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47th Meeting of the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

Cardiff, UK
27 Nov 2019 - 29 Nov 2019

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BSPED 2019, 27 - 29 November 2019; Cardiff, UK

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Talking to children about sex development

Alderson Julie

Talking to children about sex development has never been easy and for professionals or for parents. The spectre of the Optimal Sex of Rearing theory from the 50s and 60’s an awareness of gender fluidity with the range of possible futures for each child we see can silence us. If we don’t let a child know about the surprises their body has in store for them what difficulties do we store up for them? Standard advice for talking to children is to communicate in a develop...