The Gender Creative Child by Diane Ehrensaft

Today, we’re going to talk about a topic that originated from a question in the Your Parenting Mojo Facebook group. Hello and welcome to the Your Parenting Mojo podcast. Who Are You? The Kid’s Guide to Gender Identity The Adventures of Tulip, Birthday Wish Fairy Recommended books for children – for ALL children, not just those actively exploring their gender identity (note: these are affiliate links): Human Rights Campaign’s Guide on supporting transgender children: Here are some especially recommended resources: While we didn’t get a chance to discuss it (too many other topics to cover!), you might also be interested to learn about the “They-by” movement, which advocates for allowing children to choose their own gender when they feel the time is right, rather than the parents assigning a gender at birth based on the child’s genetalia.

Listener Elizabeth co-interviews with me as we learn how to truly listen to our children when they tell us about their gender, and what we can do to help them navigate a world full of people who may know very little about – and even fear – children whose gender does not conform to expectations. Diane Ehrensaft’s book The Gender-Creative Child, and we are fortunate that Dr. Recently a listener posted a question in the Your Parenting Mojo Facebook group asking about research related to children who are assigned to one gender at birth, but later realize that this assigned gender doesn’t match the gender they experience.Īnother listener recommended Dr.

The Gender Creative Child by Diane Ehrensaft