How can I make her stop?
We live in a small, conservative town even though my family is fairly liberal; my husband and I grew up here, and our entire extended family is here. We don’t have a large friend group or social circle—we always knew we had political differences of opinion with our neighbors—but we mainly had our kids interact with their cousins/extended family, and of course, encouraged our kids to build relationships with kids who are different from them.This was fine until the past two-ish years.
Basically, we feel stuck in a situation that’s emotionally and physically unsafe for our child, and we don’t know what else to do.We sent Bo to a gender-affirming summer camp this past summer and they loved it. They flourished! It’s clear Bo needs to live in a different place. But we absolutely cannot afford that. How can we keep Bo safe and happy if we’re stuck in this transphobic town? Bo is 14, so waiting it out is unlikely to be sustainable—we’ll be here for at least four more years.
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