When I do educational presentations, the question often arises, “What is the best way to tell children one of their parents is transitioning? Doesn’t it harm the child in some way?” There are a number of variables to consider in answering these questions, but the first answer I give is that children are not harmed [...]
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Pre-Order: Transition and Beyond: Observations on Gender Identity, Second Edition by Reid Vanderburgh, MA, LMFT
Available July 2010.
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by Reid Vanderburgh MA, LMFT
I do dozens of classroom presentations each academic quarter, and invariably the question arises, “I saw a show on Oprah about a twelve-year-old who was allowed to begin hormones. But how can a child that age be making that kind of irreversible decision? Their sexuality is just emerging, how can they possibly know transition is [...]
