Suicide Prevention-Just Breathe: Parenting your LGBTQ Teen Episode 47 #shorts

30 Jan 2023 · 1 min

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Heather Hester offers suicide prevention guidance for parents of LGBTQ teens. Many teens feel lonely and scared. Telling them

People are lonely, people are scared, and what we have the power to do is bring voice and sound and support and resources to this population. Dealing with teenagers is amazing and hard.
One of the most important pieces of this is letting them know they are not alone and I hear you. I see you, I hear you, and this is not impossible.
Having teenagers and young adults and being in community, it's messy, and that messiness is beautiful. You can demystify that you are on your own and you're alone because you're not.
No.

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