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20 - Parenting LGBTQ Children and Adolescents

from Part IV - Child Factors that Impact Parenting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2022

Amanda Sheffield Morris
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Oklahoma State University
Julia Mendez Smith
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
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Parent-child relationships are extremely important for sexual and gender minoritized youth as they and their families navigate the challenges of “coming out” and living in a highly heteronormative and often homonegative and transnegative society. This chapter presents the current terminology for and demography of LGBTQ youth in the United States; discusses the unique experiences of LGBTQ children and their parents, including child and parent reactions to the coming out process and its reverberations through the family system; reviews the emerging scientific literature on parenting effects on LGBTQ child health and well-being; and considers the implications for policy and clinical practice that support parents of LGBTQ youth in ways that foster nurturance, advocacy, and the health and well-being of both youth and parents.

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