in 20 years...

A fourth-grader who was attending a Massachusetts elementary school as a girl before February vacation has returned to school as a boy.

The parents of the 9-year-old child said the youngster was born with the body of a girl, but the brain of a boy.

They have asked that he be referred to and treated as a boy by teachers and other students, and school officials are accommodating the request. The parents have even changed the child's name.

The child's mother told The Eagle-Tribune that the family made the decision after consulting with medical professionals. She said the child is still biologically a girl.

The mother has requested that the family not be identified to protect the child.

Yeah, because the other kids in school won't know that the boy used to be a girl. The parents might also want to consider, um, moving. Somebody may want to mention this to the parents. Of course, responsible parents might have already thought of this.

What's really depressing is that if this does become a Lifetime movie, most of our wives will watch it.