I’ve written before about how important it is for parents to react sensitively when kids come out. I wrote from the assumption that the news the child is gay would come as a surprise, if not a shock, as it was 

Coming out to my parents changed my life, and mostly for the better. I can easily divide my life into two halves: Before I let my parents and the other people that matter to me know of my non-heterosexuality, and 

I typically like to include lots of research in my articles. I enjoy researching a topic, reading about what studies have revealed, and sharing that information so parents have a factual basis for their decisions and actions. But this article