answer:You can’t say when is too soon. Every person is different. Some people feel like they know—absolutely know from a very early age. We might say their brains are not fully formed and therefore they shouldn’t make a decision like that now. Wait until they are 25 or something. But if your child is that miserable and you aren’t opposed to the idea, and you truly love your child, it seems to me that you could convince yourself your child was right about this. It’s always hard to know with kids. They want this this year, and then they want that the next year. It seems like they’ve totally forgotten this. I would imagine this is something that has been going on for years with no letup. If the doctors agree, and my child is adamant and has been adamant for a long time, then I think this age is not too soon. I would say I wouldn’t want to follow through on such a decision before a child is 14, though. I’d like them to have passed puberty, just to see how the hormone changes affect them. The age would be different, though, depending on the individual.