Tween is coming out to friends but not parents

[Anonymous]

One of my daughters friends is identifying as gay but doors bout want to tell her parents, not because they wouldn't support her, but because they'd go over and beyond.

Maybe your kid just needs some space to be her without you coopting his/her life, issues, problems, identify.

[Anonymous]

One of my daughter's friends (12) is identifying as gay but does not want to tell her parents, not because they wouldn't support her, but because they'd go over and beyond.

Maybe your kid just needs some space to be her without you coopting his/her life, issues, problems, identify.

[Anonymous]

What if DC were 14? As a parent might you approach differently?

[Anonymous]

At 11, your child is just exploring. With all the pop culture influences and exposure in TV shows and such, they may just be imitating what they see.

Unfortunately, the advice of LGBTQ groups is for kids not to tell their parents. In local schools, there are groups speaking to school boards urging them to adopt policies to keep kids sexual orientation or gender identity secret from the parents. I think the parents are the first ones who should be told.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just throwing it out there as possibility - if he knows you monitor, maybe this is his way of "telling" you?

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just throwing it out there as possibility - if he knows you monitor, maybe this is his way of "telling" you?

That’s immediatly what I thought too. Np here