It should not come as a surprise that some of the best resources I have found for parents to discuss seemingly tough topics with their young children comes from Planned Parenthood. Discussing bodies and bodily autonomy is a topic covered in a variety of ways on The Bridges We Burn as we believe it is one of the most effective ways of preventing sexual violence. Planned Parenthood adds an excellent resource for how to have those conversations with young children in a video of a mere three minutes in length that also touches on gender and transgender identities. Two additional short videos cover gender identity and transgender identity in more detail (all while being even shorter videos).
Even if you or your friends, family, and community do not have children of your/their own, we can all learn from these videos in order to break the binary of gender so as to encourage children and each other to embrace our true selves.
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How to Talk to Preschoolers About Anatomy and Body Safety:
How to Teach Kids About Gender:
How to Know if Your Kid is Transgender:
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You can find more videos and resources on a variety of topics at Planned Parenthood’s “For Parents” site. And shoutout to the blog Scary Mommy for putting these resources on our radar.
– Brett Goldberg
