Episode #18 / Conversation with Author Laurie Frankel - a podcast by Gameday Media Enterprises

Megan talks today with Laurie Frankel, an author who has written three novels. The most well-known is "This is How it Always is" which deals with a family making choices for the transgender child and how that impacts the other members of the family. The book depicts a family dealing with unexpected challenges, and while their particular challenge is controversial, the author captures perfectly the angst of parenting in gathering the information you have, which is never enough, and making choices on behalf of someone else, and taking action without really knowing long term what the outcome will be. The book offers wonderful insight into all family life.

Laurie reminds us that children who are transgender are just like any other kids and talks about the importance of a supportive community. She also reminds us what we learn quickly in parenting, which is that all our pre-children parenting theory is very different than our actual parenting reality.

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