Professional Help: 5 Tips for Those Raising Transgender Children
By Hans Villarica
Jan 20 2012, 10:01 AM ET
Family psychotherapist Jean Malpas shares some essential lessons for parents of children who may not conform to gender norms.
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/01/professional-help-5-tips-for-those-raising-transgender-children/251407/Parenting is tricky enough, but what if your six-year-old son asks you if he could dress up as Tinkerbell in the school play? Or if your daughter wonders if she could grow up to be a man?
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In this inaugural entry to our new Professional Help series, where experts reformat their dense research into digestible lessons, Malpas shares five insights from his new Family Process paper for parents to use when they talk with their potentially transgender children.
It turns out, as with most parenting issues, love, acceptance, and support go a long way.
