Helping Children When They Hit or Bite Without Punishments and Rewards

by Leah Irby | Nov 11, 2023 | Connecting with Trans & Nonbinary Kids, Parenting, Parenting Autistic Kids, Singing as communication, Singing to communicate with your kids

Let’s take a look at strategies to help ourselves as caregivers calm down so that we can provide a safe space for our kids to express themselves and better communicate their needs so we can help them. If you only look at parenting when your kids are struggling,...

Nonbinary child’s view- using “them” pronoun for all

by Leah Irby | Aug 30, 2023 | Connecting with Trans & Nonbinary Kids, Parenting

I wish to share stories from the parents of trans and non-binary kids, and this mom who shared her story wished to remain anonymous. She shares her experience below (The child’s name has been changed for the story.) Alex is 5 years old and identifies sometimes...

A letter from the Holy Spirit to all the LGBTQIA+ children

by Leah Irby | Aug 21, 2023 | Connecting with Trans & Nonbinary Kids, Parenting

A prayer supporting LGBTQIA+ kids and teens I am part of an online Community of Christ church group, that asked me to write a prayer to the LGBT+ child, from the Holy Spirit. I got such lovely feedback from our group, that I wanted to also share this on my blog. If...

4 Myths about transgender and nonbinary preschool children

by Leah Irby | Jan 27, 2023 | Connecting with Trans & Nonbinary Kids, Parenting

(And how to show support for your young child if you think they are trans or non-binary.) Has your child started to tell you that they are a different gender than you thought? Or has your child asked to use a different pronoun than what you have been using or...

Let kids wear what they like, even if it goes against gender norms

by Leah Irby | May 13, 2022 | Connecting with Trans & Nonbinary Kids, Parenting

There is a long patriarchal tradition that says that appearing as female is not acceptable if we think you might be male. But, years ago, we accepted that women and girls can wear pants and suits. But, somehow, it is not ok for men and nonbinary folks to wear a dress...

My inspiration for the Gender Rainbow series

by Leah Irby | Mar 16, 2022 | Connecting with Trans & Nonbinary Kids

As I have been writing about my first children’s book which was published in December of 2021, people have been asking what inspired me? So I wanted to take this chance to explain a bit more about the story behind the first story and who the characters are that...