Becoming an Ally to the Gender-Expansive Child: A Guide for Parents and Carers (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781785920516)

When Anna Bianchi's grandchild asked, Nanny, you do know I'm a girl, don't you?, Anna recognised 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 reassuring honesty and openness, Anna draws deeply on four areas: her own experience, current research, interviews with children and their families, and a discussion of power, both in society and between children and adults. She shows how the inner journey of the adult inevitably impacts on the outer journey of the child and, given the significance of this, offers a step-by-step guide to becoming an ally to the gender-expansive child.

For anyone eager to understand their child's gender experience, or to learn how best to accept, support and protect them, this book will provide knowledge, reassurance and the confidence to do so.

Author: Anna Bianchi
ISBN-10: 1785920510
ISBN-13: 9781785920516
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Language: English
Published: 11/21/2017
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.00w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 09/15/2017 pg. 61
School Library Journal 03/01/2018 pg. 147