Gender Affirming Parenting
While acknowledging there are many different approaches to parenting I have found that all parents want what is best for the physical and emotional well-being of their child. It is not uncommon for parents to experience their own grief process as they leave behind who they believed their child was and celebrate the child they now have.
Tweens, Teens, and TikTok
As a parent deciding if, when, or how to give them access to an app like TikTok can feel overwhelming due to conflicting beliefs around if TikTok positively or negatively impacts the youth. As a child and adolescent therapist, I believe every parent has to make the decision they feel is in their tweens or teens best interest to keep them emotionally and physically safe.