I did an interview for Unleash Their PoTEENtial a free, online teen summit about the future of gender (spoiler alert: its nonbinary). Looking for information about what nonbinary means, how it impacts teens, and what you can do to support your teen if they come out as nonbinary? Check out the free talk at” https://unleashtheirpoteential.com/RebeccaB Share this: Tweet Email Print #parenting #trans #comingout #teens #transgender #nonbinary #LGBTQ

The first time I was really made aware of the fact that I was a “girl” was in first grade. Until this point, I had remained blissfully unaware that being a girl made me “different.” I lived on a farm, so I rode horses, fished, and played in the dirt like kids do on farms. I played in the snow, I loved dresses and cowboy boots, and dolls, and played “committee” and “Chairman of the Board.” I crossed gender stereotypes without any thought to it. If my parents ever thought anyth

We need to talk to our kids about how to watch porn. I have had this conversation a lot since I put out my book last year. I think it is critical that we talk to kids about what porn is, the messages in porn, and porn logic. I suspected that with the great proliferation of the availability of porn and “erotic romances” that kids and young adults were turning to these resources for information. A new study, profiled this week in the New York Times verified these suspicions. Re

Recently I have seen a lot of memes and other social media that is similar to the above posting. They all have examples of parents explaining transgendered folks to children in a somewhat healthy way. Most of the examples are pretty congratulatory about explaining someone who appears to be one gender dressed as another gender as “in the wrong body” and “needs to fix that.” I understand that the dominant narrative about trans folks is that anyone identified as “trans” is in th