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.
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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.
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.
Reaching Family Goals Takes Heart
When my firstborn was only months old, a friend shared with me a quote from Elizabeth Stone: “Making the decision to have a child - it is...
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.
Parents Just Don’t Get It (But, Damn, We Really Want To)
A surge of feeling welled up in me while Mark talked about his trans kid (who I'll call X). I said to myself, “He loves X so much! But he...
Parents of Trans Youth Foster Gender Diversity
Parenting forces us to look at ourselves both past and present, including our own current life choices, as well as the parenting we...
Society is My Problem; NOT My Kid
“What are the challenges that I have raising a trans child? The outside world is my problem. Yeah. Living in 2023 is my problem.” Lisa...
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...
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...
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...
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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