Discover more about gender development from the Purdue University Provider-Parent Relationships site. It gives an overview of gender development and also addresses gender stereotypes, gender issues, and influences on children's gender development. (
http://www.ces.purdue.edu/providerparent/Child%20Growth-Development/GenderDEV.htm
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Increase your understanding of identity formation by reading this review of the relevant literature, including practical implications for counsellors. (
http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/njca/Gender.pdf
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Consider new research that suggests that genes and prenatal hormones could have more sway in gender identity than previously thought. (
http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr04/gender.html
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Learn how to overcome stereotypes in raising children. This site provides strategies for parents. (
http://www.parents.com/toddlers/development/behavioral/avoiding-gender-stereotypes/
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xamine this media awareness tip sheet that provides tips on how to help kids understand how boys and girls and men and women are stereotyped in the media. (
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/tip_sheets/gender_tip.cfm
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ake advantage of this list of resources on gender issues in children's literature, which was assembled by a reference specialist at Indiana University and includes resources from the World Wide Web and the ERIC Database. (
http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/bibs/childgen.html
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Read about a model support group that helps parents learn to accept and affirm their gender-variant children. (
http://www.apa.org/monitor/sep03/children.html
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