There are holiday clubs, summer schools, organisations, workbooks, Facebook pages and clinics for parents who want to affirm a child’s chosen gender. If you want the help of a professional to assist in socially or medically transitioning your child, you will have your pick. If, however, you would like to slow down a child’s rush to engage in life-altering medical procedures or to ensure a child has engaged in a thorough process first, you may find professional help in short supply. Every day, the three of us are contacted by desperate parents seeking therapists who will help a child to examine all potential outcomes of such a decision.

But helping your child to learn about themselves is not a job you can outsource to professionals. Parents who have successfully helped their children navigate gender distress without resorting to surgery and hormones have done so by authoritatively taking the reins, not waiting until they found the right therapist or doctor. 

Because there aren’t a lot of resources now, you will have to become your own expert. Is My Child Trans? will help you do that.