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!
I have. Adjust seems like the wrong word.
Might as well ask, when your kid got married, how did you adjust.
If anyone is adjusting, it’s them.
It’s a stage of life. Just because some paths are not considered the default, that doesn’t make the parent involved in some unique way.
I mean, that is an adjustment because something changed.