by Lynette Alice

Created on: March 15, 2009   Last Updated: March 16, 2009

It is paramount to the health of a transgender child as well as to their physical safety that their parents be educated on all the issues that surround the life of their trans child. The first cardinal rule of parenting a transgender child is to remember that this is something important to them ad they do take it very seriously so you should as well. It is no secret that being a transgender person is difficult, but the period of life when a transgender person is still a child or teen is even more complicated, therefore it takes extra effort on the part of the parents to do all they can to provide their child with the resources they need.

The parents of transgeneder children who take the time and put in the effort to educate themselves as to what transgenderism is and is not greatly increase the odds that their child will develop into a well adjusted adult. They understand the necessity of providing their child with the proper medical care, that this is not just a phase the child is going through, and they are well armed with all they need to face any challenge that arises. There will be many challenges which fall under the umbrellas of medical, social, and in far too many cases the legal arena as well. A parent educated on all this as early as possible is rarely caught off guard when these situations must be faced.

Transgender children do require special care. They need parents that understand what their child is going through is okay, that this is a part of natures design. They don't punish their children for expressing who they are. Transgender persons that have committed suicide have often intimated to friends, counselors, or through their parting words that having an unsupportive family was a major reason why they chose to end their life. How parents treat their children does matter, and kids do remember hurtful things. In some cases transgender children that have parents whom are uneducated on the topic are given so much negative feedback for expressing them self that they feel unwanted and unloved. They begin repressing something so basic as individual identity that eventually in most cases they wind up dealing with actual serious problems regarding their mental and emotional health. The trans children of parents educated on this tend to have fewer emotional issues growing up.

It is further important parents understand transgenderism because under that umbrella term their are variations. The child may develop to feel that their sexual development is completely

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