Pullen Sansfaçon, A., Kirichenko, V., Holmes, C., Feder, S., Lawson, M. L., Ghosh, S., Ducharme, J., Temple Newhook, J., & Suerich-Gulick, F. (2019, November 20). Parents’ Journeys to Acceptance and Support of Gender-diverse and Trans Children and Youth. Journal of Family Issues, 41(8), 1214–1236. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513×19888779
This article maintains that parents of transgender children and youths are becoming supportive socially, culturally, and health-wise. This has been witnessed in the past five years. They support their children’s toy choices and clothes and provide health support. The article states that clinicians in Canada have noticed an increase in the number of gender-diverse and transgender children and adolescents (GDTCY) visiting clinics for care that is gender-affirming during the past five years. GDTCY who can obtain care typically come with their families, offering a special chance to include them in the treatment process. When their parents or caregivers are very involved in their lives, GDTCY experiences superior health and social results. We must understand more about how families assist their GDTCY and remove obstacles to service access in order to improve young people’s health and well-being.
Mayo Clinic (2022). Steps for supporting your child’s gender identity. https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/childrens-health/in-depth/children-and-gender-identity/art-20266811
According to this article, transgender children have a gender identity that differs from the sex they were assigned at birth. Most of the time, these children will express their emotions. They might be adamant about becoming boys or girls. Additionally, some people are neither totally male nor fully female (nonbinary). Most kids experience phases of gender exploration through their choice of toys, clothing, and role-playing. Some people could even adamantly claim to be a gender other than their biological sex. It is probably not a phase if they continue doing this as they age. The majority of kids between the ages of 18 and 24 months can identify and categorize gender categories. Others may be labeled as girls, women, or feminine by them. Perhaps they might categorize them as boys, guys, or masculine. By the time they turn three, the majority also identify their gender.
Child Mind Institute (n.d). Transgender Kids and Gender Dysphoria – Child Mind Institute. Child Mind Institute. https://childmind.org/article/transgender-teens-gender-dysphoria/
Child Mind Institute researchers hold that transgender children may declare that they are either a girl or a boy Children of all ages may declare, “No, I’m really a girl” or “No, I’m truly a boy”. As they age, they may become incredibly uncomfortable with their bodies and wish to change their gender identity. Extreme distress, known as gender dysphoria, can occasionally result from the discrepancy between their assigned gender and their affirmed gender. It’s crucial to understand that neither gender dysphoria nor being transgender constitute mental health disorders. But the majority do. They strongly despise their sexual anatomy, wish to be someone else, and wish to be treated as that person to feel better. They frequently struggle with anxiety or despair, which can be exacerbated by bullying, social exclusion, or rejection by their relatives or community.
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner (2017). Embrace Diversity and Protect Trans and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents.https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2017/05/embrace-diversity-and-protect-trans-and-gender-diverse-children-and
According to this UNOHC, Sadly, transgender and gender-nonconforming children continue to face stigma, exclusion, marginalization, and rejection in some households. Many youngsters remain in danger of physical, sexual, and psychological violence in community contexts and within their own families, including crimes perpetrated in the name of so-called ‘honor’. Children and teenagers who identify as trans and/or gender nonconforming are also more susceptible to bullying and exclusion at school, on the playground, in restrooms and locker rooms, on the route to and from school, and online (cyberbullying).
Weiselberg. E. C & Shadianloo, S. Overview of Care Transgender Children and Youths. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cppeds.2019.100682
Weiselber and Shadianloo argue that most people who identify as sexual or gender minorities are healthy and adjusted, although some TGD youth are more likely to have mental health issues such as anxiety, sadness, substance misuse, eating disorders, and suicidality. This is thought to result from marginalization, stigmatization, victimization, harassment, or rejection that has been experienced or internalized rather than anything inherent to having gender dysphoria or being transgender. Hence, the pediatrician and parents must be aware of potential health disparities, be able to test for them and be prepared to assist patients who disclose their gender identity while receiving care. When their child exhibits gender nonconforming behaviors or gender dysphoria, parents and guardians may also seek the pediatrician’s advice.
Rahilly, E. (n.d). Trans-Affirmative Parenting; Raising Kids Across the Gender Spectrum. https://books.google.co.ke/books?hl=en&lr=&id=u2bnDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA1&dq=how+can+parents+support+the+desire+of+their+transgender+children+to+cross+dress&ots=t_kaQLoo9&sig=yukktqliZRZbwnnZRtM3QybnX1Y&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
According to this book, transgender takes another perspective of gender, unlike back in the days when women’s movements fought for equality for all sexes. Some children and youths do not conform to the genders they were assigned at birth, and instead of stigma and criticism, they should be supported wholly. They are led to seek being whole and not perfection. When it comes to clothes, toys, gowns, and other gender-binary accessories, trans children should be allowed to choose what they want or feel comfortable identifying with. Parental support is essential and cushions their children against being questioned by their peers and bullying.
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