“Dr. Norman Spack, a pediatric specialist at Children’s Hospital Boston, has been criticized for offering sex change treatments for children. Boston’s Children’s Hospital bills itself as the hospital for children — and now it’s also the hospital for children who want a sex change, a procedure some critics are calling ‘barbaric.’ Dr. Norman Spack, a pediatric specialist at the hospital, has launched a clinic for transgendered kids — boys who feel like girls, girls who want to be boys — and he’s opening his doors to patients as young as 7.” [editor’s note: Okay, we can see this being a valid service; we’re just not sure a 7-year-old has ANY clue about “gender identity” yet - SAT] (05/19/08)