When The Kid Becomes The Teacher: On What It Means To Be Transgender

http://www.npr.org/2016/06/01/480309305/when-the-kid-becomes-the-teacher-on-what-it-means-to-be-transgender

NPR/June 1, 20166:03 PM ET
Heard on All Things Considered

"It's bedtime, and 12-year-old Ethan and 8-year-old Allie Slipakoff are riled up. The kids goof off in the playroom of their suburban Atlanta home; parents Jen and Adam sit in the kitchen nearby.

Allie likes to talk about her striking, red, shoulder-length hair. Sometimes she puts it in a side ponytail, the second-grader says, and it "actually turns out really good.""