Dr. Jameca CooperForensic Psychology Consultant, Emergence Psychological Services · Board Certified Counseling Psychologist and Forensic Psychology Consultant

Toxic trait of the week, acceptance.🌈 #fyp #shorts #youtubeshorts #pride #mentalhealth

15 Jun 2022 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, Dr. Jameka Cooper highlights a "toxic trait" she observes in many families during Pride Month: the lack of acceptance for LGBTQ children. She describes how some parents deny their child's identity, while others acknowledge it but refuse to accept or support it, leading to actions such as disowning, minimizing, or even expelling the child. Drawing from her experience as a parent of two sons, Dr. Cooper emphasizes that a child's sexual orientation or gender identity is their own decision and deserves unconditional support, provided the child does not engage in criminal behavior or harm others. She warns that non‑acceptance can strain or break family relationships and urges parents to embrace their LGBTQ children fully.

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Toxic trait of the week. Hi, I'm Dr. Jameca Cooper, and since it's Pride Month, I wanted to focus the toxic trait of the week on LGBTQ families. One of the traits I see a lot is a lack of acceptance for children who are LGBTQ. And what happens in these families is that sometimes the parents simply deny it and say, oh no, it's not true. Or sometimes they acknowledge it and say that they won't accept it. Whether they put the child out, disown them, or minimize what their sexuality is, I think it's tragic because as a parent of two sons, whatever my children have or what they decide to be is their own decision, and I'm going to support it 100%. It can really strain parental relationships, and sometimes it even breaks up families. So in honor of Pride Month, I say accept your children and whatever it is that they do, as long as, as it's not criminal and they're not hurting anybody.