Mom, Dad I'm Gay: How Families Negotiate Coming Out
by Ritch C. Savin-Williams
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"Drawing from over 150 original interviews with teenagers, psychologist Ritch C. Savin-Williams separates fact from fiction in this survey of coming out experiences. Drawing from existing developmental research, he illustrates the wide range of family reactions and discusses the factors that determine how parents come to terms with the disclosure over time. Dr. Savin-Williams reveals that the coming out experience is greatly influenced by gender, and chapters highlight common show more mother-daughter, mother-son, father-daughter, and father-son dynamics. At the end of the book, readers will find tips on how parents can be helped to negotiate the coming out process and learn to support their child's emerging sexual identity. This book will be an excellent resource for those who counsel or work with lesbian, gay, or bisexual children and their families and for psychologists and researchers interested in this underresearched subject."--Jacket. show lessTags
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Ritch C. Savin-Williams, Ph.D. is professor of clinical and developmental psychology and director of graduate studies in the Department of Human Development at Cornell University.
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- Nonfiction, LGBTQ+, Sexuality and Gender Studies, General Nonfiction
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- 306.874 — Society, Government, and Culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social Behavior - Dating, Marriage, Divorce Marriage, partnerships, unions; family Intrafamily relationships Parent-child relationship
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- HQ76.25 .S39 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women Sexual life
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