Kristina Boulter asked Meredith Russo:

So I am straight and was looking for books and your title piqued my interest. Saying that I really enjoyed it. I could relate to some of the characters in not understanding Amanda fully and having questions about her. I loved that her mom supported her through it all. I could only imagine how hard it is to go through all that and not fully understand what's going on but to have support must help. ?

Meredith Russo It does. Honestly the process of being transgender is no more alarming in a vacuum than puberty itself (which is incredibly alarming). So long as we're provided the care, support, and guidance we need when we're young, and so long as our culture accepts us (believe it or not, there have been places and times in human history where being what we would recognize as trans was seen as benign or even tolerated - look up the gallae of ancient Rome sometime!) we generally turn out pretty happy and well adjusted. Which is why Amanda's mom is so good and why parental support is the most important deciding factor in a trans child's development.

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