Tips on helping your child survive and thrive in school. How to strategize, enlist supports, set SMART goals, and use mental health resources such as counseling or a family therapy.

When your child comes out as gay, they are giving you new information about their identity that adjusts how you see them. This is not to say that the picture becomes better or worse – it just changes. Here are some answers I give parents when they tell me that their child is gay.