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Review
. 2023 Oct;32(4):867-871.
doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2023.05.005. Epub 2023 Jun 9.

Puberty for Transgender Kids and Their Parents: Impressions from a Mom

Justine Larson  1
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Puberty for Transgender Kids and Their Parents: Impressions from a Mom

Justine Larson. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2023 Oct.

Abstract

As a child and adolescent psychiatrist, I am aware that puberty is a challenging experience for many adolescents and parents. As a parent of a transgender adolescent, I have seen the ways in which the experience of puberty is similar to and different from that of cisgender adolescents. In this article, I describe my thought process behind going forward with several medical interventions for my transgender child and relate this to broader observations about parents and puberty.

Keywords: Family; Gender; Lived experience.

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