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Raising LGBTQ allies : a parent's guide to changing the messages from the playground / Chris Tompkins.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: xx, 233 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781538136263
  • 1538136260
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
5050 MFTP Part 1: We All Play on the Same Playground: What We Believe and Why -- MFTP Part 2: Language Matters: The Meaning Behind Our Words -- MFTP Part 3: Change Our Beliefs, Change Their Story -- Gender, Sexuality, and Santa Claus: An Easy Approach -- Benign Neglect: Not Communicating Is Still Communicating -- Shame: Prevention versus Treatment -- Trauma, Resilience, and Human Dignity: Raising a New Generation -- Building a New Playground: Six Simple and Effective Steps -- New Messages, New Playground, New World: A Mother's Faith -- New Toys: Instructional and Interactive Exercises -- Uncle Chris: The Journal of a Soul Answering the Call.
Summary: "Raising LGBTQ Allies is the first book to focus on the prevention of homophobia, transphobia, and bullying before they begin. It encourages families to have open and authentic conversations in a practical, timely, and inclusive way. It also creates a dialogue with parents around the possibility they may have an LGBTQ child"--Summary: Tompkins focuses on the prevention of homophobia, transphobia, and bullying before they begin. Creating a dialogue with parents around the possibility they may have an LGBTQ child, he encourages families to have open and authentic conversations in a practical, timely, and inclusive way. Offering specific actions that can be taken to address heteronormativity and challenge societal beliefs, Tompkins shows that change begins with us and what we say, as much as what we choose not to say. -- adapted from jacket
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 306.766 T662 Available 33111010656870
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 306.766 T662 Available 33111010835540
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 306.766 T662 Available 33111010531248
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Creating LGBTQ allies and a world where closets don't exist happens one child at a time. And it begins with each of us.

No matter who we are or where we come from, we all play on the same playground. There are certain collective societal messages we hear growing up that we either consciously or subconsciously believe. As a result, we develop certain belief systems from which we operate our lives.

Raising LGBTQ Allies sheds light on the deeper, multi-faceted layers of homophobia. It opens up a conversation with parents around the possibility they may have an LGBTQ child, and shows how heteronormativity can be harmful if not addressed clearly and early. Although not every parent will have an LGBTQ child, their child will jump rope or play tag with a child who is LGBTQ.

By showing readers the importance of having open and authentic conversations with children at a young age, Chris Tompkins walks parents through the many ways they can prevent new generations from adopting homophobic and transphobic beliefs, while helping them explore their own subconscious biases.

Offering specific actions parents, family members, and caregivers can take to help navigate conversations, address heteronormativity, and challenge societal beliefs, Raising LGBTQ Allies serves as a guide to help normalize being LGBTQ from a young age. Creating allies and a world where closets don't exist happens one child at a time. And it begins with each of us and what we say, as much as what we choose not to say.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-219) and index.

5050 MFTP Part 1: We All Play on the Same Playground: What We Believe and Why -- MFTP Part 2: Language Matters: The Meaning Behind Our Words -- MFTP Part 3: Change Our Beliefs, Change Their Story -- Gender, Sexuality, and Santa Claus: An Easy Approach -- Benign Neglect: Not Communicating Is Still Communicating -- Shame: Prevention versus Treatment -- Trauma, Resilience, and Human Dignity: Raising a New Generation -- Building a New Playground: Six Simple and Effective Steps -- New Messages, New Playground, New World: A Mother's Faith -- New Toys: Instructional and Interactive Exercises -- Uncle Chris: The Journal of a Soul Answering the Call.

"Raising LGBTQ Allies is the first book to focus on the prevention of homophobia, transphobia, and bullying before they begin. It encourages families to have open and authentic conversations in a practical, timely, and inclusive way. It also creates a dialogue with parents around the possibility they may have an LGBTQ child"--

Tompkins focuses on the prevention of homophobia, transphobia, and bullying before they begin. Creating a dialogue with parents around the possibility they may have an LGBTQ child, he encourages families to have open and authentic conversations in a practical, timely, and inclusive way. Offering specific actions that can be taken to address heteronormativity and challenge societal beliefs, Tompkins shows that change begins with us and what we say, as much as what we choose not to say. -- adapted from jacket

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