Becoming an Ally to the Gender-Expansive Child: A Guide for Parents and Carers b

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How can parents and care-givers best support their gender expansive children? Drawing on the author's own experience with her grandchild, this book encourages adults to redefine their understanding of gender in order to understand and support their child more fully.

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When Anna Bianchi's grandchild asked, "Nanny, you do know I'm a girl, don't you?", Anna recognised this as a pivotal, and daunting, moment in their relationship. She knew that to answer her grandchild, who had been assigned male at birth, her own attitudes, assumptions and beliefs about gender would need to be examined.With reassuring honesty and openness, Anna draws deeply on four areas: her own experience, current research, interviews with children and their families, and a discussion of power, both in society and between children and adults. She shows how the inner journey of the adult inevitably impacts on the outer journey of the child and, given the significance of this, offers a step-by-step guide to becoming an ally to the gender-expansive child.For anyone eager to understand their child's gender experience, or to learn how best to accept, support and protect them, this book will provide knowledge, reassurance and the confidence to do so.

Author Biography

Anna Bianchi has a background in social work, personal development and training and facilitation work. She is grandmother to a gender expansive child.

Table of Contents

Introduction: What is the Gender Matrix? 1. An Invitation to Become and Ally. 2. All Things Gender. 3. Encountering the Matrix. 4. Investing in the Matrix. 5. Maintaining the Matrix. 6. Unmasking the Matrix. 7. Labels that Help or Hinder our Children. 8. Approaching the Matrix. 9. Dismantling the Matrix. 10. Turning Outwards. 11. Living as an Ally. 12. Trusting the Future.

Review

Anna Bianchi, in her empathy and wisdom as a grandmother and a scholar, goes deep and wide, from our insides to the outside world, guiding us on the journey of building a circle of support around our gender creative children, whether they be our grandchild, our own child, or every child. With gender expansive children as our leaders, Bianchi teaches us how to achieve the acceptance, advocacy, and activism that qualify us as allies to the children. A must read. -- Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D., Director of Mental Health, Child and Adolescent Gender Center and author of 'The Gender Creative Child' and 'Gender Born, Gender Made'When author Bianchi's grandson Ruben was only four years old, his 'clarity about his own gender path was apparent to anyone who knew him.' Bianchi, who identifies as cisgender, writes, 'My fears, my politics, my prejudice, assumptions and attitudes were all exposed, caught up, spun around and scattered by this experience.' She then understood that she needed to 'step down as the all-knowing adult and become an apprentice to life instead.' The heartfelt and open text identifies four keys to becoming an ally to the gender-expansive child: listening, imagination, empathy, and courage. Bianchi walks a graceful path, seamlessly exploring her own experience, that of her grandchild, the politics of society, and the human conditions of fear and love. VERDICT In this powerful offering, the author weaves a combination of biography and parental advice into the important topics of safety, labels, bigotry, and forgiveness. Enthusiastically recommended for growing collections on transgender youth. -- Library Journal starred reviewThis book is a warm and insightful read that I will refer back to again and again as my trans son continues through his transition. -- Peg, mother of a trans boyAs a young trans person who is currently transitioning, I feel that books like this are vital in helping people support and understand those in the trans community. -- NiaThis book should be essential reading for anyone who looks after or works with children and young people. It would also be really useful reading for anyone working or interested in the fields of equality and diversity. Anna's writing style draws the reader in to some very personal stories, anecdotes and acts as a useful how to guide to support children and young people questioning their gender identity. The book challenges the reader to go on a deep dive to explore their own thoughts, feelings and unconscious prejudices. The book is also structured as a workbook to support parents and carers of children and young people guiding them on a journey to being truly inclusive parents. Written at a time of challenging debate around gender identity and the rights of transgender people, I cannot recommend this book enough. -- Berkeley Wilde, Director, The Diversity TrustAs the grandmother of a transgender child, Anna Bianchi provides a much needed perspective on an ally's journey through the Gender Matrix. Guided by her own family's process, and by the love for her grandchild, Bianchi gently coaches others to challenge their own gender assumptions, moving not only through acceptance, but towards an actual social transformation. -- Rachel Pepper, LMFT, author of 'Transitions of the Heart' and 'The Transgender Child'

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Long Description

When Anna Bianchis grandchild asked, "Nanny, you do know Im a girl dont you?", Anna recognised this as a pivotal moment in their relationship. She also understood that to fully support her grandchild, who had been declared a boy at birth, she needed to examine her own attitudes, beliefs and assumptions about gender. With reassuring honesty, depth and openness, she draws on her own experience, as well as interviews with gender expansive children and their families, to map out the path to becoming an ally. She explains why a child dressing, playing and communicating in gender fluid ways may feel provocative, how culture reinforces this and how parents and caregivers are frequently left feeling confused and isolated. She provides a step-by-step guide through this experience and explains how to undo and rebuild a personal understanding of gender. For anyone eager to understand their childs gender experience, or to learn how best to accept, support and protect them, this book will provide knowledge, reassurance and the confidence to do so. Market: Parents, extended family and foster parents of gender expansive children. Of secondary interest to social workers, youth workers, school nurses, teachers and education professionals.

Review Text

As the grandmother of a transgender child, Anna Bianchi provides a much needed perspective on an allys journey through the Gender Matrix. Guided by her own familys process, and by the love for her grandchild, Bianchi gently coaches others to challenge their own gender assumptions, moving not only through acceptance, but towards an actual social transformation.

Review Quote

Anna Bianchi, in her empathy and wisdom as a grandmother and a scholar, goes deep and wide, from our insides to the outside world, guiding us on the journey of building a circle of support around our gender creative children, whether they be our grandchild, our own child, or every child. With gender expansive children as our leaders, Bianchi teaches us how to achieve the acceptance, advocacy, and activism that qualify us as allies to the children. A must read.

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How to become an ally to gender expansive children, based on the author's experience caring for her grandchild

Description for Sales People

1% of the population are estimated to experience some degree of gender variance.

Details ISBN1785920510 Year 2017 ISBN-10 1785920510 ISBN-13 9781785920516 Format Paperback Author Anna Bianchi Publisher Jessica Kingsley Publishers Media Book Imprint Jessica Kingsley Publishers Subtitle A Guide for Parents and Carers Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 248 DEWEY 649.13 Publication Date 2017-11-21 Language English UK Release Date 2017-11-21 NZ Release Date 2017-11-21 Illustrations b&w artwork Audience General AU Release Date 2017-12-14 We've got this

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