The One Mistake Good Parents Make That Pushes Kids Away

About this episode

Joe and Rya discuss how good parenting practices can inadvertently push children away, particularly in LGBTQ relationships.

You love your child. You're trying to protect them. But what if the way you are treating the relationship is the very thing driving them away. Most parents who lose their relationship with their LGBTQ child never saw it coming because everything they did felt like good parenting at the time. Joe and Rya unpack the difference between influence and control, and why one builds trust while the other quietly destroys it. If you've ever tightened your grip out of fear and wondered why your kid star...

People in this episode

Hosts: Joe, Rya

Topics covered

• parenting
• LGBTQ relationships
• trust
• influence vs control
• family dynamics

Keywords

• parenting
• LGBTQ
• trust
• influence
• control
• family
• relationships

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