Parenting Great Kids Podcast - Episode 191
Kids and Transgender: What the Medical Data Shows, Part 1
with guests Irene Ericksen & Mary Anne Mosack
Hosted by Dr. Meg Meeker | February 7, 2023 | 31:52 min


Today's Guest(s)
Mary Anne Mosack is the President/CEO of Ascend, a national organization empowering youth to make healthy choices about sex, relationships, and marriage through Sexual Risk Avoidance (SRA) education. She is a developer of Ascend’s nationally. recognized Sexual Risk Avoidance Certification Course credentialing over 3,000 SRA educators across America.
Irene Ericksen is a Senior Research Associate at The Institute for Research & Evaluation, an agency known for its work evaluating school-based sex education for over 25 years. She is recognized internationally for her expertise in teen sexual risk prevention and has provided expert testimony to state, national, and international governmental bodies. She has recently completed a review of the research on key questions about gender identity confusion in adolescents.
EPISODE NOTES
Dr. Meeker brings in some experts to talk about kids and transgender issues. They discuss what the medical data shows not just nationally, but worldwide. Irene Ericksen is a Senior Research Associate at The Institute for Research & Evaluation, an agency known for its work evaluating school-based sex education for over 25 years. She has recently completed a review of the research on key questions about gender identity confusion in adolescents.
Mary Anne Mosack is the President/CEO of Ascend, a national organization empowering youth to make healthy choices about sex, relationships, and marriage through Sexual Risk Avoidance (SRA) education. She is a developer of Ascend’s nationally recognized Sexual Risk Avoidance Certification Course credentialing over 3,000 SRA educators across America. Both ladies bring a plethora of information regarding this topic.
FROM THE PRODUCER
Thanks for listening to Episode#191, Kids and Transgender – What theMedical Data Shows, Part 1 and for helping Dr. Meg’s parenting revolution reach more than FIVE MILLION downloads!
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