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When Coming Out to Your Children Changes Your Relationship With Them

I came out to my teenage daughter and she's been distant ever since and I'm wondering if I've damaged our relationship by sharing this part of myself.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Parental authenticity risks disrupting the child's sense of stability and their understanding of who their parent has always been.

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