Over the last decade or maybe a little bit longer, we have seen an increased movement that allows people to self identify. They can identify themselves as a different gender, or a different race for example. Many of you do not believe in the slippery slope theory, which, in general terms, for this argument, just says that once you accept a behavior from one group of people it becomes much easier to accept the behavior of a more radical group. But history tells us that it happens.

Now the new characteristic that someone can decide to change for themselves is a person's age. If you don't like how a society expects you to behave at a certain age then you can decide to become something else. Don't like being an adult at age 50 but loved your time in college at age 21, by all means begin acting like a 21-year-old moron. But of course it's not those of us that are suffering in middle age crisis who are deciding to change our age. It's those people who have what may be a borderline mental illness and want to go to extremes.

I was watching a story about a 54-year-old man with a wife and seven children. Certainly being an adult is difficult with all of the expectations and responsibilities that you must take on and having a large family can amplify some of the negative of being an adult. To be sure the positives far outweigh the negatives but some people tend to focus on the worst about any situation.

But back to my story about this middle aged man; he decided that he'd had enough of being an adult. He truly felt that inside him he was a small child. One day he decided to leave his family, no more earning a wage and paying bills or being a parent to his seven children'he was done. He wanted to be a six-year-old girl. And that's what he became.

This man even found an older couple to adopt him and raise him as a six-year-old girl. He let his hair grow and puts it in ponytails or pigtails and wears a dress that you would expect to see on a six-year-old girl. Apparently he has lived this way for a few years and actually spends time with their granddaughter. (As a quick aside, when I type in the word grand daughter, my Microsoft program tells me that it's incorrect, it's Gǣgender specificGǥ and might be offensive to someone.)

This man who now lives as a young girl was playing with his, I don't know what you would call them as relatives, but the real girl said she did not like being the younger sister. They were celebrating her eighth birthday and this man/young girl had self identified as a nine-year-old girl. To make his niece or playmate happy, he decided right at that moment that he was now a six-year-old girl. Because in today's world if you don't like what you are or it upsets someone you can change just like that.

The man tells the reporter that he loves his new life and would not change a thing. He doesn't have to worry about responsibilities and can play all day with his dollhouse and other toys which are probably offensive to someone because they are what we would think are traditional little girl toys, like dolls and playhouses and tea sets. I'm sure someone will be upset that this man's adoptive parents are raising him in a traditionally female manner and not exposing him to boy's toys or activities.

So what is next in this world? I have already seen stories where human beings identify as animals and have their bodies modified to look as much like those animals as they can. They tried to live their lives as much like cats or dogs or whatever it is they want to be as is possible. So I guess we have gone from the words of John F. Kennedy who observed that when Gǣthe going gets tough, the tough get goingGǥ, to when the going gets tough "I'm going to change what I am and find a safe space." It's the new GǣAmerican way.Gǥ Maybe it's time to say, enough is enough; no not maybe, It is time to call BS.