What the ‘Sex in the City’ reboot can teach parents about gender-questioning kids | Opinion
That’s what a 12-year-old character on HBO’sAnd just like that, the character’s mom, Charlotte, is pitched into the real emotional maelstrom that parents of gender-questioning kids are experiencing in increasing numbers.
The show writers certainly did their homework. Charlotte’s daughter Rose says she is actually “they” and non-binary, with a new name, Rock, and a coming-out on TikTok. The child’s school has been using these chosen names and pronouns, facilitating her social transition unbeknown to Charlotte and her husband, Harry, as is often the case in real life.should be commended for depicting an occurrence that is increasingly common for today’s parents, particularly whose children are born female.
What happens after the initial announcement and reaction though? Much of the advice relayed in the media relies on poorly evidenced recommendations and shaky statistics, including assertions that a child will commitBut psychologist Laura Edwards-Leeper, chair of the Child and Adolescent Committee for the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, recently said she knows of no study that says if parents don’t immediately affirm a child, the child will commit suicide.
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