Is a book we purchased for our 4 year old daughter. The premise of the book is great. It's very well laid out, and superbly designed. Do your googles to find out more about it, rather than me rehash that here.

Reading it nightly has been great, and our daughter looks forward to it. The stories are long enough to provide a decent synopsis of the women being profiled, entertaining and short enough to hold the attention of a 4 year old.

Everything has been going great so far. We read just one profile/night and my daughter likes to take a peak at the profile that we'll be reading on the next night.

Last night, I was confronted with a dilemma and forced to face the reality of my own bias, prejudice, sexism, and real opinions regarding transgender and gender bias. The next story for tonight is about a little girl. My daughter was IMMEDIATELY intrigued when she saw the illustration of a little girl and I could see the excitement in her eyes knowing that the next story was about someone close to her age. She can't wait to see what amazing story is ahead.... I couldn't either so after I tucked her in I glanced through and read it myself.

So many feelings and emotions immediately come over me; surprise, anger, shame, sadness, anxiety.....

The next story was indeed about a little girl. It was also about a little boy. A little boy that wanted to be a little girl and followed through with that desire. Coy Mathis...you've probably heard of her. I hadn't.

I'm at a crossroads here. This subject was at the absolute BOTTOM of the list of things I wanted my daughter to even be remotely conscious of at this stage in her life. I don't know how to move forward with reading this story to her, because I know I DON'T have the answers to the questions that she's going to ask after I read it.

confession monday.
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