The Challenges of Parenting Transgender Children [Video]

There are many challenges involving transgender children as the number of cases continues to rise. Dwyane Wade and his wife Gabrielle Union, have been front and center since the former basketball star shared details in television appearances about his 12-year-old child, Zaya, coming out to their family as transgender. As a result, they have been the recipients of criticism and much support.

Studies suggest that at some point, all children will engage in behavior associated with different genders – girls will play with trucks, boys will play with dolls, girls will hate wearing dresses and boys will insist on wearing them – and gender nonconforming behavior does not necessarily mean that a child is transgender. That said, sometimes it does – with some children identifying as another gender than the one they were assigned by the time they are toddlers.

Reportedly, the general rule for determining whether a child is transgender (rather than gender nonconforming or gender variant) is if the child is … Click HERE to continue reading