When your child approaches you to share or process their thoughts and feelings about gender identity or sexual orientation they are trusting you with their deepest sense of self. These conversations can spark fears for their wellbeing. It can be a struggle at that moment to know how to respond without rejecting or discounting their experience.
Join us for honest, informative conversations with Peace At Home specialists who are parents of LGBTQ+ kids as well as professionals in the fields of child development, mental health, and family science. Give your child and yourself the gift of opening up to see the world through your child’s eyes and recognizing what they need from you in order to thrive. Explore our resources to help you prepare for an open, ongoing dialogue with your child or teen that is candid, authentic and supportive.
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Raising LGBTQ+ Youth
Quick Video LIbrary
Raising LGBTQ+ Youth and Gender Essentials
PeaceAtHome Starts Here
Quick Video Library
No matter what the challenge, keep in mind these parenting principles
Essential Information
Recorded Series (1) Aren't They Too Young to Make These Decisions, What's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity?
Loving Communication
Recorded Series (2) How Can I Stay Connected to my LGBTQIA+ Child through Open and Loving Communication?
Your Magical Child
Recorded Series (3) Pulling it All Together: Questions, Stories and How to Keep Growing and Learning Alongside Your Magical LGBTQIA+ Child
Fridge Facts - Key Points
Handouts
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Affirm Your Child's Gender
Recorded Conversation
What Does it Mean to Affirm My Child's Gender? And Why is That Important?
Family Conversations
Recorded Conversation
Family Gatherings and Everyday Conversations: Let’s Talk About Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation
Sex and Sexuality
Podcast
Talking about Sex and Sexuality with Your Teen
1:1 Parenting Consulting
Compassionate Support
a personalized parenting tool box with clear, actionable tips to help you and your family cope with life's challenges.
Our Peace At Home team of 40+ advanced degree experts are seasoned specialists who focus on development from the womb through young adulthood, including specific issues such as difficulties in school, mental health challenges, neurodiversity, LGBTQ+ identity formation, handling racism, navigating grief, and more. Our teachers are skilled parenting problem solvers, providing valuable insights, accurate information, and customized answers for you on the spot.
Proven Results. After just one live session, Peace At Home achieved the “gold standard” of reducing parenting dysfunction.*
If you’re facing chronic challenges with your child or just wondering about day-to-day issues, you can trust Peace At Home to give you the support and strategies you need to move forward with confidence. We focus on progress, not perfection. We won’t give you parenting hacks, but do promise that you’ll have easy access to the science, experience, and power of relationships as you respond to the unexpected challenges of our unpredictable world.
Peace At Home was founded by Ruth E. Freeman, LCSW. Watch here as she describes how and why Peace At Home Parenting Solutions came to be.
* Russell, Beth, et. al. “Reducing Hostile Parenting through Computer-Mediated Parenting Education” 77 (2017) 66-73.
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