*So Your Child Is Gay* was the first Canadian guide to address the panicked, uncomprehending reaction of parents who suddenly find themselves in uncharted territory. Dr. Jerald Bain wrote it for the parents, siblings, and medical professionals who don t know what to say, how to explain it to family, or how to stop blaming themselves for something they didn’t ‘do’ wrong.
The book is a manual for the practical anxieties that follow coming out. It cuts through the static of myth and misconception to deal with the actual friction points: religious pushback, fears about the child s career, health, and the exhausting, necessary work of finding support. It isn’t a theoretical text; it s an attempt to stop parents from treating their child s sexuality as a crisis to be solved.
Bain s argument is stripped of pretense: being gay isn’t a tragedy. The tragedy, he argues, is the silence and distance that parents create when they withhold their love. It serves as a bridge, offering a path for families to move from shock to something that actually resembles understanding.
The book is a manual for the practical anxieties that follow coming out. It cuts through the static of myth and misconception to deal with the actual friction points: religious pushback, fears about the child s career, health, and the exhausting, necessary work of finding support. It isn’t a theoretical text; it s an attempt to stop parents from treating their child s sexuality as a crisis to be solved.
Bain s argument is stripped of pretense: being gay isn’t a tragedy. The tragedy, he argues, is the silence and distance that parents create when they withhold their love. It serves as a bridge, offering a path for families to move from shock to something that actually resembles understanding.
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| Title: So Your Child Is Gay A Guide For Canadian Families And Their Friends |
| Author: Jerald Bain |
| ISBN: 9780010000000 |
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| Genre: Parenting & Families; Family; Coming Out |
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| Publication Date: 36587 |
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| Publisher: HarperCollins Canada, Limited |
| Language: English |
| Format: Hardcover |
| Pages: 196 |
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| Book_ID: 106342 |