98: Raising a Transgender Child. With Rachel Gonzales

What personal unpacking have you had to do to accept your child as they are? Listen in to learn from my guest what she has had to unpack to raise her transgender daughter. Click here for Show Notes and more from Jeanne-Marie, Your Parenting Mentor What We Talked About: How her daughter revealed her true essence to the world. Parents must go through their own transition as they support their child Guiding transgender children to know when it is safe to be open about who they are to other people. The unfathomable issues her family has had to deal with to keep her children safe from threats and danger How schools can be supportive of LGBTQIA+ children Things to Remember: “90% of parenting is unpacking your own things, your own bias, your own issues, your own childhood and your own expectations of what you think parenting will be.”   “Follow your child, they know who they are.” “Any child that isn’t feeling safe is not going to learn.” “Trust that you know yourself and you know your child.” “We are not going to change hearts and minds if we all hide.” “I can say that having a transgender child is one of the best things that could have happened to me. I am a much better person and human.” - Rachel Gonzales “This world would be a whole lot better if we just made an effort to be less horrible to one another.” “We deserve to experience love fully, equally, without shame and without compromise.” - Elliot Page   Click here for Show Notes and more from Jeanne-Marie, Your Parenting Mentor