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Scenario

How to help children understand gender diversity in unsupportive environments

My eight-year-old keeps asking why some kids at school say there are only two genders when they know that's not true about our family.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Children's natural acceptance of diversity collides with institutional and peer messages that contradict their lived experience.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Gender identity — full spectrum?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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