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Scenario

When family secrets create protective distance

My teenage daughter came out to me but not to her dad and she asked me not to tell him but I can see how much it hurts her to hide and I'm caught between respecting her choice and watching our family live with this big unspoken thing. Her relationship with her father is getting more distant and he doesn't understand why.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The attempt to control timing and safety around vulnerable disclosure is creating the very disconnection it's trying to prevent.

Your guide for this
Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Chosen childlessness and its social dimension?”

Peri

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