Family, Whanau and Disability

11. Parenting a Gender Questioning Child

• Louise Ratcliffe • Season 2019 • Episode 1011

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Research: Rebecca Armstrong
Presenters: Val Ockenden & Louise Ratcliffe
Produced by Louise Ratcliffe and FreeFM89.0

Guests: Denise Ives

Denise Ives has a background in teaching adults to use computers and IT project
management. She has a diploma in Breastfeeding Counselling and took a certificate in teacher aiding shortly after arriving in NZ, working as a teacher aide at a primary school. She is a full-time home-educating mum to Nash, and also has a 24 year old son and three year old granddaughter. Denise founded the charity The Breast Room in Dunedin, which provides free one-to-one counselling and support for breastfeeding Mums.

Programme Synopsis

  • Trans children and neurodiversity – Nash’s story
  • Gender Identity and Autism

Music

“For today I am a boy” Antony and The Johnsons

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