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When family traditions clash with a child's gender expression

My teenage daughter wants to cut her hair short and wear boys' clothes to school but my mother keeps saying I'm failing as a parent by letting her 'destroy her femininity.'

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A parent faces the tension between supporting their child's authentic self-expression and maintaining family harmony across generational and cultural divides.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Gender non-conformity across cultures?”

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