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How Do you Pick Up The Pieces After A Child “Come Out” During the Holidays? – Real Answers for January 2011 by Terri Brown

January 4, 2011 By Terri Brown
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This article appears in both our offline and online newsletters.  To receive articles like this along with the full newsletter online via email or offline through the postal service please sign up here. --- It is quite common for gay-identified individuals to “come out” to their family during the Christmas holidays. Many parents may now be left with a plethora of emotions and questions. How do you pick up the pieces, face the New Year and return to some kind of normalcy while reeling from what is perhaps shocking news? First, understand that while this may have taken you by … [Read more...]

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How Do Parents of Gay-Identified children Handle the Holidays?

November 20, 2009 By Terri Brown
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For parents of adult children involved in homosexuality, the holidays can be anything but ‘happy’ and ‘merry.’ The issue of homosexuality is dividing families everywhere and holidays can be especially difficult. Thankfully, it can also be a time of mending relationships and building new ones. As the mother of a gay-identified son, I’ve had to face this ‘holiday’ issue. The first time my son, who lives in another state, called and said, “Mom, Larry* and I want to come see you and Dad for Christmas,” I took a deep breath, said a quick prayer, and replied, “You know you … [Read more...]

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