The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and ProfessionalsThis comprehensive first of its kind guidebook explores the unique challenges that thousands of families face every day raising their children in every city and state. Through extensive research and interviews, as well as years of experience working in the field, the authors cover gender variance from birth through college. What do you do when your toddler daughter’s first sentence is that she’s a boy? What will happen when your preschool son insists on wearing a dress to school? Is this ever just a phase? How can you explain this to your neighbors and family? How can parents advocate for their children in elementary schools? What are the current laws on the rights of transgender children? What do doctors specializing in gender variant children recommend? What do the therapists say? What advice do other families who have trans kids have? What about hormone blockers and surgery? What issues should your college-bound trans child be thinking about when selecting a school? How can I best raise my gender variant or transgender child with love and compassion, even when I barely understand the issues ahead of us? And what is gender, anyway? These questions and more are answered in this book offering a deeper understanding of gender variant and transgender children and teens. |
Contents
Is My Child Transgender? | 1 |
Family Acceptance From Crisis to Empowerment | 39 |
Developmental Stages and the Transgender Child | 61 |
Start Where You Are Moving from Damaging to Effective Parenting Practices | 73 |
Transition Decisions When Should I Let My Child Live as Their Preferred Gender? | 113 |
Disclosure Whom to Tell How Why and When | 125 |
The Educational System and Your Family | 153 |
Medical Issues for Transgender Children | 193 |
Legal Issues to Consider | 229 |
Conclusion | 241 |
Who Will Be Role Models for Our Children? | 245 |
Sample Doctors Letters | 247 |
About the Authors | 251 |
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The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals Stephanie Brill,Rachel Pepper Limited preview - 2008 |
The Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals Stephanie Brill No preview available - 2008 |
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