{"id":3184,"date":"2019-03-21T15:27:28","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T04:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/?p=3184"},"modified":"2021-03-01T16:43:47","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T05:43:47","slug":"gender-identity-and-gender-dysphoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/2019\/03\/21\/gender-identity-and-gender-dysphoria\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender identity and gender dysphoria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>There\u2019s no \u2018right\u2019 way to feel as a parent when your child starts to identify as gender diverse. New evidence-based resources have been developed by <a href=\"https:\/\/raisingchildren.net.au\/pre-teens\/development\/pre-teens-gender-diversity-and-gender-dysphoria\">raisingchildren.net.au<\/a> on gender identity and gender dysphoria to help parents support their gender-diverse child.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The resources cover topics like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the different ways in which children can express gender<\/li>\n<li>the signs that parents can look out for that might indicate their child has gender dysphoria and is experiencing distress<\/li>\n<li>tips on how parents can talk to their child about gender identity<\/li>\n<li>how to support social transitioning, including working with schools, sporting or other clubs<\/li>\n<li>who to reach out to for services and professional support<\/li>\n<li>how parents can look after themselves and make sure siblings are also coping with the changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gender-diverse children do well with support from parents, family and the community. Trying to change a child\u2019s mind about their gender or prevent them from expressing themselves can be harmful. But accepting and supporting a child\u2019s gender identity helps them feel a sense of belonging and have a positive outlook.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The new resources can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/raisingchildren.net.au\/pre-teens\/development\/pre-teens-gender-diversity-and-gender-dysphoria\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To read more trustworthy, evidence-based information on everyday parenting issues from birth to teens visit <a href=\"http:\/\/raisingchildren.net.au\/\">raisingchildren.net.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New raisingchildren.net.au resources to help parents support their gender diverse child.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":3186,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12000,5968],"tags":[12031,11973,23843,23844,23845,12015],"class_list":["post-3184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-childrens-health-and-development","category-resources","tag-child-development","tag-evidence-based","tag-gender-diverse","tag-gender-dysphoria","tag-gender-identity","tag-parenting"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3184"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3194,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3184\/revisions\/3194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/ccch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}