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While many people believe that identity is something that develops naturally, more evidence shows that parents can and should have influence to limit the growing likelihood that their children will develop identity-related mental and emotional problems. Parents of 21st-century kids have to do more to combat the increasing misinformation about gender from our society and social media. Identities as men and women today are being questioned, confused, and redefined in a way that is often inconsistent with a healthy identity. If you want to raise healthy children, you will need to learn how. 

Helping your children develop a strong moral character along with a healthy gender identity is key to developing confidence in themselves. You can help your children develop a healthy gender identity and a strong moral character using similar methods that strengthen each area so they come to know themselves and know how to be good to themselves and others.

In this course, you will learn…

• A definition of gender identity and how identity develops
• How parents can promote their children’s successful identity formation
• How anxiety and other emotional disruptors can influence identity formation
• How children learn from their own thoughts and experiences, family relationships and identifiers, and social interaction outside the family
• How to teach your children to succeed with the other sex instead of engaging in gender bashing or bias
• How to support and teach children with alternative identities
• How to teach children what is right and wrong in a world that often disagrees about this
• How to build your children from the inside out, starting with inner qualities and emotions and moving from self-restraint to self-mastery
• How to teach children that character is personal and social, what helps and harms them and other people
• Character qualities especially needed by 21st-century children
• How to teach children to take control of their own lives if they are drifting
• How to help your children believe they are loved and they can love others well
• How to protect, shelter, and restrict children’s participation in high-risk situations, like sexual experimentation, self-destructiveness, violence toward others, drug abuse, and addiction to internet games, social media, and pornography

You’ll find case studies, activities, examples, and dozens of proactive suggestions in each lesson for what you as a parent can do right now to start teaching about gender and character so your children develop healthy identities and a great sense of confidence.