Being a parent has never been easy. It is very demanding to raise a child, any number of sacrifices are never enough. Parents are often filled with so many expectations from their child, and are often requires a lot of hard work and support. If the essence of bearing and bringing up a child can be extracted and served in a line, it would look like:
“Having kids — the responsibility of rearing good, kind, ethical, responsible human beings — is the biggest job anyone can embark on.”
What does it mean to be ‘different ‘?
Many young people describe being gay, lesbian, trans (or transgender), or simply different in any way, as feeling (often extreme) dissatisfaction, quite scary and painful.
One can only imagine the internal pain that your child might experience every single morning when they woke up not feeling connected with their own body, or at worst, ashamed/disgusted by their body and mind. It would be so hard to navigate towards a meaning full and positive life or to even hope that a better life could be possible.
These are common thoughts in folks who identify themselves as LGBT.
When your child comes out.
When your child has come to you, trusted you and identified themselves as an LGBT, your emotional support for your darling kid is the best thing you can and you are expected to provide.
When this happens, the best thing you should do is to reassure them that you love them and you will support them.
And make sure you add “no matter what.” at the end of your message. Many people don’t receive it. It is simply conveying the message that your love for your kid is not dependent on their identity.
By the time someone is coming out and identifies them self, after witnessing the hateful or negative views of their families, they already have considered the possibility of getting emotionally rejected and in some cases, even worse.
Now you can imagine how scared your child might be when they realized that they are a part of the LGBTQ community.
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