So she told me today, anyway. She’s not quite three.
So I have started her on puberty blockers and am saving up for gender affirmative surgery.
Nah, I’m joking, obviously. She’s not quite three and therefore has no real concept about what being a girl or a boy really means.
I’m a bit at sea because I want to be as open as possible with her, but in an age-appropriate way. She barged into the bathroom the other day when I was changing my tampon, and I didn’t really know what to say to her about it. She’s obviously too young to understand periods,but is old enough to be disturbed by mummy bleeding. (She advised me to put on a plaster.)
She’s my only child, so I don’t have any experience.
Are there any books or other resources about what’s appropriate to tell a child about how bodies work and what biological sex is, without resorting to gender stereotypes ?