Ep. 188: Gender Identity and Our Kids, with Lisa Kenney from Gender Spectrum

One Bad Mother

Biz Ellis and Theresa Thorn

Moms, Kids & Family, Motherhood, Theresa Thorn, Comedy, Biz Ellis, Podcast, Parenting

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2017

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Biz and Theresa talk about gender identity and our kids this week as Theresa shares some news about her five-year-old. Our awesome guest is Gender Spectrum's Lisa Kenney, who co-authored the book The Transgender Teen. Lisa walks us through some common misconceptions about gender identity and helps us learn language that can be useful around discussions of gender. Plus, Biz discovers how the little things can be so much more aggravating than the big things, and Theresa...is still pregnant! The Transgender Teen: A Handbook for Families and Professionals Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Teens GenderSpectrum.org Twitter: @GenderSpectrum Thank you to all our listeners who support the show as monthly members of MaximumFun.org. Our sponsor this week is eSalon. eSalon offers professional-grade, completely personalized hair color created just for you and delivered right to your door! Get 50% off your first box at eSalon.com/badmother now. Share your genius and fail moments! Call 206-350-9485* *Be sure to tell us at the top of your message whether you're leaving a genius moment, a fail, or a rant! Thanks!! Share a personal or commercial message on the show! Subscribe to One Bad Mother in iTunes Join our mailing list! Join the amazing community that is our private One Bad Mother Facebook group Follow One Bad Mother on Twitter Follow Biz on Twitter Follow Theresa on Twitter Like us on Facebook Get a OBM tee from the MaxFunStore You can suggest a topic or a guest for an upcoming show by sending an email to [email protected]. Show Music Opening theme: Summon the Rawk, Kevin MacLeod (http://www.incompetech.com) Ones and Zeros, Awesome, Beehive Sessions (http://www.awesomeinquotes.com, also avail on iTunes) Mom Song, Adira Amram, Hot Jams For Teens (http://www.adiraamram.com, avail on iTunes) Telephone, Awesome, Beehive Sessions (http://awesomeinquotes.com, also avail on iTunes) Closing music: Mama Blues, Cornbread Ted and the Butterbeans

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0:00.0	This is Bins. I'm a part-time working mom with a toddler's son and a daughter who's a full-blown kid.
0:06.0	And I'm Theresa, a part-time working mom with two little boys and another on the way.
0:10.0	This is a show about life after giving life.
0:13.0	Don't listen with your kids because there will be swears.
0:15.8	This is One Bad Mother.
0:17.8	This week on One Bad Mother, we delve deeper into the topic of gender identity and kids.
0:28.0	Plus, it's all about the small things for biz.
0:31.0	Teresa is still pregnant, and we talk to Lisa Kenny of
0:35.1	gender spectrum.
0:36.7	Woo! I feel like I should do that patronizing thing where I'm like don't woo too loud Teresa.
0:45.0	I want you to have a baby.
0:47.0	Don't over exert yourself.
0:48.0	This period hut will suddenly become the birthing hut.
0:51.0	I did have a moment when my mom was visiting over the weekend and
0:53.9	was super helpful and I did have one moment where I was like okay now stop and I
0:58.5	can't do it like whoa like it was like you know like yeah helpful and like making sure you need anything into the to the point where I was like whoa.
1:07.0	Yeah, you're actually this is like so awful. Yeah like I don't need this People are like I don't know where people like, I don't need this.
1:13.0	Where people are like, you know,
1:15.0	look, a lot of things happening,
1:16.0	so it could trigger a lot of depression
1:18.0	and I'm going to talk to you so much about it,
1:20.0	it's actually going to make you depressed.
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