Becoming An Ally To The Gender-Expansive Child

Becoming an Ally to the Gender-Expansive Child A Guide for Parents and Carers by Anna Bianchi Trans Tool Shed offers a variety of books for parents who are looking for quality references and guides to help them talk to their children about sex, sexuality, and gender identity in a positive, age-appropriate, and healthy manner. Feel free to contact us or to stop by the store to see our selection. How can parents and care-givers best support their gender-expansive children? Drawing on the author's own experience with her grandchild, this book encourages adults to redefine their understanding of gender in order to understand and support their child more fully. When Anna Bianchi's grandchild asked, "Nanny, you do know I'm a girl, don't you?", Anna recognized this as a pivotal, and daunting, moment in their relationship. She knew that to answer her grandchild, who had been assigned male at birth, her own attitudes, assumptions, and beliefs about gender would need to be examined. With reassu