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When your child's gender transition challenges your parental narrative

My son came out as trans and I am struggling with mourning the daughter I thought I had while celebrating the son I actually have.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Supporting a child's authentic identity can require grieving assumptions about who they were meant to be.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Parental identity — becoming and losing?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.