Hank sorry but I disagree with everything you said. I have a doctorate in the social sciences but that pales in comparison to my personal experience and observations. Of course some children can be misled. I've seen the evidence in generational race and religious bigotry. I knew my gender at 5 years of age and denied it until the internal pain almost caused me to take my life 4 years ago and there are thousands like me in the US who have had the same experience. I wrote other articles that might explain it to you:

https://emmah1017.medium.com/the-transgender-pain-29b6b8f304ab

https://medium.com/prismnpen/close-your-eyes-53b0c2d2cad3

https://medium.com/p/412d1ac54cf0

https://medium.com/gender-from-the-trenches/who-in-their-right-mind-would-choose-to-be-transgender-7c9f9cb6a1e5