the way, of the parents incarceration or struggling with the parents incarceration a right to a lifelong relationship with the parents and whereas project one a youth program for teens with incarcerated parents completed a survey of over one hundred youth whereas what kind of support during the parents categorization 25 percent said someone to talk to at school 24 percent said peer support group and 33 percent therapy or across town and whereas children with incarcerated parents oftentimes city government placed and isolated it is a lack of understanding and sensitivity for the experiences and the needs of our children with incarcerated parents by school staff and peers whereas social workers on a unique position to provide the support for incarcerated parents and only sfusd school balances programs the 15, 16 is the academy of arts and academy high school in it's second year and whereas children with incarcerated parented have strength and should be strengthened and talk about the proposals policies and program and whereas in 14, 1 for the first year all chounldz i councils have trained

the way, of the parents incarceration or struggling with the parents incarceration a right to a lifelong relationship with the parents and whereas project one a youth program for teens with incarcerated parents completed a survey of over one hundred youth whereas what kind of support during the parents categorization 25 percent said someone to talk to at school 24 percent said peer support group and 33 percent therapy or across town and whereas children with incarcerated parents oftentimes city government placed and isolated it is a lack of understanding and sensitivity for the experiences and the needs of our children with incarcerated parents by school staff and peers whereas social workers on a unique position to provide the support for incarcerated parents and only sfusd school balances programs the 15, 16 is the academy of arts and academy high school in it's second year and whereas children with incarcerated parented have strength and should be strengthened and talk about the proposals policies and program and whereas in 14, 1 for the first year all chounldz i councils have trained

six fully paid weeks of parental leave in order to bond with a new child applying to both parents, applying both to natural birth, as well as adoption, this is trend setting legislation and it is long overdue as the united states is so vastly far behind the rest of the world on this important issue. i want to thank supervisor cohen for signing on as a co-sponsor to the legislation. colleagues, it is frankly surprising and troubling reality in this country that a huge portion of workers in this country can give birth or adopt or bring in a foster child today and be required to go back to work tomorrow. for many of the choices between bonding with a new child and putting food on the table, this is not a real choice at all and it is not a choice that anyone should have to make. even though there is huge body of work, literature showing the time spent bonding with a child is critical for the health and development of that child, economic realities for many people mean that bonding time unfortunately must take a backseat to economic survival. some have even offered that this is the start of the

back and without parents knowing about it like the parents we have to find a sign a consent to go on field trip but don't center to know about condoms this is a wrong message to the children, and, secondly, i'm concerned about the removal removal of algebra from the school like ever parents have great concerns they're old enough to get condom but not old enough to get algebra we are competing against people from all over the world you're putting us behind and making us exert with other schools if they're ready for it they should be eligible so, please don't hurt our children we elected you and hope you're helping our children not to harm them thank you. >> (clapping). >> my name is josephine asian-american voter and vice president of chinese-american democratic club and one thing i'll ask our folks that gets a chance to speak before we start. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> three-quarters have left because of the long meeting and some of them brought elementary school kids sorry is it took so long but they're determined to let know what we want to talk about we agree with tonight

that's what my parents are for. my parents are doing a great job raising me. i do my anchors i clean my room, i don't gloat but i'm a great kid. i'm getting as and bs in school and they have no right to come telling us our family what to do. >> as you approach this phase of your life toss that make you nervous or are you -- does that make you nervous or are you excited? >> i think i'm excited because i get to blossom into this beautiful flower that i am. >> i do tell her being a woman it's more physical body it's all about your essence, worry about your essence, not your physical body but any 12-year-old is not worried about that yet. we're still building that. so she wants to become -- she can't wait for those breasts and normal things that she sees that her friends, some of her friends already developing. >> 20s twist, twist, you got to jump. >> when roxie and evan turn 18 they can choose whether to undergo gender reassignment surgery. that's years ahead yet but for now they're enjoying being the children they are. coming up. >> what was it like? >> i was, w

six fully paid weeks of parental leave in order to bond with a new child applying to both parents, applying both to natural birth, as well as adoption, this is trend setting legislation and it is long overdue as the united states is so vastly far behind the rest of the world on this important issue. i want to thank supervisor cohen for signing on as a co-sponsor to the legislation. colleagues, it is frankly surprising and troubling reality in this country that a huge portion of workers in this country can give birth or adopt or bring in a foster child today and be required to go back to work tomorrow. for many of the choices between bonding with a new child and putting food on the table, this is not a real choice at all and it is not a choice that anyone should have to make. even though there is huge body of work, literature showing the time spent bonding with a child is critical for the health and development of that child, economic realities for many people mean that bonding time unfortunately must take a backseat to economic survival. some have even offered that this is the start of the

as long as you're 12, you have your parent with you or some sort of permission from your parent then you're allowed to work an unlimited amount of hours. >> back in 1938, the law was mostly established for children of farm owners. more of a "i'm a farm owner, i have children, it's okay to have my 12 year old, and in many instances, my 10 year old to work in the fields with me." but that was a personal relationship, obviously. now we're looking at children working for someone else, and the law, they fall under that loophole. >> you work pretty hard out there. >> so like we can go more faster and we can leave. because it's hard to cut them and pick them. >> all over the country, children like evelyn put in long days, in extreme temperatures sometimes without shelter and access to facilities. they are exposed to pesticides over long periods of time. >> have you ever felt sick because of chemicals on the plants? >> um, ya, actually i have. >> you can actually see em' on the plants. extreme poverty can leave few other options. laredo, texas, sits just inside the us border with mexico. thi

six fully paid weeks of parental leave in order to bond with a new child applying to both parents, applying both to natural birth, as well as adoption, this is trend setting legislation and it is long overdue as the united states is so vastly far behind the rest of the world on this important issue. i want to thank supervisor cohen for signing on as a co-sponsor to the legislation. colleagues, it is frankly surprising and troubling reality in this country that a huge portion of workers in this country can give birth or adopt or bring in a foster child today and be required to go back to work tomorrow. for many of the choices between bonding with a new child and putting food on the table, this is not a real choice at all and it is not a choice that anyone should have to make. even though there is huge body of work, literature showing the time spent bonding with a child is critical for the health and development of that child, economic realities for many people mean that bonding time unfortunately must take a backseat to economic survival. some have even offered that this is the start of the

are some things your parents do that are silly? >> they say bad words. you heard your parents say? >> the d word? >> the d word and the h word. >> what are those words? what sort of music do your parents listen to? >> what was that? >> [ inaudible ]. >> i knew what that was. >> things get real halfway through. >> are there things you're keeping from your mother? >> i broke her red necklace. >> does she know? >> oh, i'm uncomfortable now. >> this is entrapment. >> i broke the refrigerator door. i was like -- then i broke the handle. and then jordan glued it back to the refrigerator. and then one time, mommy, she broke it. >> they had each other's backs. >> after that they reveal the parents had been sitting in the room the entire time. >> is there anything that she does that you don't like? >> spank us? >> how often does she spank you? >> that's my mom. >> at that point most kids know that. what if i told you he was sitting next to me the whole time? >> oh, my gosh. >> what did i say? >> i'm sorry! they have pretty good kids. >> a b

six fully paid weeks of parental leave in order to bond with a new child applying to both parents, applying both to natural birth, as well as adoption, this is trend setting legislation and it is long overdue as the united states is so vastly far behind the rest of the world on this important issue. i want to thank supervisor cohen for signing on as a co-sponsor to the legislation. colleagues, it is frankly surprising and troubling reality in this country that a huge portion of workers in this country can give birth or adopt or bring in a foster child today and be required to go back to work tomorrow. for many of the choices between bonding with a new child and putting food on the table, this is not a real choice at all and it is not a choice that anyone should have to make. even though there is huge body of work, literature showing the time spent bonding with a child is critical for the health and development of that child, economic realities for many people mean that bonding time unfortunately must take a backseat to economic survival. some have even offered that this is the start of the

and able to do classroom observations we were looking for specifically was parent engagement for el families my colleague about took you to the recognized and the second half and i'll comment at the end. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> i will be talking about communication participation with parents within the school >> (speaking foreign language.) >> in regards to put the outreach of participation of parents we saw several schools that are doing a good job in doing so and outreaching to families especially the families of a newcomer family. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> we also saw a school that had a summer institute for parents especially those interested in being part of elax they're well organized but not all of them. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> we also saw there were schools collaborating with community-based organizations that is provided support additional support for families that were in need. >> (speaking foreign language.) >> the new working group talking for el families must be used in all of the schools consistent manner to insure that information is equ

the way, of the parents incarceration or struggling with the parents incarceration a right to a lifelong relationship with the parents and whereas project one a youth program for teens with incarcerated parents completed a survey of over one hundred youth whereas what kind of support during the parents categorization 25 percent said someone to talk to at school 24 percent said peer support group and 33 percent therapy or across town and whereas children with incarcerated parents oftentimes city government placed and isolated it is a lack of understanding and sensitivity for the experiences and the needs of our children with incarcerated parents by school staff and peers whereas social workers on a unique position to provide the support for incarcerated parents and only sfusd school balances programs the 15, 16 is the academy of arts and academy high school in it's second year and whereas children with incarcerated parented have strength and should be strengthened and talk about the proposals policies and program and whereas in 14, 1 for the first year all chounldz i councils have trained

later, what the new speaker hopes to accomplish and a courtrder has parents worried about the prircvacy of their children's school records and carolyn paul talks about her new book on the importance of girls taking risks. first, this week health officials confirmed additional cases of zika virus in the bay area including a pregnant woman in napa and a san francisco resident. we learned staid state-wide, eight cases of zika, all traveled represented. transmitted through the bite of a particular mesquiosquito and d to birth defects. last month, it was declared a world wide emergency. joining me, editor of kqed state of health log. thanks for joining us. >> good to be here, thuy. >> off the top, what of the statistics? >> the county health officials are saying the woman has already recovered from her infection. and that is really all the information they would release. as for the san francisco resident, all the health officials would say it's a person who is not pregnant and would not disclose whether it bas a man or woman. >> do these two local cases pose a throat public health? >> as the

that is not the story for every parent. district to take those results and come up with a homs comprehensive student assignment plan. it aer pianos depending where you live determines how you value diversity and the location of schools. 34% of parents in district 2 say diversity is important. it's where many high poverty schools are located. 6 where the well to do schools are only 10% of parents deemed diversity as extremely important and when it comes to kids going to neighborhood schools and not taking long rides, 47% of district 2 parents say it's important. and 78% of parents in district 6 say it's extremely important. cms will use the mixed results to create a new student assignment plan. >> no one is saying it will be easy we acknowledge that. but what we are looking at is what is best for the students >> tonight cms will learn if the survey results represent all parents. there is a concern that might not be the case. listen to this. a source tells wbtv the district received about 3,000 survey results just from the up

>> i think the parents should be pretty happy. in the dance floor. >>> i love it. >> that's what's going to come into play in this scientific video. she is going to demonstrate. it is a metal square. you see the violin bow. what he is g going to do is create a very specific res nance which will then kree ain't magical science. >> you see that. what happens is it vibrates erything. and it gathers in the place that are not resonating. >> what's interesting is people let's this is doctored. it isn't. this is real science. interesting. >>> the bone protector. >> what i'm going to do now is a chance to grab this bone. let's see what happens. [ yelling ] the [ growling ] [ dogs barking ] >> this could be the greatest adventure tom hooker hasver experienced. the first dance with his bnd >> yes, dancing to flash dance. and she is really -- you can obviously see -- >> she loves to dance. >> she was trained as a dancer. tom i a world traveller. he has a youtube traveller called out the box. his wife jess is a pro. don't just think that tom

mark: parents keeping students at home today. the threats targeting local schools and why some are upset with the district' s response. kyla: the update overnight from investigators after a man was killed. announcer: from cincinnati wlwt kyla: there are 1100 power outages this morning after a car crashed into a pole. two polls will have to be replaced on summit road. police found a car in a ditch with the driver nowhere in sight. power should be restored by about 7:30 this morning. mark: good morning, i am mark hayes. kyla: it is a wet start if you may imagine. >> that is not causing any huge issues but it takes a little longer to get where you are going. this will be the case this morning, afternoon, and evening. the radar showing rain showers across our area. nothing too heavy at the moment. getting a little bit of a break in and around downtown, the 275 steady. right along 68 and 62 and adams county, heavy earlier. we will see rounds of rain continue. the rain slowly starting to get a little lighter and and around the 275 last

what is the music your parents listen to? what was that? >> i knew what that was. >> things get real halfway through the interview. >> are you keeping anything from your mother? >> you broke her red necklace? >> does she know? >> oh, no. oh, i'm up comfortable now. >> this is entrapment! >> i was, like, and then i broke the handle. then jordan glued it back to the refrigerator. and then she broke it. >> those kids had each other's back. >> that's the takeaway i had as well. then they later revealed the parents were sitting in the room the entire thing. >> is there anything she does that you don't like that she does? >> spanks me. >> how often does she spank you? >> oh, my god. >> that's my mom. >> at that point most people know that eye raise. >> what if i was to tell you that your dad was here the whole time? sitting next to me the whole time? >> oh, my god! >> they are like, oh, my gosh. >> he's imagining, what did i just say? >> you know about your necklace? oh, no. >> you spank us, i'm sorry. >> all in all, i think those parents should

i'm minor brown i'm a parent and a grandparent and like most parents here tonight, i'm also a san francisco native and my alma mater is a - proud to be a graduate sometime g ago i credit myself a professional volunteer especially, when that comes to volunteering at my children and grandchildren's and three children that are under my legal guardianship i need to go as often as possible and feeling welcomed and my gut is important to the staff teachers and everyone work at cat for any kid's my expectations at cat have been met and so have the expectation that i have for my children under any care the last time i spoke he told you i had or had 2 children left at cat to graduate one the 11 my galvanized and the other one the 12 under my guardianship i'm very, very careful of how i'm handing situations with cat and one of them has an i e p happy to say working with the learning specialist teachers and staff and the way they give the support to all my students whether on p p plummets or not i'm been having very, very happy with the results the opportunities as a parent and a volunteer to be able

one parent told us the student had the gun all day. >> reporter: one parent told me she learned the gun had been on the fourth grader all day long and that has parents outraged. the school confirmed parents told their teacher one of classmates had a gun. then the teacher followed safety protocol. students were removed from the message after the dismissal. one parent told me she wants answers and is scared for her child's safety. >> what if a child got this and it went off? planning on putting my child on the bus and i don't know if it's going to happen again. >> reporter: the school released this statement: they will be providing counselors today. >> and the sheriff's department social services would get involved. >>> authorities say one person was shot. we learned the incident started on copper creek? east charlotte. authorities say the victim drove from this scene. investigators say the person had nonlife-threatening injuries. we are asking what led up to the shooting. >>> police arrested three men for soliciting children for sex online during a sting operation. one is a truck driver

. >> next, would you go back to school yourself as a parent? if it helped your child? >> we will introduce you to parents who are doing just that. >> and did not make it out of the 40s today but we have and who will see the wet weather parents are heading back to class to help with homework. it's not just high schoolers, parents of kindergarteners need a refresher. this is true. we have the story new at 5:00. >> starts with addition and subtraction. >> the moms and dads are learning computer reading skills. >> did you teach mom? >> sometimes. >> joanne is back in class with her kindergartener nicole. >> we get the understanding how they are being taught so we can help them better. country offer the classes for free. teachers say they are popular this one had more than 60 parents eager to participate. >> did you ever think you would have to go back to school to help your kids in school? >> no. i finished my masters degree like five years ago and figured it was it. >> the way reading and math is taught can be so different for parents they need a refresher. >> cool the th

versus unsupportive parents. what we are looking at here, when you see a dark blue bar the kids parent are supportive and light blue not very supportive. going left to right, depression and suicidal [inaudible] and suicide attemptsism the risk is decreased if the parents are supportive and it is worth pointing out in the farthest bar on the right the parents are not supporting and more than 50 percent of these individuals attempted suicide. with a positive mental health out comes. where and see the dark blue bar it is supportive parents and across in particular for the level and degree of melthal health, self esteem, life satisfaction and in every case it is better if the individual has supportive parents. because of the complexity of the care for the kids and need for support it seems clear a team approach is important. about 6 and a half years ago individuals with expertise around the bay area came together with a shared vision of creating a program to meet the diverse needs of transgender youth and this was bo

more than 2.5 million children have an incarcerated parent. 8 million have a parent under correctional supervision. children are the victims of criminal justice. >> you would be surprised the amount of individuals i speak with that say "i never taught of that population." >> to those that say the parent made a decision, they have some... ..it's their fault that the child is dealing with the issue or challenge. basement. >> sharon is the founder of children of promise, nyc. a unique nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children deal with the drama of having a parent in prison. >> no one thinks 62% of the women in state prison, and 58% in federal prison have a child under the age of 18. the child wears the burred in, you have lost your mum, and you have not received support and sympathy. children of promise, nyc runs an afterschool programme aimed at providing an emotionally safe space and therapy. for the children of incarcerated mums and dads to help them handle confuse and anger. it takes a long time to learn what we were feeling. what would you do? what is your action. >> i th

but when i see the response from teens and i see the response from parents when i speak to parent groups, and i know that i'm making an making a difference and along with ashley's inspiration, that's what keeps me moving forward. >> brian, she was your sister. >> yes. >> so it must have been pretty tough for you. >> it was. it's never easy seeing anyone you care and love. especially a sibling. it's a different kind of loss. but i was, you know, very proud of what my mom turned around and did in the wake of that. and very proud of the fact that the art of driving kind of came out of that. and has helped so many teens and parents. not go through the same thing and to kind of get the message out there that this is a major problem, major health epidemic we need to fix. >> janene, it's a problem not only teens are dealing with, distracted driving is a big issue for all of us. you volunteer with your organization. with art, what you've learnled what you've observed. >> i think one of the main things i learned working with robin it wasn't just an issue when kids start to turn 15, 16, that we ne

and parental leave is generous.ut according to some critics in norway, the authorities are getting too involved in family life. now there are growing concerns about norway's child welfare services who are accused of being too quick to take children into care. and it's sparking outrage. as well as sorrow. as we found out when we met one couple whose child was taken away from them. and they still don't understand why. reporter: not so long ago, vibeke morrissey and ken olsen thought that one day they would go for walks here with their child. but almost since birth, their daughter has been a ward of the norwegian child welfare agency. ken olsen: i feel like they take all that i have been created for away from me. i was created to be a father, a protector of my family, and they take that possibility away. vibeke morrissey: and we got some things here, this is aria's bed. and this is all her things. this is her bathtub, and this is all her playing things and baby gym. but we have never used it before because she has neve

his parents. jim and anna fallas.ony last week they deny he confessed to them. >> at that point in time, did tom ever make a statement to you that he shot ashley? >> not at that time, not at any time. >> reporter: tom's parents say they left the new year's eve party earlier that evening but came rushing back after getting texts and a phone call from their son saying, i need you now. in court last week, tom's mother anna said she comforted her son, who was distraught. >> and when you are running up towards the driveway with your husband, you see your son? >> yes. >> and he's hysterical? >> yes. >> crying? >> he's crying. >> and what he said to you is, mom, i don't understand why she would do this, i love her, i love her? >> correct. >> you hugged your son? >> yes, and we cried. >> while you're standing there with tom in the driveway, did you ever hear him say "i shot ashley"? >> never. >> reporter: ashley's mother jenna gave a different view of how tom was treating her daughter at that new year's party. >> the end of t

we were live there tonight with parents reactions. >>reporter: in some cases, parents were even parking and running towards the designated pickup spots when the school was letting out. a nightmare for them, but also for the students inside. you just heard one, take a look to this one as well. >> just bang, bang, bang. i guess he gave up. >> we know now that he ran out of the school leaving students behind. >> they heard the first pop and where they have done the drills before through schools so many times, everybody knew what to do. >>reporter: this man has was the same age as the shooters and victims. >> visibly upset, i mean, you never would think it would happen here. >>reporter: a parents natural instinct is to call a tax.>> i didn't want to peer to peer -- to. i will have reservations tomorrow. >> you think about it and that it happens. there is no way. back as they come in sentiment tonight, another common sentiment is the lack of understanding, disbelief. parents want to know how do you start to talk to your kids about this whe

bryon west//parent: "2:17 i'm glad they took it seriously" amelia high school-middle school parent- bryon west- is alarmed to hear of a threat- geared towards a student at his children's school. he's glad the school and police responded, quickly. bryon: "1:51 you never know seem like a threat but i'm glad they treated it like it definitely was a threat and resolved that issue"ken mullis//detective: "4:55 situations like this we want to take serious immediately" union township police detective- ken mullis- tells 9 on your side- clermont county dispatch received several calls from parents- who saw a picture of the student in a facebook message- holding up a gun- threatening to hurt someone at the school- today. ken: "6:56 that allowed us to get a very good jump start between the agencies involved and the west clermont school district we were able to jump on it right away"police found the boy. they say the weapon turned out to be an airsoft gun with the tip painted black- making it look real. tonight- detective mullis is encouraging all parents to talk to your children about the seriousness

it's something all parents struggle with these days. should we post pictures of our kids' cute little faces online? are you violating your child's privacy? french authorities say "yes." so they are now urging parents to stop - warning that under the country's law - when children grow up -- they could sue parents for privacy or even jeopardizing their security. or 50 thousand dollar fine. do you think it's a violation of your child's privacy to post photos online? are the penalties too extreme? join the conversation on our facebook page. what to watch for this weekend -- the florida strawberry festival is in full swing. the annual tradition is back in plant city. the fair draws crowds from around the world - including canada. tickets are 10- dollars for adults... and 5-dollars for children. kids under 6 can get in free. the strawberry festival runs through march 13th. but getting there may be a challenge. there's construction barrels and barrier thonotosassa exit. so, download our we'll help you navigate the best route. our road warrior

bryon west//parent: "2:17 i'm glad they took it seriously" amelia high school-middle school parent- bryon west- is alarmed to hear of a threat- geared towards a student at his children's school. he's glad the school and police responded, quickly. bryon: "1:51 you never know

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thank you. >>> a parents' nightmare. their young daughter left with brain damage after a trip to the dentist. coming up we will explain what happened. >>> plus, a $10 million pot ring busted. how police tracked down this stash of drugs. >>> and make it five straight march days in the 60s or 70s. temperatures not breaking records today, but still well above average. more on april levels. now we are about to drop in the 40s for the first time since wednesday morning. >>> the victim of the latest random slashing in new york city who are worried about the knife attacks this year. the 53-year-old victim slashed across the neck yesterday morning as she was walking in dit miss park in brooklyn. surveillance shows the attacker running away. he dropped an american flag bandanna wrapped around his face. the victim now warning people to pay attention. >> horrible. horrible. better be aware. don't stay on the cell phone like you're walking. that's why it was done. >> reporter: you were on your cell phone? >> yeah, i was looking at m

we strongly support the bill to expand access to paid parental leave. i wanted to reiterate that access to paid leave is a vital support for healthy and stable families and to echo some of the comments already raised since its inception, california's paid family leave has doubled the median duration for breastfeeding for all mothers who used it and since 2007 has nearly doubled the rate at which biological fathers take time off to bond with their babies, reduced wage replacement is a barrier who lose income as a result of taking bonding time away from work, for families struggling to make ends meet, partial wage [inaudible] like food and shelter and more difficult for both parents to take leave at the same time. bonding with a newborn is a basic right, it should not be independent on wages, we support this fully. >> thank you very much, next speaker. >> good afternoon, i'm jane bernard powers, dr,, and i co-chair the democratic women in action, san francisco democrat i can women in action, i'm pleased this legislation was conceived. i appreciate both su

decided to stand up and that attitude had other manifestations it was so powerful that parents were told routinely to send their kids to institutions to hide down and put them away and tried to move from a and direct activities to the normal kids. >> nizolek parents like all of us that is what society said to do. >> dr. spock said that. page 549 of the first edition a recommendation and if the child was zesty developmental disabilities that is visible the child should be removed immediately from the parent's control and put into an institution. have this conversation with a father because the mother will try to fight it. but many the parents did send their children to institutions not because they couldn't handle the burden but the pressure and the shame plus so intense. >> but is some cases they couldn't. >> that is true but because seib would be so difficult to manage but there is a solution. >> where did you send your child? to the school system legally said we don't want you here. 1977 legislation was finally passed with the federal government said if you want our money you can

versus unsupportive parents. what we are looking at here, when you see a dark blue bar the kids parent are supportive and light blue not very supportive. going left to right, depression and suicidal [inaudible] and suicide attemptsism the risk is decreased if the parents are supportive and it is worth pointing out in the farthest bar on the right the parents are not supporting and more than 50 percent of these individuals attempted suicide. with a positive mental health out comes. where and see the dark blue bar it is supportive parents and across in particular for the level and degree of melthal health, self esteem, life satisfaction and in every case it is better if the individual has supportive parents. because of the complexity of the care for the kids and need for support it seems clear a team approach is important. about 6 and a half years ago individuals with expertise around the bay area came together with a shared vision of creating a program to meet the diverse needs of transgender youth and this was bo