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When Your Child's Coming Out Challenges Your Vision of Their Future

My teenage son just came out as gay and I want to be supportive but I keep catching myself grieving the future I had imagined for him.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Parental love wrestles with unconscious expectations and the need to reimagine what a good life looks like for your child.

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