
The Conscious Parent's Guide to Gender Identity
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With this easy-to-navigate guide, you'll learn how to...
- Communicate openly with your child about gender identity
- Empower your child to make their own decisions
- Create a welcoming environment at home
- Guide your child through social and medical transitions
- Help your child feel comfortable with friends, at school, and in your community
- Deal with others' opinions about your parenting choices
- Plan a happy, successful future for you and your child
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Conscious Parenting
- The Benefits of Conscious Parenting
- Giving Your Child Full Attention
- Understanding Behavior
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 2: Gender 101
- Gender Versus Sex
- Gender Identity Versus Sexual Orientation
- Gender Expression
- We All Have a Gender Identity
- Gender Expansiveness
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 3: Connecting to Your Child
- Listen Carefully
- Open Communication
- Compassion
- Respect
- The Foundation of Home
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 4: Foundations of Parenting
- Your Unique Tightrope Walk
- Let Your Child Teach You
- "Blank Slate" Parenting
- Examining Personal Biases
- Coparenting
- Your Child's Unique Gender Journey
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 5: Parenting the Gender-Expansive Child
- Needs of the Gender-Expansive Child
- Your Emotional Response
- Society's Bias
- Holidays and Celebrations
- Responding to Difficult Situations
- Friendship Challenges
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 6: Parenting the Transgender Child
- Transgender Versus Gender-Expansive
- Consistent! Persistent. Insistent?
- Your Child's Heart and Brain, Revealed
- Your Emotional Response
- Needs of the Transgender Child
- Their Alignment
- Your Transition
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 7: Trust Yourself
- Listen to Your Gut
- Stay Within Yourself
- Trust Your Child
- Model Mindfulness
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 8: Stay in the Now
- The Present
- The Past Has Its Place
- Worry/Fear for the Future
- Getting the Most Out of the Now
- Focus on Small Goals
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 9: Interventions
- Observe and Affirm
- Advocate
- Living Life Fully: The Oxygen Example
- Finding the Right Gender Therapist
- On Being "Sure"
- Transition Options
- Social Transition
- Medical Transition
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 10: Outside Influences
- Coping with Difficult Responses
- Opinions Galore
- The Truth
- Disclosure
- Private Versus Secret
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 11: Siblings and Extended Family
- Take Them for Ice Cream
- Honoring a Sibling's Process
- Handling Expressions of Concern
- Setting Boundaries with Love
- Pronouns
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 12: Helping Your Gender-Expansive Child with Teasing
- Teasing Versus Bullying
- Coaching Your Child
- Supporting and Empowering
- Equipping Your Child
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 13: School
- Advocating for Your Child
- The Gender Climate
- Legalities and Other Logistics to Consider
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 14: Dysphoria
- Body Dysphoria
- Social Dysphoria
- Don't Poke the Dysphoria Monster
- Overlap with Anxiety/Depression
- Autism and Gender Dysphoria
- Important Points to Consider
- Chapter 15: Coping and Self-Care
- Coping
- Utilize Your Strengths
- Be Forgiving and Kind to Yourself
- Support and Assistance
- Staying Connected to Others
- Important Points to Consider
- Appendix A: Sample Letter from Parents
- Appendix B: Facets and Multiplicities of You
- Appendix C: Spectrums
- Appendix D: Transition Worksheet
- Appendix E: Resources
- Appendix F: Classroom Rules
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