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What Determines Gender Identity and How Can Parents Help?

October 29, 2021 by BBYMCCRRL75216 Leave a Comment

Young child with crown of flowers wonders about their gender identity.

Gender identity, what makes someone feel they have been born into the wrong body? Gender identity is a prominent topic these days thanks to the transgender movement, yet many people are still uncertain about what causes this issue. What is it, exactly, that determines whether an individual thinks of themselves as “male” or “female” or something else or neither of these two options? It seems that a possible answer to this question lies in the structure of our brains. A considerable number ...read more

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4 Ways to Support Your LGBTQIA+ Child When They’re Facing a School Bully

March 26, 2021 by BBYMCCRRL75216 Leave a Comment

Dark hallway at school with LGBTQIA+ youth walking alone and a victim of bullying

LGBTQIA+ children and bullying. It’s easy for adults to forget what adolescence was like. The frustrations of figuring out the sometimes-foreign world around us combined with the cocktail of raging hormones that set our emotions off at the drop of a hat. Man, being a kid was hard! What can make an already-hard situation even harder for a young person is being “different” in some way. For young people who identify as LGBTQIA+, school bullying can be devastating. Rumors, gossip, name-calling, or ...read more

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How to Talk to Your Young Child About the LGBTQIA+ Community

February 12, 2021 by BBYMCCRRL75216 Leave a Comment

LGBTQIA+ Rainbow flag being waived proudly at a march helping parents know how to talk to their young children about LGBTQIA+ questions.

How to talk to your young child about the LGBTQIA+ community is a timely and essential question. As a parent or caregiver, it can be difficult to know the right thing to say when kids question what we deem to be adult topics. Broaching topics of sexuality can be awkward for both parents and kids alike. Yet, it is a necessary conversation to have. When it comes to talking about homosexuality and transgender individuals, children should be given age-appropriate information. This will help them ...read more

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