The Package: What to Do When Your Child Arrives With Their Whole Case Already Made

Unpacking the premature conclusion

If your child, at some point recently or long ago, delivered to you what felt like a complete announcement — new identity, new name, new pronouns, new set of expectations for how you should now speak, refer, accommodate — this piece is for you. The delivery may have looked like a formal sit-down with days of dramatic buildup, or it may have arrived very…