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[quote=Anonymous]Children tend to begin exploring gender identity as young as 3, 4, and 5, so starting this conversation early makes a lot of sense.

Note that this is completely separate from sex/sex identity, as kids don't have the capacity to yet understand those feelings (so gay/straight/bi...this has nothing to do with that).

Cis is a way to identify someone who has a gender identity that is consistent with their genitals, and trans is a way to identify someone who has a gender identity that is inconsistent with their genitals.

Schools and people are using these terms to not single out kids, or create an "other," and you will likely find that kids are super comfortable with this as long as the adults in their life are as well.

At our school, there are 2 children that already identify as trans and one that is certainly heading that way. The way my kids understand it is that "X was born with boy parts but feels inside that they are a girl." And they are cool with that.

This is not something that parents are forcing either. Gender identity is a pretty early step is sorting yourself out and your place in the world as a kid.

Is that helpful?[/quote]

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