EP 10: An Introduction to Medical Intervention

Without a doubt, the most controversial aspect of raising a transgender child comes with making medical decisions to assist with transition. As we started this podcast, the vast majority of questions I've received from listeners have been on this subject.

And I won't lie: I've been delaying it in large part because first and foremost, I wanted you to know that you're not alone in your journey with your kid. There are many other parents who've been right where you are and without the community to lean on—and it seems like I would have been doing you and your kid a disservice.

Trans kids are kids and they need loved and supported more than anything else.

From my clinical perspective, without the love and connection that only a parent can give we're setting our kids up for the hardest possible path.

So it's my hope that this next series of episodes will help ease some of your fears and ultimately allow you and your family to write some of the most challenging chapters of the playbook that works best for all of you.

This is a huge subject and so, in this episode, my goal is to give you an introduction, answer some basic questions, and dispel a couple of myths when it comes to medical intervention and your trangender kiddo.

Listen to the full episode to hear:

When medical interventions are available to transgender kiddos (and why it’s likely not as young as you think) Why an endocrinologist is the best equipped to manage medical care through transition When your transgender child should start seeing an endocrinologist Ways to support and affirm your child even if medical intervention is not part of the conversation How shame is the most damaging and painful of all emotions and how it can make your child feel unloveable and unworthy of love

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