Gender Issues
Private Parts
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Gender Issues
Talking with kids about private parts.
A 4-year-old's idea of beautiful
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- Category: Gender Issues
What happens when your own child never feels beautiful and obsessively seeks approval for perfection?
I Am A Girl, Hear Me Roar
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- Category: Gender Issues
Pink, girls, dolls, bows. Blue, boys, trucks, dinosoars. Gendered stereotypes are all around us. How do you break these gendered characteristics?
Helping Your Child Through Nonconforming Gender Experiences
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- Parent Category: Parenting Advice
- Category: Gender Issues
Overcoming Problematic Language
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- Category: Gender Issues, General Parenting Advice
A PSP member shares awesome advice for dealing with generational and cultural differences of language and gender in tactful and inclusive ways.
Gender and Sexuality Resources
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- Category: Gender Issues, Book & Movie Lists For Kids, Tweens and Teens, Parents of Tweens, Tween Resources
Below, you’ll find resources to help you support LGBTQI+ kids, educate yourself on gender and sexuality, and help your young ones discover the wide range of identities that may describe them.
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50 Books For Young Kids With A Compelling Father Character
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- Category: Being a Parent, Gender Issues, Book & Movie Lists For Kids, Tweens and Teens, Dad/Partner Topics
PSP members talk about books for young kids with a compelling father character.
From Princesses to Girl Warriors
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- Category: General Parenting Advice, Behavior and Discipline, Gender Issues
How do you grow a strong, confident girl?
Princess Predicament: Books, Music, Movies, and Advice from PSP Members
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- Category: Behavior and Discipline, Gender Issues
Books, movies, music, website links and parenting tips that dispel the myths.
Children's Books with a Positive, Feminist Message
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- Parent Category: Advice - Activities
- Category: Book & Movie Lists For Kids, Tweens and Teens, Gender Issues
"My daughter has asked for books for her birthday. I am trying to find some books that highlight girls/women and all we can do. Or positive messages to help spread love and hope right now. There are so many (and some aren't that on point--Not all Princesses Wear Pink was disappointing)."
Update: the second half of this article now includes recommendations for children's books with characters who do not conform to gender stereotypes.
Here are what PSP members suggest...
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