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First, no one has the power to make you feel awkward. And I really want you to hear me on that. No one has the power to make you feel awkward. Now, if you feel awkward, that does not mean you have done anything wrong. That does not mean there is anything wrong with you.

Stuck in roles/loss of roles. This is one of the bigger problems. Like most adult children, Nora's relationships with her parents are built on different foundations. With her dad, it was about doing stuff together, and these experiences created bonding memories that created they could share; when they weren't doing that, her dad was giving advice.

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This is common. After plowing through those late teen/early adult challenges of getting through education, finding partners, and living independently as an adult, you often reach a place in your life when you are finally more stable, and with that stability comes the opportunity to look back at your childhood. For some, this brings appreciation, but for many, it stirs resentment as they struggle to reconcile their past relationship with their current feelings. Some become angry and literally cut their parents off, while others pull back.

This week Sanjay is joined by Lisa Parkins, Lisa is a journalist and YouTube vlogger also known as Teddy Has Two Mams, she can also be found posting pictures of messy kids on Instagram. Her words not mine! We chat about her life as parent to two young children, dealing with awkward conversations and coming out as a parent, the different reaction gay dads get vs gay mums, talking to children about Pride and how to ensure they have diverse role models and representation in their lives.

The Proud Parent Club is the inclusive LGBTQ+ parenting podcast and community hosted by Sanjay Sood-Smith, gay dad through surrogacy with his husband Doug, a.k.a. The Travelling Gays. Subscribe for reminders of each LGBT parenting podcast out weekly and follow us on Instagram. Whether you are an LGBT parent or lesbian, gay, bi or trans future parent there will be something for you.

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Asking parents for money can be an awkward conversation. Wall Street Journal personal finance reporter Veronica Dagher joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss what to consider before hitting up Mom and Dad, and reasons why asking parents for money may not be a good idea.

Loneliness 2.0

One of our most popular episodes is our first episode on Loneliness. But many of our episodes center around this feeling, and This Teenage Life basically exists so that we can authentically connect with ourselves, each other, and the natural world in service to feel less alone in the universe.

In this episode, the teens reflect on what loneliness feels like for them and how they deal with it. We explore this topic with science journalist and Radiolab senior correspondent, Molly Webster. Molly just published a children's book that touches on this topic called Little Black Hole, which you can order here!

Social Anxiety

Many of us struggle with social awkwardness and anxiety about social interactions. In this episode, inspired by listener emails, we discuss our relationship to social anxiety and how we deal with it.

Unsure where to start? Our introduction to Asking The Awkward helps you to prepare for regular conversations with your child about online relationships and related topics. It also offers advice on how to keep conversations positive and what to do if your child tells you something that worries you.

The American Psychological Association developed a tip sheet for navigating politically charged conversations that can be applied to any type of awkward or polarizing exchange. Their advice includes the following pointers:

There was some hubbub on TV Twitter last week about \u201Cbottle episodes,\u201D after a Vanity Fair review of the Nebraska-centered Better Call Saul episode \u201CNippy\u201D came right up to the brink of applying that term to an hour of TV shot in multiple locations, at a budget at least equal to or perhaps even surpassing a typical BCS episode \u2014 which, by definition, would take the \u201Cbottle\u201D off the table. What the author really meant is that \u201CNippy\u201D is a \u201Cstandalone\u201D episode, with an unusual setting and story. But ever since casual television fans, thanks in large part to Community, learned about the existence of bottle episodes, there seems to be some strange rush to tout new examples. (Case in point: The Ringer\u2019s 2020 list of Best Bottle Episodes, which includes hours of TV that don\u2019t really belong.)

We hope that this spring at your dance studio brings nothing but happy, supportive parents! BUT just in case, keep these tips in your back pocket. Learning how to deal with angry parents at your dance studio is a part of growing as a leader.

Jase: Especially nowadays. I honestly think even before, it was more true than people admitted because there's, again, a lot of the stigma and associations with it. Anyway, the point here is that there are already plenty of ways to date around and see who's good for you if that's what you're looking for, and non-monogamy, where you're doing it intentionally actually takes a lot of commitment. It takes a lot of willingness to have really honest and vulnerable conversations with your partners.

Emily: We're back. Now, the three of us have been doing this podcast for over nine years now, and during that time, we've heard just a ton of stories about people coming out to their family, to their friends, to people at work on the internet. Throughout that time, we've seen some common themes come up about their experiences, how they wished it went, things that they took away from that experience, how things went really well in some instances, or it took their parents or their loved ones a lot of time to finally come to terms with or be okay with them coming out. We wanted to share some of the common themes that came up throughout all of these different stories that people had.

I love hearing from our listeners that their parents have, over time, or their friends, over time, have said, "This person that came out is so much happier, so much freer, so much more themselves now that they're living in this non-monogamous lifestyle that makes them feel like they are fully who they are, who they were meant to be," and I think that's huge. That may be something that you experience over time as well with this person who just came out to you.

Remember, as Jay said, there's still a lot of stigma, there's still a lot of misunderstanding, there's still a lot of labor and effort that has to go into being out and having conversations about these things. Ultimately, this is information about their personal life. Let them be the ones to help lead how open they're going to be with other family members, with friends, with your friends. Along those lines, it's important to make sure that you don't accidentally out your loved one to somebody else. Don't go and post about it on social media.

Emily: We have heard from some people, however, that being out as much as possible is a way of them living as authentically as possible so they may encourage you, "Yes, tell everyone, go for it. I don't care." You may have to gauge your own levels of comfortability in terms of being out. You may not want to go tell your pastor about it if that's going to lead to some awkward conversations or some discrimination or something along those lines. I think it is personal on your part if you are being told, "Yes, go tell the world, go for it," but if you're not, then definitely be respectful to your loved one's wishes because there may be some issues with them coming out, especially if you live in a more conservative area.

Where, "Cool, I came for Thanksgiving and all I've had to do is explain myself to all these family members that I wasn't ready to have this conversation with or just didn't feel was important enough to." Just have those conversations and really realize how important it is that you are someone in this inner circle of trust and that you can work together with your loved one to help support them here.

Now I'm sharing in love with a partner and three wonderful children, and while I do not have kids of my own, my mom has taken up the role of honorary grandma with joy and excitement. I look at many of my queer polyamorous peers whose parents have rejected them and I'm heartbroken. It seems to me that many parents of queer or polyamorous kids would rather harden their hearts than receive the wellspring of joy in front of them. I hope one day their hearts can soften. It's with that perspective that I look at my mom and I realize how lucky I am. I wanted to ask her to provide her perspective on my being polyamorous with the podcast, so here are her words." 006ab0faaa