Always My Child: A Parent's Guide to Understanding Your Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered, or Questioning Son or Daughter by Kevin Jennings

$26.99 AUD

Category: Parents and Friends

The first book to focus on the day-to-day experiences of adolescents dealing with sexual identity issues, Always My Child provides the insights and practical strategies parents need to support their kids and cope themselves. Parents whose children are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or who are goin g through a "questioning phase" are often in the dark about what their children face every day. As a result, offering support that will comfort and fortify them feels like solving a puzzle with missing pieces.  In Always My Child, Kevin Jennings supplies the missing pieces by guiding parents through the world their child inhabits. He explains what these teens often encounter — teasing and harassment — and offers solutions for parents who want to better understand their LGBTQ children and learn how to protect their self-esteem. He offers advice, including how to: Initiate constructive communication with their child Respond effectively to frequently asked questions Recognize depression and signs of drug abuse and harassment Successfully advocate for their child's well-being outside the home Always My Child makes it possible for parents to create the kind of relationship with their children that allows them to grow into emotionally healthy adults. ...Show more

Being a Super Trans Ally! - A Creative Workbook and Journal for Young People by Phoenix Schneider; Sherry Paris

$39.99 AUD

Category: Parents and Friends

If you care about making your home, school and community a safer and more accepting place for people of all genders, then this book is for you! What can you do to be an ally to your transgender, non-binary and gender-expansive friends and family? Everyone needs allies who can support them through chall enges, and through engaging with the activities in this book you can develop into an action-oriented Super Trans Ally! Packed full of activities such as self-reflective questions, journal prompts and role plays, this interactive workbook is perfect for helping young people aged 10+ to reflect on gender, develop their compassion, and discover what skills and talents they can bring to being a Super Trans Ally. ...Show more

My Child is Gay: How Parents React When They Hear the News by Bryce McDougall

$26.95 AUD

Category: Parents and Friends

Written by parents who have a gay or lesbian child, this compilation of letters can help parents deal with feelings of confusion, embarrassment, guilt, or anger, while showing how ordinary families have found love, happiness, and normalcy again. Updated with new stories and experiences, this edition acknowledges that while a brave child often takes time to come to terms with his sexuality before sharing his feelings, parents are often shocked and overwhelmed with little time to react. Together these letters reaffirm the healing power of support and allow those with first-hand knowledge to outline the steps toward understanding and the importance of helping their children share the truth. ...Show more

Opening The Door by Shelley Argent

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Category: Parents and Friends

OPENING THE DOOR is written for anyone who is interested in how families react when someone they love discloses they are gay or lesbian. Shelley Argent tells of her efforts to understand her son's life and become part of his world since he told her he was gay. Advocacy and community education have becom e a major part of her life and in 2005 she was awarded an OAM for her work in assisting understanding and acceptance of people living in the gay community. This volume includes her previous book, Sexuality is not a Choice. ...Show more

Prayers for Bobby Dvd

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Category: Documentaries

Mary Griffiths, a devout Christian and hard-line Presbyterian, became a Gay Rights crusader after a teenage son committed suicide, in part due to her own religious intolerance. A sensitively handled and moving story starring Sigourney Weaver in a Golden Globe nominated performance.

Savvy Ally: A Guide for Becoming a Skilled LGBTQ+ Advocate by Jeanne GAINSBURG

$33.99 AUD

Category: Parents and Friends | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.

The Savvy Ally: A Guide for Becoming a Skilled LGBTQ+ Advocate is an enjoyable, humorous, encouraging, easy to understand guidebook for being an ally to the LGBTQ+ communities. It is chock full of practical and useful tools for LGBTQ+ advocacy, including: -Current and relevant information on identities and LGBTQ+ language -Tips for what to say and what not to say when someone comes out to you -LGBTQ+ etiquette and techniques for respectful conversations -Common bloopers to avoid -Tools for effectively navigating difficult conversations -Suggestions for addressing common questions and concerns -Actions for creating more LGBTQ+ inclusive spaces -Recommendations for self-care and sustainable allyship This book will be useful for teachers, counselors, social workers, nurses, medical technicians, and college professors, as well as parents who want to be supportive of their LGBTQ+ child, but don't know how. This is not a book about why to be an ally. This is a book about how to be an ally. The goal of The Savvy Ally is to create more confident, active allies who are effective advocates for change. This informative, entertaining, and supportive guidebook will surely jump-start even the most tentative ally. ...Show more

The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did) by Philippa Perry

$22.99 AUD

Category: Parents and Friends

The non-fiction phenomenon of the year and #1 Sunday Times bestseller by leading psychotherapist, broadcaster and agony aunt, Philippa Perry. Perry's unique take on the relationship between parents and children became an instant favourite of both. In this paperback edition, she encloses an exclusive ad ditional chapter with brand new stories from readers ranging from devastating to heart-warming. ...Show more

The Mourning After by Julie De-Bondt Barker

$17.95 AUD

Category: Parents and Friends

This is a Book for Parents of Gay Kids: A Question-and-Answer Guide to Everyday Life by Dannielle Owens-Reid

$39.99 AUD

Category: Parents and Friends

Written in an accessible Q&A format, here, finally, is the go-to resource for parents hoping to understand and communicate with their gay child. Through their LGBTQ-oriented site, the authors are uniquely experienced to answer parents' many questions and share insight and guidance on both emotional and practical topics. Filled with real-life experiences from gay kids and parents, this is the book gay kids want their parents to read. ...Show more

When Our Children Come Out: How to Support Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Young People by Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli

$24.95 AUD

Category: Parents and Friends

For young people struggling with issues around their sexuality, 'coming out' to their families, schools and communities can be traumatic. The alarming statistics for youth suicide, risk-taking behaviours and mental health concerns reflect the alienation and harassment felt by gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered young people as they wrestle in isolation with the difficulties of 'being different'. They need families, schools and communities to provide support, understanding and affirmation; and to be their allies against homophobia. Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli has compiled a valuable guide for all those whose lives are affected by a young person coming out. In this work she includes first-hand accounts from families, schools and communities across different socioeconomic levels, diverse regions and many cultural backgrounds. She also provides vital suggestions and advice for those at the coalface of this issue - parents of young people who need to come out, high-school teachers and community leaders - as well as effective responses and strategies for dealing with homophobia in any environment.  ...Show more