Tag: Child

Religious teaching differs from other parental teaching in that some parents use religion as a means of manipulation. Having grown up in a religious family where addiction and codependency were present I witnessed the potential for manipulation in parental religious teaching first-hand. What f...

The child is allowed to choose their own name, pronouns, hairstyle, and clothes. They periodically check in with a psychologist to find out whether this still feels like coming home, or whether it’s last week’s craze. That’s it. That’s all they do at such a young age.&nbsp...

It can be stunning when your child has “the talk” with you to announce they’ve been questioning their gender. Maybe your child wants to change pronouns, their name, and their outward appearance. It’s normal to feel a range of emotions after such a proclamation, from fea...

When she was in elementary school, her same-age friends would carry her around like a doll. I don’t think they ever minded their small stature — in fact, I think being petite is now part of their identity. Just before she turned 11, my child came out as genderfluid...

I really do. They usually say it in reference to my older daughter who has a disability. They usually do not have a child with a disability. I receive the comment in situations like when someone has witnessed me funnel every ounce of patience into my soul to quietly calm my kid down at a store wh...