Hey there international readers!

Just a greeting to all my readers abroad. I hope you are getting the support and resources you need from your families. On the sidebar is a link to Yahoo Groups. If you enroll in a Yahoo account you can join the group and discuss issues with other parents online. You are not alone.

Transparency in parenting a transgender child

Janet, 14, keeps hoping nobody will know she's transgender. I roll my eyes but also wring my hands when she tells me this. I mean, please, she changed her name and pronouns three quarters into her year as a third grader. Almost everybody in town knows.