Safeguarding Trans-identified Children and Adolescents – Our New Guide
Download Guide Most young people who adopt transgender identities are now doing so in adolescence. For some, this may turn out to be a normal experimentation or ‘trying on’ of…
The Judicial Review of Puberty Blockers
After the judgement in December 2020, leave to appeal was granted and the appeal case will be heard on 23rd June 2020. The increasing legal costs being incurred are being…
Bully Proof Kids
We can’t always be there to protect our kids as they make their way in the world. What we can do is equip them with the tools they need to…
Parenting Girls on the Autism Spectrum
Parents of girls on the autism spectrum often wish their daughters were celebrated for their talents, rather than discouraged for their differences. They recognise that their children's unique natures may…
Hold on to Your Kids
Children take their lead from their friends: being ‘cool’ matters more than anything else. Shaping values, identity and codes of behaviour, peer groups are often far more influential than parents.…
Desist, Detrans and Detox
Blindsided when a child suddenly announces a transgender identity, many parents today find their families under assault by an insidious predator: the billion-dollar gender industry. “Do you want a live…
When sons become daughters: Parents of transitioning boys speak out
The changing demographic of young people presenting to gender clinics has hit the headlines in recent years, with a flipping of the sex ratio from predominantly male to overwhelmingly female.…
Safe Schools Alliance: Factsheets and Template Letters for Parents
SSA UK works with schools and educators to ensure that school policies meet the safeguarding needs of all students, and that they do this whilst taking into account the protected…
Transgender Trend: A fantastic resource for parents
Transgender Trend is an organisation of parents, professionals and academics based in the UK who are concerned about the current trend to diagnose children as transgender, including the unprecedented number…
When Children Say They’re Trans By Jesse Singal
In July 2018, Journalist Jesse Singal wrote an article for The Atlantic, a left leaning US magazine with a long history and a good reputation. It caused outrage to pro-affirmation…
Alice Hope: Supporting a Trans Teen
Australian mother Alice Hope created a YouTube channel with helpful advice on how to support a trans-identified teen. From advice on names and pronouns to responding to requests for binders,…
Gender: A Wider Lens Episode 16 – Gender Dysphoria – What It’s Like For Parents
Although we have posted a link to Sasha Ayad and Stella O'Malley's fantastic podcast series before, we thought this episode deserved a special mention of its own. This episode highlights…
School Refusal: What to do when your child is reluctant to go to school
Many of our parents have reported that their trans-identified child has experienced a period of time when they were out of full-time education, whether for a few weeks or several…
You’re Not Trans. You’re Just Weird: A Letter From a Mother to Her Son
This heartfelt letter was posted on Medium.com, but taken down within hours. We have reproduced it here with kind permission of Donna M. My dear, sweet, son, I’ve got to…
Information to Share with Your Child’s Doctor or School
Amongst the many issues members of Bayswater Support ask for our help with is sourcing information to share with schools and healthcare settings. We have brought together some of the…
Articles: Therapist Lisa Marchiano
The parents I speak with overwhelmingly love their children. They are interested in supporting their children in growing to adulthood with healthy bodies. They want to support their child’s emerging…
Video: Sasha Ayad
Sasha Ayad is a therapist who works with children and young people who struggle with issues around their gender identity and gender dysphoria. She co-hosts the podcast Gender: A Wider…
Podcast: Gender – A Wider Lens
Psychotherapists Stella O'Malley and Sasha Ayad take a look at gender from a psychological perspective in their podcast Gender: A Wider Lens. Is gender identity a facilitation of development and…
Parenting a Young Adult with Gender Dysphoria
We are very grateful to one of our members who has kindly offered the following account of their experience as the mum of a young adult who is transitioning (for…
Adult Gender Clinics: A Clinician’s View
We are very grateful for the following comments from a former senior clinician at an adult NHS gender clinic which, we hope, will help to inform parents of vulnerable adults…
Parenting a Teen Who Has Intense Emotions
From Amazon: The teen years can be daunting for any parent. But if you are the parent of a teen who lashes out or engages in troubling behaviour, you may…
Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood
We expect an enormous amount from our teenage girls in a world where they are bombarded with messages about how they should look, behave, succeed. Yet we also speak as…
Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain
WINNER of the 2018 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize 2018 'Finally, a book about the adolescent brain written by someone who actually does the science! Highly readable, ground-breaking'…
Puberty Blockers: A Letter to a Parent
Background Those of us who give our time to our support group do so because we want to help fellow parents who are facing the same difficult parenting decisions as…
The Importance of an Unhappy Adolescence
It's miserable to be unhappy in your teenage years - but it is also profoundly important. It's hard to imagine adulthood going well if there haven't been quite a few…
BMJ Rapid Response: Supporting Parents of Children with Gender Dysphoria
Our BMJ Rapid Response, published 27 January 2020 at https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m215/rr-0 in response to this article by Sally Howard about the difficulties faced by GPs caring for young people with gender…