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dadarobot Jul 10, 2024

What are the rules?

https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/19377167

What are the rules? - SDF Chatter

Hello gay people in my phone. My child (16) sort of came out as trans to me today. I have been here for the memes for a while, and ive long been a supporter of gay and trans rights. Do yall have any recommendations of resources for parents of trans kids? I want to help and support them correctly and to the best of my abilities. Looking for maybe books and communities? Thank you.

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StopJoiningWars Jul 11, 2024

And your first thought is to publicly share this extremely private conversation with a bunch of strangers. Are you nuts? Ask for advice from close friends or family, or even a therapist for a modicum of privacy… NOT the internet…

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Ookami38 Jul 11, 2024

This feels like a bit of an overreaction. There’s no identifying information, this is a small corner of the Internet, and they’re here looking for advice on how to be better able to support the kid.

I’d say if I was the kid and I ran across this post, if anything it’d make me feel like my parent is taking a ton of effort to understand and support me.

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StopJoiningWars Jul 11, 2024

I’d personally lose all trust in my parents and stop telling them anything if I found such a private conversation online.

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volodya_ilich Jul 11, 2024

Cool. I would assume OP knows their children better than you do, given how they came out to them not you.

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StopJoiningWars

Also I can’t believe the irony of what you’re saying when they didn’t come out to you either?? Yet the messages are now public. That’s what’s wrong here.