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When your child's transition triggers unexpected grief

My teenage daughter came out as trans and I love her but I keep grieving the son I thought I had and I feel terrible about feeling sad.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The evolution of a child's identity can simultaneously affirm their truth and destabilize a parent's foundational assumptions.

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