Every parent of a transgender child now and then craves contact with other parents of transgender children. To hear other stories, tell their own story, share experiences, ask questions or just to see that you are not the only parent in this situation. For that reason I’ve started free online …
The preliminary results of a small-scale study show that at least half of the mothers of transgender children experience feelings of sadness and loss. I didn’t have that image eight years ago. Then I felt very lonely with my feelings. Not only did my environment not understand me, I didn’t …
Opposite me at the table is a mother of three grown daughters. After a deep sigh, she candidly says that everyone always asks how her transgender daughter is doing. But, she says, no one asks how I am. That sigh comes up regularly in the conversations I have with parents. …
Some time ago I made an e-book about loss processing for mothers of transgender children in Dutch. That e-book has already been downloaded many times. Now I am also working on an English version of this e-book. Not a big pill full of text about how to deal with your …
