‘The Care & Keeping of You’ author and her podcast co-host break down puberty for today’s parents
1 year, 5 months ago

‘The Care & Keeping of You’ author and her podcast co-host break down puberty for today’s parents

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The average onset of puberty is about two years earlier than a generation ago. The book, out this week from Rodale, is written by pediatrician Cara Natterson, whose “Care & Keeping of You” series has sold more than 7 million copies, and Vanessa Kroll Bennett, a puberty educator and Natterson’s co-host of “The Puberty Podcast.” Collectively, they have six kids ranging from 13 to 20. KROLL BENNETT: And we’ve AP: One of the things that really struck me about the book is the often inconclusive state of science on puberty, leaving parents to suss out the truth for themselves. KROLL BENNETT: The role of technology in kids’ lives has upended the advice in the most dramatic way. KROLL BENNETT: One myth is that boys don’t struggle with body image issues.

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A major UK report says trans children are being let down by toxic debate and lack of evidence
11 months, 2 weeks ago

A major UK report says trans children are being let down by toxic debate and lack of evidence

Associated Press  

LONDON — Children who question their gender identity are being let down by lack of evidence and a toxic political debate, according to a report Wednesday from a senior doctor in England. Dr. Hilary Cass said there is “no good evidence on the long-term outcomes of interventions to manage gender-related distress,” and young people have been caught up in a …

JULIE BINDEL: This gender ideology is nothing less than a crime against a generation
1 year, 3 months ago

JULIE BINDEL: This gender ideology is nothing less than a crime against a generation

Daily Mail  

When I was a child in the 1960s and 70s, I wanted to be a boy. The statistics show that the town with the most young people referred for gender dysphoria is not trendy Islington or Brighton, but working-class Blackpool The seaside resort has a lot of social problems, including very high numbers of children in care, shocking teen suicide …

Queer parents need everyone’s support, not people calling us ‘breeders’
1 year, 9 months ago

Queer parents need everyone’s support, not people calling us ‘breeders’

The Independent  

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‘Protect kids now.’ Social media may not be safe for young people, surgeon general warns
1 year, 10 months ago

‘Protect kids now.’ Social media may not be safe for young people, surgeon general warns

LA Times  

A teenager holds her phone. The U.S. surgeon general is warning there is not enough evidence to show that social media is safe for young people — and is calling on tech companies, parents and caregivers to take “immediate action to protect kids now.” The U.S. surgeon general is warning there is not enough evidence to show that social media …

Most teens who start puberty suppression continue gender-affirming care, study finds
2 years, 5 months ago

Most teens who start puberty suppression continue gender-affirming care, study finds

NPR  

Most teens who start puberty suppression continue gender-affirming care, study finds Enlarge this image toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Eric Gay/AP A large majority of transgender adolescents who received puberty suppression treatment went on to continue gender-affirming treatment, a new study from the Netherlands has found. Sponsor Message The paper's data included people who started medical treatment in adolescence with puberty …

Coming out as queer to parents and society | Women Uninterrupted Podcast | Season 2, Episode 1
2 years, 7 months ago

Coming out as queer to parents and society | Women Uninterrupted Podcast | Season 2, Episode 1

The Hindu  

Women Uninterrupted is an inter-generational podcast bringing you difficult, different and uninterrupted conversations about being a woman. And I feel like, you know, this generation, they're very aware about the topics around sexual identity, etc, because they are exposed to these things very early on, thanks to social media. I think how I understand this is that: what identity meant …

What to Do When Your Kid Is Reading a Book That Makes You Uncomfortable
3 years ago

What to Do When Your Kid Is Reading a Book That Makes You Uncomfortable

Slate  

One of the books at the center of the newest wave of book censorship in America public schools and libraries is Gender Queer, a memoir by the nonbinary cartoonist Maia Kobabe. So many of the people who have started challenges against my book say in their opening statements, ‘I haven’t read the book, but …’ In many ways, it almost …

How children’s literature can help in the move to normalise queerness
3 years, 3 months ago

How children’s literature can help in the move to normalise queerness

Live Mint  

In the small window of time that her parents are at work and her sister at school, 21-year-old Anya speaks readily about her experience growing up queer. As per one complaint, the manual sought to ‘psychologically traumatise school students’, a claim we encounter frequently when it comes to raising queer awareness among children. The sooner children start to recognise related …

How to deal with the roller coaster ride that’s puberty
3 years, 11 months ago

How to deal with the roller coaster ride that’s puberty

Live Mint  

As one browses through Tisca Chopra’s new book, one can’t help but rue the fact that we didn’t have something like this while growing up. Often parents either tiptoe around these changes, believing conversation around menstruation or breasts to be taboo, or they don’t have the appropriate vocabulary to discuss puberty with their kids. What is the kind of research …

Grief, puberty, queerness, superpowers: Why Netflix’s I Am Not Okay with This is a coming-of-age drama with a difference
5 years ago

Grief, puberty, queerness, superpowers: Why Netflix’s I Am Not Okay with This is a coming-of-age drama with a difference

The Independent  

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20 Books With LGBTQ Characters Your Kids Will Love
5 years, 9 months ago

20 Books With LGBTQ Characters Your Kids Will Love

Huff Post  

Photo by Monika Kozub on Unsplash Stories with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning characters. Recommended for ages 3 and older Quality: 5 out of 5 Publisher: Bloomsbury Children’s Books, 2016 Authored by Jill Twiss, illustrated by EG Keller A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, presented by HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and written by …

Parents divided over 'inappropriate' sex education book for young children
6 years, 11 months ago

Parents divided over 'inappropriate' sex education book for young children

The Independent  

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What Are Today’s Media Topics Doing To Your Kids?
7 years, 6 months ago

What Are Today’s Media Topics Doing To Your Kids?

Huff Post  

Access to complex or inappropriate material is easier than ever. Over the years the line between appropriate vs. inappropriate topics in the media seems to have blurred. And a great deal of TV available during what used to be considered family viewing hours makes sex seem like no big deal. The normalization of formerly off-limits topics like sexuality and sexual …

Parents Consider Treatment to Delay Son's Puberty
16 years, 10 months ago

Parents Consider Treatment to Delay Son's Puberty

NPR  

Parents Consider Treatment to Delay Son's Puberty New Therapy Would Buy Time to Resolve Gender Crisis Part two of a two-part series Sean Justice/Corbis Doctors on Treatment Dr. Norman Spack has treated teens and pre-teens in the U.S. with puberty-delaying therapy. "The terrible twos became terrible threes and fours and horrible fives and intolerable sixes," Robert says. "Violet broke my …

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