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More copies of this ISBN:The Transgender Child Transgender Child: A Handbook for Families and Professionals a Handbook for Families and Professionalsby Stephanie Brill
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:This comprehensive first of its kind guidebook explores the unique challenges that thousands of families face every day raising their children in every city and state. Through extensive research and interviews, as well as years of experience working in the field, the authors cover gender variance from birth through college. What do you do when your toddler daughter’s first sentence is that she’s a boy? What will happen when your preschool son insists on wearing a dress to school? Is this ever just a phase? How can you explain this to your neighbors and family? How can parents advocate for their children in elementary schools? What are the current laws on the rights of transgender children? What do doctors specializing in gender variant children recommend? What do the therapists say? What advice do other families who have trans kids have? What about hormone blockers and surgery? What issues should your college-bound trans child be thinking about when selecting a school? How can I best raise my gender variant or transgender child with love and compassion, even when I barely understand the issues ahead of us? And what is gender, anyway? These questions and more are answered in this book offering a deeper understanding of gender variant and transgender children and teens. Book News Annotation:Transgendered and gender variant children have a hard time of it.
They are generally discouraged by their families and bullied at
school. Parents are often confused, even frightened, by the behavior
of the child. This is a handbook for families, teachers, medical
practitioners and anyone who wants to understand what is happening in
the child's self-definition. Brill has organized conferences and
information networks for gender variant children. Pepper in the
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies department at Yale
University. They present the material clearly with examples from real
experiences. The authors recognize the mixed feelings parents have.
They give suggestions for explaining the situation to friends and
relatives and coping with the inevitable harassment at school. The
question of medical treatment, especially at the time of puberty, is
treated. The authors make clear that there are many options, just as
there are many variations in gender identity.
Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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