The Internal Developmental Experience of Parents Who Have a Gender Variant Child
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7982825 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara L Gamble (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 880-892 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-26 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychoanalytic Inquiry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0735-1690 • E-ISSN: 1940-9133 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07351690.2025.2548176 |
| OpenAlex | W4413390787 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
Parenting gender variant children presents challenges both to parents’ internal development and to their tasks of parenting. Although there is a burgeoning literature on many topics regarding transgender development and experience, there is little that directly addresses parents’ internal emotional experience of their child’s gender variance. In this article, parent development and parenting tasks particularly relevant to parenting children with “differences” are reviewed, along with Diane Ehrensaft’s delineation of parent experience with gender variant youth. Next, assumptions and biases are considered. Then, as the central focus, I describe and discuss my own journey with a gender variant child, augmented by the experiences of others
Developmental psychology · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies
The Maturational Processes and the Facilitating Environment
The Needs of Gender-Variant Children and Their Parents
Boys will be girls, girls will be boys
You Have to Give Them a Place Where They Feel Protected and Safe and Loved”
The Needs of Gender-Variant Children and Their Parents According to Health Professionals
The Assessment of Parental Functioning
Mourning the Body as Bedrock
Barbie and the Tree of Life
Parenthood As A Developmental Phase
| Highly cited | No |
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