Children's Experiences and Development

Focused Topics Creating Gender Safe Spaces Lesson 2 Apply Children's Experiences and Development Reflection	WWW.VIRTUALLABSCHOOL.ORG ACTIVITY ID: 21141 Name Certifier Date
Children participate in a variety of educational experiences and organizations in their communities where they may or may not feel supported. The links below share stories of real children’s experiences. As you read and listen to the families’ stories, think about how the experiences could both negatively and positively affect a child’s development. Write your thoughts in the space below. Hauser, C. (2017, February 9). “I felt like I belonged there”: Transgender Cub Scout Breaks Barrier. The New York Times. Retrieved from Padawer, R. (2012, August 8) What’s So Bad About a Boy Who Wants to Wear a Dress? The New York Times. Retrieved from Debi Jackson, mother of AJ (a transgender child) speaks at the Unity Temple Plaza in Kansas City. Raising a Boy in Pink by Sarah Hoffman I Don’t Identify as a Boy or a Girl: This is my Story by Alok Vaid-Menon What aspects of these experiences could negatively affect a child’s development? What aspects of these experiences could positively affect a child’s development? From what you read, what are your initial thoughts on how you could improve the experiences of gender–expansive or LGBTQ children and youth in your program?

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Children participate in a variety of educational experiences and organizations in their communities where they may or may not feel supported. The links below share stories of real children’s experiences. As you read and listen to the families’ stories, think about how the experiences could both negatively and positively affect a child’s development. Write your thoughts in the space below.

Hauser, C. (2017, February 9). “I felt like I belonged there”: Transgender Cub Scout Breaks Barrier. The New York Times. Retrieved from
Padawer, R. (2012, August 8) What’s So Bad About a Boy Who Wants to Wear a Dress? The New York Times. Retrieved from
Debi Jackson, mother of AJ (a transgender child) speaks at the Unity Temple Plaza in Kansas City.
Raising a Boy in Pink by Sarah Hoffman
I Don’t Identify as a Boy or a Girl: This is my Story by Alok Vaid-Menon

What aspects of these experiences could negatively affect a child’s development?
What aspects of these experiences could positively affect a child’s development?
From what you read, what are your initial thoughts on how you could improve the experiences of gender–expansive or LGBTQ children and youth in your program?

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