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Thank you for this info, it enrages me no one has the guts to talk about this stuff for fear of being demonized. Where are we as a society when people are more afraid of being called a bigot than they are of supporting causing harm to a child's body and health?

Jeanette obviously dyes her hair, Her hair is naturally dark. And all the kids have Jeanette's lips. Griffen looks a lot like her, They say he and Sander are identical, but they don't look the same to me. Sander is cuter and he looks more Greg. Jazz looks more like Greg too, actually she looks more like Sander than Griffen. If she had gone through male puberty, she would have looked like the twin. Ari is a good mixture of both parents. Your comment of Jazz ears just made me realize something else. I think Jazz is a very cute kid. However her facial features look very large in proportion to her head size. It seems like her nose and ears and mouth don't really fit on her babyish face. I think that is yet another consequence of blocking her puberty. Notice she has the same nose as her brothers. But their faces were allowed to mature, so they grew into their features. Ari's nose is also proportional to her face. Which branch of Judaism?? There isn't just one. The Reform branch does not speak for the Orthodox and Conservative branches.

Based on their real last name. I'm pretty sure he is Ashkenazi. A lot of them are darker too, like Jeff Goldbum or the guy from the Mummy.

Writing as a I watch Tennis scene: -From my experience a wedding vow renewal on a reality tv show using spells trouble for the marriage. This vow renewal just reminds me of Jon and kate plus 8. They had a big lovey dovey wedding vow renewal episode, and soon after they split up and had a messy divorce. Their whole family is now broken. I can definitely see the Jennings going down that same path. -Interesting that Gregg is doing a talking head alone, has this happened before? Jon and kate also started doing individual talking heads before the big split. Kitchen scene: -I just can't see Jazz as an adult. She is so immature. I feel like Jazz only wants a tattoo to impress Victoria. We have never heard anything about her wanting this until she showed up. -Wow! Jazz has gotten so used to getting her way, she feels no shame just outright saying she will be upset if she doesn't get what she wants. -They may as well let Jazz get the tattoo. They've already allowed way more extreme forms of body modification. What difference does it make? - I get the feeling that Dr Bowers, does not want to do this surgery and is trying to get out of it. Grandparents scene: -I love Grandpa Jack. He is so shady and is always insulting people on the low. Did he just lowkey admit that Jeanette and Gregg have considered divorce?? OMG! I can believe it. I wouldn't be surprised if one of them(probably Gregg\) was cheating. Car scene -Deep sigh Dr Volker did NOT say she wasn't signing the letter until she looses weight. She said she wants jazz to fix the issue that's causes her to binge eat in the first place. Jeanette and Jazz have serious comprehension issues, that or they hear what they want to hear. Dr Volker should reject Jazz exactly for that reason. - Yeah Jeanette Jazz might be miserable if Victoria rejects her. But guess what? That's called real life. Hopefully this show wont shame or demonize Victoria if she decides she doesn't want to be in a relationship with Jazz. Dr Volker's office -Once again Jazz looks like she's gaining weight, not loosing it. So I doubt she's actually resisting food like she claims. - The fact that Dr. Volker legitimizes the hypnotherapy bull, makes me question her credibility. Thank God she didn't write the letter. Bedroom scene -I really hope Greg refuses consent for the surgery. If Jazz decides to do it when she turns 18 he wont have that on his conscience. -Looks like Gregg agrees with me that Jazz wants a tattoo because of Victoria. Glad he's still speaking up more. Jeanette really shuts him down when he tries to speak. It's no wonder jazz acts the way she does. Car /tattoo parlor scene -Jazz is already complaining about being trapped by virtual school. Tough break you little brat. You wanted it, you got it. -This tattoo thing is so staged, TLC set this up, not Jay and Victoria. Their not even friends. TLC needs to try harder. -I still don't buy that Victoria likes Jazz, Their relationship just seems like a little kid with a crush on a much older girl and the girl is nice to them, to not hurt their feelings. .Jazz should forget about Victoria and just date Jay. They would make a cute couple. And Jay seems like she's used to her bullshit. -That tattoo is ugly. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a temporary tattoo. Car ride - Jazz seems almost giddy at the thought of her Grandfather having chest pains because of that tattoo. Kinda odd... -Jazz does not look like she lost 12 pounds. And something in her eyes and facial expression did not look happy about hearing the surgery date. It was very subtle, but it was there. It's like she was trying to sound happy. -I still wonder how the orgasm situation is going to resolved. Bowers seemed very concerned about it but has hardly mentioned it since. That's a serious issue that is not going to go away. It would be very unethical to operate on Jazz knowing she will never experience sexual pleasure. I don't care what anyone says. She has already lost her fertility, robbing her of a future sex life is inhumane and cruel. Club Met/Wedding Scene -I hate that Tye Dye Dress Jazz always wear. It is very unflattering and she has worn it at least 4 times this season. - In every scene, Ari always looks like she doesn't want to be there. I don't blame her. - That is the ugliest dress I've ever seen. And Jeanette's hair looks a greasy mess. Jazz could have used a hair wash as well. I think Jeanette would look better if she got rid of the fake blond hair and wore her natural dark hair. Dinner Scene -Greg is adorable for an older guy, He deserves so much better than what he gets. -I see it's back to Jazz. Leave it to her to ruin yet another family occasion and make it all about her. Once again she looks elated to be causing her grandfather grief. -Jazz and the family are Jewish, and according to Jewish law it's forbidden to have tattoos and you can't be buried in a Jewish cemetery if you have one, so I understand why the other family members were so upset. However, it's strange how they are so upset about a tattoo, but none of them had any issue with the drastic permanent changes being made to Jazz's body. A tattoo is nothing compared to toying with a child's health by blocking their natural puberty development, giving them estrogen and stunting their growth Just saying. - I always love seeing the twins allow themselves to be honest about the special treatment Jazz gets. I bet they've had to hold so much stuff in over the years. You can just tell. It's nice to see them let some steam off. Griffin knows his mom very well, he's right on the money about her. "Jazz gets what Jazz wants, pretty much sums up this family." -So Jeanette signed the consent form without Gregg's permission. surprise surpise. He specifically told her he wanted to talk with Jazz before agreeing. But once again Jeanette heard what she wanted to hear. - Jazz is rubbing that tattoo in the whole family's face. She is really a piece of work. Grandpa looks so done, he looks devastated. -Of course Jeanette made a surgery date without Greg. She has no respect for him. Their marriage is dysfunctional and toxic. - 5 minutes after the vow renewal and it's looks like the marriage is already starting to crumble. Gregg is pissed and like he's going to snap any day now. - The separate talking heads again stands out for me. -Wow the look in Greg's eyes at the end of this episode?? All I can say is something has definitely changed Flash forward scene 6 pounds in 2 months is nothing. I can lose that in a week. Well they said the hormone Blocker runs out wen she's 17 in the past seasons, so maybe that has something to do with it. They cost $20,000. Messing with nature is not cheap.

Not to mention the recovery from the surgery will be gruesome. And the maintenance will be time consuming and never ending. Jazz seems to think she will only have to dilate for 1 year, nope its for life. In addition, it needs to be thoroughly cleaned consistently, because unlike a natural vagina which is self cleaning, a surgically created one will not clean itself. Jazz barely ever washes her hair, so good luck with that. Then you have to think about the fact that its very likely that there will be complications, especially with surgical method that's being done on Jazz. The doctor in New York said the results were mixed and out of the 15 he's done some weren't very successful.

I agree so much. I'm sick and tired of this trendy "be yourself" crap the media constantly pushes onto kids. Its led to an entire generation of insufferable spoiled brats. Some people need to change themselves. What if a kid is violent, or a thief, or an disrespectful asshole? I guess they should just keep being their "authentic self " and not even bother to improve. Its sad that schools can't just teach reading writing and arithmetic anymore. No wonder test scores are low, it's cause they waste so much time on irrelevant junk

Writing as I watch -"Jazz is very mature for her age".......................WTF! No she's not and everyone knows it. Jeanette is so delusional. -Michaela is still creepy. She is obsessed with Jazz. I can't stand her. Jazz looked like she didn't want to do the singing thing, but gave in and agreed to along with her. The car wash talk was so scripted and forced in. - This hypnotherapy crap just may make this show jump the shark. It was so stupid and unnecessary. I don't believe even for one minute that any of it was real. The fact that this is considered legitimate psychology is baffling to me. Also Jazz's "past life" just seemed like another (scripted) opportunity to push Jazz's officially approved narrative. I don't believe she binge eats because she's "hungry for acceptance". But I don't think we'll ever know the real reason behind it, because Jazz is clearly in denial, or worse they don't want us to know the truth. - How does Greg not know about what Jazz is doing in this Hypnotherapy stuff. This family is so dysfunctional. - Jazz manipulated them to get out of going to school. surprise, surprise. -Michaela just wants to get on tv and sing to promote herself. I knew she was using Jazz. -Noelle is nosy as hell, but I'm glad she asks serious questions. She confirmed that Jazz is the one who rejected all the previous guys who tried to date her. - Of course they gave in and let Jazz do virtual school. Did anyone actually think they would stand their ground?? I didn't. Her leaving school is sad. She has been robbed of a normal youth, and now her childhood is almost over. It's so sad. No Prom, no graduation, and if she can't handle high school, I doubt she will be able to handle college life. It seems like all she has in life is trans stuff. Her entire existence revolves around it. -Over all this episode was very flat and uninspiring, nothing felt real or organic. The date with Victoria was the only interesting part of the episode. It was less cringey that the previous dates. But I agree that Victoria probably isn't in to Jazz. Seems like she is just being nice.

I would think Jazz experiences attraction the way pre-pubescent kids have crushes. So there probably is the butterflies and the flushes, but no sexual arousal involved. Jazz said herself she has never felt sexual feelings.

This episode just makes me continue to think Jazz is purposely sabotaging the surgery, She has to know leaving school will be a red flag to any therapist who considers writing her a letter. And there's no way she actually thought Dr Volker was going to write her a letter after she delivered that depressing spiel during her therapy session. And yet she played along with mom expecting the letter to be given that same day. Yeah right. I think Jazz knows exactly what she's doing. This kid is smarter than we think

Yeah seems like Dr bowers feels its unethical to operate on Jazz if she won't be able to feel any sexual pleasure after. She seems to put a lot of consideration to that when she does her surgeries. According to my tv guide, in the episode after the next Dr bowers will give jazz some kind of ultimatum. I wonder if she will require her to use the testosterone cream in hopes It will give jazz some kind of sex drive.

I wrote down my thoughts as I watched the episode. -Is it just me? or did Jazz have a growth spurt? I'm not sure if TLC edits everything in chronological order or not. But I swear Jazz looked noticeably bigger in this episode. And I don't just mean her weight. She looked taller. In the kitchen scene at the beginning I noticed she is almost as tall as the shorter twin (Griffen I believe) now. And her voice sounded deeper at the beginning of the episode as well. Oh and I loved how Jazz pretended to be too fat to play soccer then and then destroyed the whole family on the field later in the episode. Now we know Jazz is just being plain ole lazy when she acts this way. - Kudos to the twins for standing up to Jazz. I am so happy they didn't back down and were actually honest and didnt take any of Jazz's bullshit. My heart soared when Sander told Jazz he was going to put fries in the freezer despite what Jazz wants. It's about time the other siblings start standing up for themselves and stop letting her run the family. Jazz needs to spend more time with her father and brothers and less time with her mother. - I doubt Jazz came up with the idea for the car wash. She said herself she spends most of her time in her room binging and eating. The producers probably came up with the idea, and they are probably behind Jazz confronting Maya brother and most of the activist scenes on this show( with Jeanette's help of course). In fact I doubt jazz ever hangs out with any of these other trans and lgbt kids when the cameras aren't rolling. I'm not even convinced she and noelle are real friends or even like each other. -This hypnotherapy story line is dumb and a waste of whoevers money is being used to pay for it. I have said once and I'll say it again. Jazz is not going to lose weight. She will put on a show to get footage for the show, but once the cameras leave, I bet she goes right back to stuffing her face -I hate the red haired girl. She is creepy. They need to get rid of her. Why is she hanging out with teenagers anyway? I have no doubt she is just using jazz to get attention for herself. - Greg needs to spend more time with Jazz, especially if they let Jazz do virtual schooling. He needs to get her away from Jeanette as much as possible. It's obvious that he's often in the dark about what goes in her life. I think he would be much more assertive with Jazz if Jeanette isn't there to undermine him. If I were him I would start taking jazz on little road trips on the weekend. Away from Jeanette, and the bubble that she's in, so she can experience the real world for once. - I'm so glad that Jeanette will have to deal with Jazz all day long if she does virtual schooling. It serves her right. She has been using Jazz to get attention for herself her whole life. Obviously she had Jazz's future all planned out from the beginning. She was so sure that Jazz would just magically morph into the perfect skinny, happy,little trans daughter. And she would be able parade her around like a trophy and be seen as the hero mom. Well, too bad lady. Things didn't turn out the way you planned and now you want to cry??? And of course she won't be able to give Jazz structure, she has let Jazz disrespect all the adults in her life and do whatever the hell she wants for years. Jazz is not going to just start taking orders from her now. I have no sympathy. - I know it was mean But LOL'ed at grandpa's joke. I love how he's never been afraid of offending Jazz. My grandpa is the same way. I have a feeling that Jazz and Grandpa hate each other. LOL - I enjoyed the soccer match, it actually felt real and genuine. Jazz actually played for real instead of putting on a front. I want to see more of the family being real and honest and less preaching about trans stuff. -And we're back to the scripted crap. Does anyone believe Jazz is actually friends with these kids??? This is TLC's car wash, not Jazz's. Seems like most of the people at the car wash are parents and relatives of the kids in the group, not real people. So fake. The "hater" was so fake. And he wasn't even being hateful. He didn't call any one names nor was he rude. People have a right to an opinion. - Okay we are at the beach scene. I swear Jazz looks like she gained more weight here. She's huge. They must be airing the scenes out of order. That's the only explanation. -Someone please tell Jazz to stop saying "oh hell to no/yes" its very annoying. - Again red haired girl is creepy. Stop hanging with teenagers you weirdo! - I actually like seeing Jazz with Victoria, she was adorable when she asked her out, but I'm not sure Victoria is into her. Jazz is so immature. She needs to find a younger girl, who's more on her maturity level. I thought the date was this episode, but I guess it's next week.

Just go to Jazz's instagram page, she has noelle at least tagged in several of them.

I have long suspected that Jazz isn't attracted to boys, despite all her whining for male attention. Her body language says a lot more than her words. She says that boys don't like her, but we've seen her date a few boys who were interested and she didn't even give them a chance. All the dates she went on with boys were cringe worthy. The first boy Alex was very cute and he tried his hardest to impress Jazz and she basically rolled her eyes the whole time. The date with the trans boy was a disaster and she seemed disgusted with him. (perhaps she was hoping he would have been more feminine looking since he's biologically female?). The date with Shane from dating in the dark was also awkward and forced. Jazz seemed indifferent to the whole thing, she looked like she didn't want to be there. When I'm on a date with a guy I am very aware of how I look and how I behave. I'm usually nervous and act more feminine than usual. It's just a natural reaction because I want to make a good first impression. Jazz's body language screamed "I don't give a f*#k" She just seemed like she was trying to get the date over with. Shane was willing to date her again and she made up another excuse for why she didn't want to see him again. None of the relationships with boys went anywhere and I'm pretty its because of Jazz not the boys. Jeanette and shows producers seem to have their hearts set on Jazz ending up with a straight male Prince Charming. So she probably just has to suck it up and go on the dates until she can make an excuse to get rid of the poor guy. On the other hand when Jazz met Victoria I noticed her body language was totally different. She looked nervous and immediately started fixing her hair. She looked like she actually gave a damn what Victoria thought of her. I'm interested to see how Jazz will act on their date in next week's episode. I could be wrong, but I suspect she will enjoy it much more than the other dates, Does anyone else think it was odd that Jazz asked her brothers for advice about girls. I don't know anything about lesbians, so maybe someone can give insight here. Do lesbians normally ask MALES for advice about dating other girls??? Very Odd. Lastly, I wonder if they are pushing the surgery so hard because of Jazz's testosterone Blocker? I remember Jazz saying back in season 2 that the current Blocker would run out when she was 17. Well Jazz is 17 now, So I'm sure the blocker is on its last leg. And it cost $20,000 so its not like getting a new one is a easy. Personally I hope Jazz doesn't get the surgery and they let the blocker run out so Jazz can experience some natural puberty (that is if the estrogen hasn't completely destroyed her testicles). Jazz has been told going through Puberty would be absolute torture her whole life, but she might find out that it's not that bad and may even start to like her body if she starts experiencing some "adult" feelings and sensations. And if she's attracted to women perhaps she may want to use that body part with them in the future. Most trans women never get the surgery..

I found Michaela pretty quickly on Instagram and she definitely promotes herself on the show like its a part of her resume. I hate how so many adults are taking advantage of Jazz. She has no real friends who aren't using her for something. Even her own mother is using her for attention.

Thank You! I'm glad I'm not the only one who caught that. Honestly anytime Jazz talks about transgender issues she sounds scripted and like she's parroting someone else's words. It's very easy to tell when she's speaking from the heart, cause she's not that good an actor. And yeah I blame it on Jeanette and the fact that so much of her identity is built around being trans. She has to dislike her body, or else she wouldn't be trans. That's sure to create a mindf**k. I also agree about the basketball thing. That was total bull. I've seen Jazz playing basketball in other documentaries so I rolled my eyes at her claiming she can't dribble.