‘Why are we forgetting to prioritise LGBTQ+ children’s happiness?’
For International Day of Happiness, Amy Ashenden of Just Like Us is encouraging schools to “talk about and celebrate LGBTQIA+ inclusion”.
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Our biggest hope as parents is that our children will grow up happy. That they are happy, healthy, confident individuals who aren’t afraid to be themselves and discover the world around them. That’s certainly the case for me since I became a parent last year.
So why then do so many parents make the damaging assumption that their children will be heterosexual and cisgender? And why do some parents – albeit a minority – think that talking about LGBTQIA+ inclusion in school isn’t completely vital to children’s happiness?
Let’s look at the evidence.
