| Comment | It's a really difficult thing to navigate as a parent (and as a sibling) - it's not like there's guidebooks on how to handle situations like this! But trust me when I say that you're doing the right thing. My brother is happy and healthy now, thank god, but our teenage years were anything but. A whole lot of pain and distress could have been avoided if my parents were as open and as honest as you and encouraged my brother to talk more openly about his gender.
Nothing at this stage is irreversible, but the hurt that being closeted can cause can leave permanent scars (physical and mental) |
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