For The Parents - Rick's Story

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Coming out to your friends and family is never really that
amazing of a thing. It's exhausting and oftentimes terrifying. If
you're lucky, you were raised in a family that expressed emotions
and create space for you to be just as you are, which made it
easy for you to "come out."  If that was you, damn, I am
happy for you! However, for many others, that was not their
experience. For some who haven't come out yet, they continue to
operate in a space where they fear the worse.


 


Today's guest is Rick. Rick's coming out experience was pretty
pleasant and "easy." He is going to share with you what it was
like for him to tell his family that he is gay and how that lead
him on a path to writing his book, "Rainbow Relatives - Real
World Stories and Advice on How To Talk to Kids about LGBTQ+
Families and Friends."


 


Talking to children about this topic is essential. I think that
parents need to educate themselves more on the LGBTQ community.
Your kids, whether you like it or not, are going to interact with
LGBTQ people throughout their lives. Many of your children are
going to most likely, at some point, come out at LGBTQ in their
lifetime. Why not get in front of it sooner? If you could
normalize and make this life at all easier for your children,
would you not do that?


 


It's time to start having conversations with children about
sexuality and gender far sooner than we are. There is so much
evidence that kids are aware of their sexuality much sooner than
we begin educating them on the subject. We all know that by the
time we are talking about it with them, it's too late. The damage
is often already done. And this is why I think books like Rick's
are so important.


 The author is also the writer and producer of the
film Walk A Mile In My Pradas, starring Tom Arnold, Dee
Wallace, and Bruce Vilanch and it is on Amazon Prime
at http://tinyurl.com/gnwsehl


Connect with Rick online


www.rickkaratas.com 


 


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