Gay Children, Straight Parents : A Plan for Family Healing - Cohen, Richard (Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books, 2007)
Personal healing -- Step one: take care of yourself -- Step two: do your own work -- Step three: experience God's love -- Relational healing -- Step four: investigate the causes of SSA -- Step five: utilize effective communication skills -- Step six: make things right between you and your SSA child -- Step seven: discover your child's love language -- Step eight: same-sex parent, display appropriate physical affection -- Step nine: opposite-sex parent, take two steps back -- Community healing -- Step ten: create a welcoming environment in your home, place of worship, and community -- Step eleven: boyfriends, girlfriends, ceremonies and sleepovers -- Step twelve: find mentors and mentor others.
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