One of my children is questioning their gender, and they seem at ease with non-binary. I found this out yesterday, so I’m approaching this gently, though I feel ill-prepared. I want to be who they need.

I’m curious about the experiences of other parents, or stories about your parents learning to adjust if you came out to them.

Follow-up: Thank you all so much for your stories and your feedback!

  • ohlaph@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Honestly, a little shocked. Only because I would be also be discovering that I’m a parent.

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        21 hours ago

        People really don’t know when its appropriate to joke around. I guess the [serious] tag thing, that is (was?) in use in /r/askreddit should be thing here as well.

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          Occasional jokes in a topic filled with mostly serious answers is not problematic, especially ones that aren’t at the expense of anyone else. I think the joke was appropriate. Especially on a platform that is lucky to get 30+ comments on a post, it being top comment is not going to overshadow the others. Most people can read all of the comments in a few minutes anyway.