How to Support Your Child When They Come Out to You
When children come out to their parents and caretakers, it can be difficult to know what to say during that joyful, but sometimes fraught, time. Of course, parents want to be as supportive as possible, even if it's a challenge to know exactly how to talk to their children. The Trevor Project released a national survey on LGBTQ youth mental health for 2022, calling it "one of the most diverse surveys of LGBTQ youth ever conducted."This groundbreaking study indicates that "LGBTQ youth who live in a community that is accepting of LGBTQ people reported significantly lower rates of attempting suicide compared to those who did not." Yet parents might rightly have concerns about their children who are on the LGBTQ spectrum, since these youth by and large experience challenges to their mental and physical health, even in 2022. Troublingly, only 37% of LGBTQ youth identified their homes as an LGBTQ-affirming space. The study also revealed five common ways parents were