title: Raising a gender non-conforming child.
abstract: This article overviews the challenges parents face raising gender non-conforming children. The author is the mother of a fifteen year old gender non-conforming (GNC) child and co-founder of Stepping Stones Support Group which organizes support programs for families of GNC. The article discusses social challenges, educational challenges and internal conflicts the author has experienced while raising her child. The author also discusses the process of founding Stepping Stones and the importance having support has played in her and her child's life.
authors: Stepping Stones Support Group, NY, USA. debbywiz@yahoo.com
authors: Deborah L
authors: DL
authors: Wisnowski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D014189:Transsexualism