January 30 - What Kind of Parent Thinks That? The Truth About Shame, Fear & Loving Your LGBTQ Child

2 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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This content was created by Heather Hester. This content was uploaded by Heather Hester. This is a YouTube episode titled "January 30 - What Kind of Parent Thinks That? The Truth About Shame, Fear & Loving Your LGBTQ Child" (metadata created 2026-02-02T17:26:09Z). The excerpt is a single-speaker monologue aimed at parents of LGBTQ children, acknowledging painful, private feelings of shame and fear, reassuring listeners they are not monsters, and guiding them to gently confront and release that shame.

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For many parents, the hardest part of this journey isn't the logistics. It's the moments your child shares something true about who they are and wakes an internal storm inside you that you didn't even know was still there. This episode is for that storm. It's for the thoughts that you would never say out loud, the thoughts that make you wonder if you're a terrible parent. And I want you to know right up front, you're not. You're not a monster. You are not broken. You are a human being in the middle of a nervous system moment. And today we're going to bring that shame into the light ever so gently so it can finally loosen its grip. So let's name something most people never say out loud.