Supporting Families and their Children’s LGBTQ Identities

Focused Topics Creating Gender Safe Spaces Lesson 4 Explore Supporting Families and their Children’s LGBTQ Identities Reflection	WWW.VIRTUALLABSCHOOL.ORG ACTIVITY ID: 21171 Name Certifier Date
Visit these resources on the Gender Spectrum site: Supportive Parenting article https://www.genderspectrum.org/articles/supportive-parenting Gender Across the Grades article https://www.genderspectrum.org/articles/gender-across-the-grades You may also want to review the Affirming vs. Non-Affirming Parenting Behaviors https://www.dropbox.com/s/rzjkrmsw7iklvh1/Affirming%20vs%20Non-affirming%20Parenting%204.24.17.pdf?dl=0 Then answer the following questions: According to the Supportive Parenting article, what does research say is the most crucial thing parents can do for children? How does this relate to your own work with children? List five harmful and unsupportive parenting/caregiving practices. According to the Gender Across the Grades article, when are some typical times in a child’s development that they are most likely to assert a gender-expansive or transgender identity? What are some feelings parents might express about their child’s gender-expansive or LGBTQ identity and how can you support them with those feelings?

Reflection

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Visit these resources on the Gender Spectrum site:

Then answer the following questions:

According to the Supportive Parenting article, what does research say is the most crucial thing parents can do for children? How does this relate to your own work with children?
List five harmful and unsupportive parenting/caregiving practices.
According to the Gender Across the Grades article, when are some typical times in a child’s development that they are most likely to assert a gender-expansive or transgender identity?
What are some feelings parents might express about their child’s gender-expansive or LGBTQ identity and how can you support them with those feelings?