It's NOT That Difficult
I am in Cincinnati, Ohio. Today, on the heels of yesterday's mega coverage of Prez Obama coming out against gay/transgender conversion therapy-the local tragic(local) Leelah Alcorn suicide story was featured. Then today, yet another story of a teen trans suicide went public. It occurred to me (again) we are missing something here (other than the obvious). Maybe missing the forest for the trees. If I was writing my own version of "Parenting a Transgender Child for Dummies", here are my basics: You face a Very REAL 41% chance of your child committing suicide. COUNT on it. YOUR Child will be bullied- COUNT on it. Remember too-bullying is a multi generational institution. Others kids learn it. Monitor your child's social media. Bully's live like cock roaches on social media and often are just as intelligent. Religion may help YOU-but not your child. Jesus is not walking down the hall at school with your child. Each case/child is different but you and your