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the same personality in and out of dress. So far, my older son has not indicated that he wants to wear girl's clothes, but in the event that he shows signs of favoring the F.P. role, he knows that he dosen't have to hide his desires, nor will he be the victim of unjust criticism on my part. With regard to this line of reasoning, I feel that if all crises in the minds of young people could be aired and discussed intelligently, this automatically wipes away guilt, fear and the other building blocks of a collosal problem, which festers like a cancer and al- though ultimately removed, leaves a scar on the person- ality which could have been prevented, had the parent himself been really close to his child.

DARLENE

INVITATION AND REQUEST

The problem that Darlene has discussed in the above article is one that faces a great many of our read- ers. I know from letters received that many of you have faced up to this problem. Wont you help those who are still struggling with it by writing up the matter as you see it. Tell us how you looked at the matter, what you decided to do about it and why and then how you carried it out. Since this subject is of even more concern to wives than it is to TVs we would be particularly interested in comments from mothers as to their feelings about the matter and how they arranged to inform the children. Please add your bit to the knowledge of all.

Remember, we are on our own here, no professional people have dealt with this problem constructively and we must lift ourselves with our own bootstraps. It is easy to raise one's hands in horror at the thought of telling the children and the head shrinkers would be unanimous in their condemnation, but they aren't always right, so lets learn how those of you who have handled the matter did it, and what results have been. There is much to be learned in the whole field of gender-role development.

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