What parents can learn from 'Sex and the City' sequel talk about gender identity
Dr. Samantha Busa, a psychologist and clinical director of the gender and sexuality service at the Child Study Center at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone, said that the most immediate thing a parent can do to support a child coming to them with a statement or question about their gender identity is affirm what the child is saying.
"Your support is going to lead to the best outcomes for your child; and that doesn't necessarily mean that you have to know all the answers, but it just means that you're loving and, you know, getting on that journey with them together," Busa said. Dr. Joshua Safer, an endocrinologist and the executive director of the Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery, said that parents should"listen" and"be respectful" of their child."We have no blood test or scan and can only learn if people are transgender when they tell us," Safer said."Listening and being respectful does not mean anything with regard to specific treatment.
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