Remember, you are the authority figure they respect. If you are ashamed of you, they will be ashamed of you too. If you believe that gender dysphoria is a condition that produces guilt, you will communicate that to them. If you know that gender dysphoria is normal for some people, and that you are one of those people, you will communicate to them an acceptance of the unusual. Speaking from my own experience, tell the children at as young an age as possible and from a position of confidence.
Children are wonderfully resilient.
Tell them as soon as you can. I did, and I'm not at all sorry. Close this window to return to the Background Paper Index.