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1. THREAD: Leaked posts from affirming-parents FB group. Moms discuss various ways to hide their 6-8-year-old's penises, with help from an instructional video by Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy at the Gender Odyssey conference.
2. "Well-endowed" 7-year-old with ADHD is constantly "adjusting herself" and it's becoming an issue at school. Maybe a reward system (like a sticker chart) would help limit the behavior to bathroom time? 
3. Maybe a bracelet to distract from the "fidgeting" for this child with sensory processing issues? But wait--an MD at Gender Odyssey made a YouTube teaching how to make a gaff out of a headband or a sock.
4. Some moms voice concern: Is it safe to tuck a first or second grader's penis, who hasn't gone through puberty? If Dr. Johanna Olson Kennedy Children's Hospital LA approves the practice, and even recommends a certain headband brand (Claire's), it must be OK.
5. Alternate suggestion: It might be more comfortable to pull up instead of pushing down. After all, "even cis girls have a little bump" and a skort or tunic will hide it anyway.
6. We're adding our usual caveat: These parents are doing what gender docs & therapists encourage or (in this case) suggest. If Olson-Kennedy--who runs the largest & best known gender clinic in the US-- teaches parents how to make gaffs for 1st graders, who can blame these moms?
