Response to Rachel Eibensteiner
I would first off with telling the mother thank you for calling and reaching out to the hot line. As a mother it is our job to alwys protect our children and get the right help for them right away. I would suggest to the mother there are support groups that her son can go and talk to within the LBGTQ community and we can look at ones in her area that her son and the family can go to together. There are also counselors at school that her son can talk to if she thinks he will get bullies because of him being gay. Another thing I may suggest is a family therapist so everyone in the family can talk about their feelings and be behind their son. The approaches with working with Joel is to not make him feel different than anyone else and to get him and his family the correct help they are needing to work together as a whole and not divide like some families do.
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Jennifer Lundine
Joel in Rural America
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I would start the conversation by reassuring her that everything will be ok. It took Joel lots of courage to approach her with this information and what he needs most is understanding and acceptance. Life as a teenager is hard enough and knowing that his parents support him 100% no matter what could make a difference in how everyone handles this new information. I would then suggest that they sit down with his father and tell him also. I think it would mean more for this information to come from you and Joel rather than him hearing for the first time from a counselor or from another source outside the family. The second step would be to get her in touch with a support group for Joel or even include the entire family. The more support you have from people who have been there the better. I would end by telling her that it sounds like Joel is in good hands and as long as he has the support of his family he will be just fine.Bottom of Form
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