Carolyn Hax

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Daughter-in-law needs help processing child’s new gender identity

Adapted from an online discussion.

Dear Carolyn: I just talked with my daughter-in-law. Her senior in high school has recently told them he is transgender. She and his father are supportive and understanding, but she is having a difficult time processing her feelings about what she had thought his life would be. He’s her first. Any recommendations on how to process this change in her life’s expectations?

— Grandparent

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