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When your LGBTQ+ child faces bullying but won't let you help

My son is gay and getting bullied at school and I want to fight for him but he begged me not to make it worse by getting involved.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Protecting someone you love sometimes means accepting your powerlessness to shield them from a hostile world.

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