What I'm Grateful for This Thanksgiving
I'm grateful for an amazing community of friends, family, and fellow allies, as well as creatives this Thanksgiving.
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Oct 29
Vote Like Your Kid is Queer
This November, I am asking you to vote for candidates and policies that explicitly protect my queer kid as if they were your queer kid.
Oct 9
The Hopeful: 5 Midwest Organizations Help Trans Kids & the People Who Love Them
Find hope in the incredible work being done by 5 Midwest organizations stepping up to support gender-expansive kids and their families.
Sep 25
The Bad: How Transphobic Laws in 4 Midwest States Impact Families
When the government established to protect, explicitly denies a marginalized community’s existence, the result is deadly for trans youth.
Aug 14
The Good: Leading from Love to Build Empathy & Community for Trans Kids
Parents of trans kids use story telling to find connection, healing and joy.
Jul 9
Why I’m Spending 9 Days in Middle America
Why my Midwest roots matter when traveling to 4 states this summer to meet parents raising trans kids in the middle of the US.
Jun 17
Time for a Reckoning - Trans Kids Change Parents' Gender Concepts
When I ask parents of gender-expansive kids how raising their kid has impacted their concept of gender, they all said their mindset shifted.
May 20
Reaching Family Goals Takes Heart
“It's the same thing as any parent, right? No matter how your kids identify. That's what I want for them."
Mar 25
What I Learned from a Green Alien
My heightened awareness of Lucy's gender enabled me to notice the encounter. Otherwise, I may have carried on unchecked.
Mar 8
Parents Just Don’t Get It (But, Damn, We Really Want To)
Why prioritize believing your kid’s gender identity? Because a parent’s quest to understand is just that, it’s their own.
Jan 19
Parents of Trans Youth Foster Gender Diversity
Parents today wrestle with how to expand our ideas about identity and belonging, including our concept of gender.
Oct 23, 2023
Society is My Problem; NOT My Kid
"The burden [as parents of trans kids] is dealing with other people's ... prejudice. We have the tools for everything else."
Apr 12, 2022
Waiting
Doing what I do for a living doesn't exactly make me a globetrotter. I'm not versed in navigating airports, flight delays, or jetlag. And...
Dec 8, 2021
Can You Help My Anxious Kid?
While I am grateful for the seemingly never-ending supply of clients to my private practice, the acuity and volume of need during the...
Feb 27, 2020
Reclaiming Time-Outs
As a child therapist and parent coach, I often hear: “Time-outs just don't work with him.” “She won't stay in her room,” or "She won't go...
Feb 27, 2020
3 Buckets of Behaviors
From years of coaching parents and, to be honest, being one, my 3 Buckets have become one of my favorite strategies to share. Use these...
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