Dr. Laura Anderson
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471 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2018
last heard May 2018
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Yes, and that is a a big question and a wonderful one.
I think
Keeping in mind, if it's your own child first, keeping in mind you can't create something that is not there.
You can't give permission.
For a child who's not gay or a child who's not transgender to become that through allowing them to be who they are.
And we know that if we shape it or silence it uh actively or try to get them to change, they stand to come to face a lot of harm, to make a lot of shame-based decisions and to distance from you as a parent.
So so you affirm if it's your child.
You affirm, you let them get the doll, you let them play with the trucks, you get curious about how they're identifying and what they want to be and who they think they are, and you you walk with them because they're leading, they're telling you already what they want, or you wouldn't be aware that something's going on.
So it's really it's it's recognizing that what they need is an understanding that you believe them and you hear them.
That doesn't ignore
Ignore safety concerns.
In some places, some parents are like, you just can't wear that to the football game on the other side, you know, that kind of a thing.
But if you're if the child knows you're affirming at the core of it, then when you say, Really, let's talk about this, because part of understanding and navigating this journey is understanding safety cues, and especially for kids on the spectrum, they might not recognize when they're starting to get into a situation where.
where they're being read as as trans, for instance, right?
And so it it doesn't negate parent concerns that kids need to be safe in the world, but it invites a different type of conversation.
If a child knows you're standing with them and you support them fully and you're having conversations about safety and making good choices about where and how you show this part of you, that's a different energy level than just you don't do that, boys don't do that, you're gonna get
yourself hurt.
It it's it's an entirely different vibe.
So it's being able to affirm kids if it's your own kid is really important.
Advocate at school.
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