My teenage daughter told me she is bisexual
Inside:Is my teen daughter a lesbian? Maybe or maybe not, but here’s how to handle this sensitive teenage sexuality topic
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So much about teen sexuality is unlike from what it was a couple decades ago.
Where once it was awkward, if not perilous, to be anything other than unbent, we now discuss openly about a spectrum of orientations and genders. Sexual diversity has broken out of the closet—to the show where being LGBTQ is kind of cool.
So don’t be surprised if your teen or even tween daughter announces at some aim that she’s a lesbian. It’s more common than you might assess these days.
But you may wonder whether your teen daughter is a female homosexual for real, or whether it’s just a phase. Maybe she’s just experimenting; maybe she’ll develop out of it. Or maybe not.
How do you know?
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Unfortunately, there’s no way to say. Some girls who experiment with same-sex partners cease up happily direct. Other young women
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Show Notes for this Episode
- My year-old daughter thinks she is bi-sexual. How execute we talk to her about decisions that can affect her life distant term?
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- My sister-in-law is a recovering addict. She is doing well in the last year; she lives on her own and got her kids support. She wants my kids to sleep over and I am having issues with that. Am I being too judgmental?
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As heard on By Shafia Zaloom January 13, Recently, my year-old daughter became interested in all things LGBTQ. She came out to me a few weeks ago as bisexual. She is not sexually active in any way but feels, in her words, that she mostly crushes on girls. I support my daughter percent and always will. Who she loves makes no difference to me. I told her that sexuality can be very fluid, and that she should not change into too attached to who or what she feels she is. Later when she is more sure of her identity, and she wants to have it front and center or to acquire involved in a movement, by all means do so. But right now, I think its in her benefit to accept her time. Can you give me any advice, especially on my suggestion that there is no rush to identify as anything just yet? Dear Supportive Dad, It is a testament to your relationship with your daughter that she feels secure to share how she’s feeling about her sexual identity. I encourage all parents to convey t
How Can I Support My Year-Old Who Says Shes Bisexual?
Dear Your Teen,
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