Title: Unconditional
Description: Parents of LGBT children guide: Unconditional: A Guide to Loving and Supporting Your LGBTQ Child" provides parents of a LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or questioning) child with a framework for helping their LGBTQ child navigate through a world that isn’t always welcoming. Author Telaina Eriksen, a professor at Michigan State University and the mother of a gay daughter, explains what she and her husband have learned through experience, including how to:

    Deal with gay children coming out
    Confront bullying of gay children
    Become an advocate for gay children
    Build a support system in a gay family

Gender and sexuality: Eriksen also covers the science on gender and sexuality and how to help a transgender child through the various stages of development. Throughout the book parents and kids who have been there, share their stories. She also directs gay family parents to various resources online to help them.

LGBTQ parents will learn...

    How to help their child navigate locker rooms, sleepovers, proms, etc.
    When to involve the police or school administration when it comes to bullying
    How to advocate for local, state and national policies that protect your child
    Ways to educate well-meaning, but misguided extended family members
    How to help start a Gay-Straight Alliance at your child’s school
    Strategies for keeping your child talking after he or she comes out
    Signs of unhealthy relationships
    When to consider therapy for your child and/or your family
    How to find an LGBTQ-friendly community (including inclusive churches)
Subjects: Parenting, LGBTQ parenting