{"id":5933,"date":"2012-03-20T08:42:41","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T08:42:41","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-03-20T08:42:41","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T08:42:41","slug":"parents-of-transgender-youth-tell-us-about-their-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2012\/03\/parents-of-transgender-youth-tell-us-about-their-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents of transgender youth tell us about their lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the Life Media debuted a web-exclusive video which focuses on PFLAG\u2019s support group for families of transgender children. Parents share their personal struggles to understand their child\u2019s needs and find support for both themselves and their families. \u201cThose early days were very difficult,\u201d says Catherine, parent to a transgender child. \u201cI was scared. I felt alone. I felt somehow responsible for having done this to my child.\u201d To learn more about families with transgender children, <a href=\"http:\/\/gaycast.net\/video\/It-Gets-Better-Parents-of-trans;search%3Atransgender#c=GC38Q12MW8FF71RN&#038;t=In%20The%20Life:%20%22Becoming%20Me%22\" target=\"_blank\">watch IN THE LIFE\u2019s April episode, \u201c<strong>Becoming Me<\/strong><\/a>,\u201d a sensitive look into the real-life experience of eight families whose children fall across the gender spectrum. \u201cBecoming Me\u201d will debut April 1, 2012.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/gaycast.net\/video\/It-Gets-Better-Parents-of-trans\/player?layout=&#038;read_more=1\" width=\"420\" height=\"346\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-comments\" data-href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/node\/16768\" data-num-posts=\"2\" data-width=\"470\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Life Media debuted a web-exclusive video which focuses on PFLAG\u2019s support group for families of transgender children. 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