The single best thing I’ve found when helping an adult child cope with grief is to wrap my arms around my child, cry alongside, admit I don’t have the answer, but commit to walking the road of grief together.
The number of transgender children in schools is growing and many leaders are struggling to find the right way to support these students. But Lisa Jarmin finds that best practice is much simpler than many imagine
How Do I Refer to My Child Who Is Transgender?Petrow, Steven
Transgender: When a person's gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth. Nonbinary: When a person's gender identity isn't exclusively masculine or feminine. Advertisement | page continues below How to talk to your child about gender Keep the following in mind when ...
would help bring those private conundrums out into the open. We started working on Straightlaced when my oldest son was 16. I was deeply affectedby the subtle, hard‐to‐discuss ways that I saw him and his friends trying to make senseof all the messages they were getting about how men ...
“The law is clear that parents, guardians, and doctors can provide transgender youth with treatment in accordance with prevailing standards of care. Any parent or guardian who loves and supports their child and is taking them to a licensed health care provider is not engaging in child abuse.”...
What if My Child Is Nonbinary or Transgender? If your child is going through puberty and is biologically female, then they’re on track to start menstruating. Although some nonbinary and transgender kids might take it in stride, many find the disconnect between their identity and what’s happ...
Roz Keith foundedStand with Transin 2015. Her son came out as transgender in 2013, when he was 13 years old. As a parent, Keith struggled to find resources. "I knew we needed to help and support our child and we just didn't know how. We didn't have anyone to talk to. There were...
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Even a child knows the answer to that question, although you might get some interesting responses depending on the age and upbringing if you try asking some children how you can tell the CHAPTER 4 How Do We Learn Gender? 121 difference between boys and girls. Still, many people would...