When a child first out as eher beg gay or havg same-sex attractn their parents' ial rpons are ually the wrong on, says Chris Doyle, a psychotherapist who specializ SSA.
Contents:
- WHAT TO DO WHEN A GAY CHILD MARRI
- MY GAY SON’S WEDDG
- DEAR ABBY: FATHER REF TO MEET HIS GAY SON’S BOYIEND
- HOW CHRISTIAN PARENTS SHOULD RPOND TO THEIR CHILD'S GAY INTY CRISIS
- MY HBAND IS GAY BUT WE’RE MARRIED WH TWO KIDS AND HAVE GREAT SEX
- SHOULD I ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY FRIEND OR FAY MEMBER?
- HOW TO INTRODUCE A MARRIED GAY COUPLE
WHAT TO DO WHEN A GAY CHILD MARRI
* my gay son is getting married *
A new book, When Your Gay Or Lbian Child Marri: A Gui for Parents, nsirs that qutn. Merrill, a soclogy profsor at Clark Universy, terviewed parents ag 50 to 80 who had both homosexual and heterosexual married adult children.
One big surprise om her rearch: Parents often have better ntug relatnships wh gay upl. Gay weddgs are not whout their difficulti, particularly for parents wh mixed feelgs about their child's nuptials. "Some parents were embarrassed bee they had not prevly let the extend fay know their child was gay, " Merrill says.
MY GAY SON’S WEDDG
Merrill urg parents to be acceptg, or as one of the moms she terviewed said, "You have set asi your own feelgs about homosexualy om your love for your child.
Frankly, my advice to everyone who has a problem wh two people gettg married, whether 's bee they're gay or any other reason, is to md your own bs.
DEAR ABBY: FATHER REF TO MEET HIS GAY SON’S BOYIEND
Why is so different for as Christians when we’re thkg about our gay kids?
It really don’t matter what Rob and I thk about gay marriage.
HOW CHRISTIAN PARENTS SHOULD RPOND TO THEIR CHILD'S GAY INTY CRISIS
” than bee I was the middle of a gay pri celebratn! Dear Abby: Our son “Greg” has e out as gay.
MY HBAND IS GAY BUT WE’RE MARRIED WH TWO KIDS AND HAVE GREAT SEX
I would not go to a same-sex weddg, and ’s not bee I would want to show some sort of hostily toward unbelievg iends who are gay or lbian.
SHOULD I ATTEND THE WEDDG OF A GAY FRIEND OR FAY MEMBER?
And if we do that then what we are gog to be dog is turng over our children, not jt our gay and lbian children, but all of our children over to forc the world that will do much harm to them and ultimately to as well. When a child first out to their parents as eher beg gay or havg same-sex attractn, their ial rpons are ually the wrong on, says Chris Doyle, a psychotherapist who specializ York Cy gay pri para crowd this undated photo.
HOW TO INTRODUCE A MARRIED GAY COUPLE
"Sce homosexualy is beg more wily accepted Amerin society, an creasg number of teens who experience SSA are intifyg as gay. They believe that if you experience same-sex attractns, then you're gay, " Doyle told the negative rpons parents have, acrdg to Doyle, are avoidg the issue by barrg their child om talkg about SSA or their gay inty; believg that 's a passg phase; or threateng to kick their olr teen or 20-somethg child out of the hoe.
He also emphasized that parents nnot talk their child out of beg gay or havg SSA.