It's not like hearing those words makes you trans, just like reading books with queer representation doesn't turn you gay (if only! Theresa is the cohost of the parenting humor podcast One Bad Mother and the coauthor of You’re Doing a Great Job! These objections are sometimes associated with bigotry around alternative sexualities, but that is a distraction, because many gay and lesbian voices are no less outraged at this form of gender theory. Perhaps the most insidious is the misleading appeal that we learn to be kind to people who are different, an appeal to our good nature that works to disarm our critical faculties; seeking out the truth and opposing a harmful ideology does not entail being unkind or intolerant to its victims.

It undermines parental choice in caring for their children and their ability to refuse experimental and unsafe medical interventions. That disregards millennia of what it has meant to be human, and suggests that gender is solely a construct of the mind and has nothing to do with bodily anatomy.

They are looking for recruits to their own disturbed and unhealthy belief system, and they are feeding into and often funded by an unethical, weakly regulated market for drugs and surgery worth enormous sums of money.

No matter what gender someone identifies as, the most important thing is that they are loved, supported, and free to be themselves – doesn’t it feel good to be yourself?It would be much less confusing, and more accurate, if it actually said that you were assigned boy at birth because traditionally boys have a penis and girls do not.

Children should be allowed to be children without their gender being questioned (or encouraged to change) for liking pink, or football, or "boy things" or "girl things. Noah Grigni's illustrations are FANTASTIC and I hope this is only the first of many more books they illustrate! but for those kids who feel isolated and unseen because something inside them doesn't quite fit it can open up an entirely new world. This book provides no real explanation or context for what gender means, why it is significant to people, or why anyone would feel a need to identify as something other than their sex at birth. Bought this for my kids (4 and 8) and it really helped them understand gender dynamics and the importance of identity.With child-friendly language and vibrant art, It Feels Good to Be Yourself provides young readers and parents alike with the vocabulary to discuss this important topic with sensitivity. Grigni's illustrations feature gender-expansive individuals going to school, making art, and spending time with family – normalizing everything. Another great new book to help start conversations about gender identity for kids who are asking questions and adults who are supposed to know the answers. Noah Grigni, the illustrator, mentions in their note at the end that they grew up without access to words like transgender.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Theresa Thorn is the cohost of the parenting humor podcast One Bad Mother and the coauthor of You're Doing a Great Job!It appeals especially to children with mental health problems that make them vulnerable and open to persuasion. If one page had said, "George identifies as a sunflower," this would have been consistent with the whole approach. There is a lot of information to digest but Thorn is reassuring, repetitive, and connects with the audience through your/you pronouns.