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Coming Out, Coming Home: Helping Families Adjust to a Gay or Lesbian Child
Michael C. Lasala
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Description for Coming Out, Coming Home: Helping Families Adjust to a Gay or Lesbian Child
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 410.
The discovery that a child is lesbian or gay can send shockwaves through a family. A mother will question how she's raised her son; a father will worry that his daughter will experience discrimination. From the child's perspective, gay and lesbian youth fear their families will reject them and that they will lose financial and emotional support. All in all, learning a child is gay challenges long-held views about sexuality and relationships, and the resulting uncertainty can produce feelings of anger, resentment, and concern. Through a qualitative, multicultural study of sixty-five gay and lesbian children and their parents, Michael ... Read more
The discovery that a child is lesbian or gay can send shockwaves through a family. A mother will question how she's raised her son; a father will worry that his daughter will experience discrimination. From the child's perspective, gay and lesbian youth fear their families will reject them and that they will lose financial and emotional support. All in all, learning a child is gay challenges long-held views about sexuality and relationships, and the resulting uncertainty can produce feelings of anger, resentment, and concern. Through a qualitative, multicultural study of sixty-five gay and lesbian children and their parents, Michael ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231143837
SKU
V9780231143837
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About Michael C. Lasala
Michael C. LaSala, Ph.D., is director of the Masters of Social Work Program and associate professor at Rutgers University. He has been in practice for more than twenty-five years and is a much-sought-after lecturer and researcher. He currently treats LGBT families and individuals at the Institute for Personal Growth in Highland Park, New Jersey, and his work can be found ... Read more
Reviews for Coming Out, Coming Home: Helping Families Adjust to a Gay or Lesbian Child
Essential reading for anyone involved in a counseling position and even parents who are having difficulties with helping their children to come out.
Lezly Herbert Out in Perth Coming Out, Coming Home is an informative and accessible book that contains myriad insights into the many obstacles, both internal and external, that families face as gay and lesbian children reach ... Read more
Lezly Herbert Out in Perth Coming Out, Coming Home is an informative and accessible book that contains myriad insights into the many obstacles, both internal and external, that families face as gay and lesbian children reach ... Read more