Comments on: A lesbian couple’s daughter deflects questions about sleeping arrangements. http://familieslikemine.com/2004/10/daughter-deflects-questions/ Official Website for Abigail Garner's Book Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:47:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Rosalyn L Forrester http://familieslikemine.com/2004/10/daughter-deflects-questions/#comment-41 Rosalyn L Forrester Wed, 29 Mar 2006 04:39:32 +0000 http://familieslikemine.com/2004/10/daughter-deflects-questions/#comment-41 There are what seems to be a couple of things going on here. The daughter is 10, some children experiance maturing faster then others and right now she just may not have a comfort level about the whole thing, especially if she is straight. Having read the role playing idea, I think what may be better is for them to ask the daughter why she felt she had to say what she did. The parents may suggest another way to answer the friend's questions. A perfect one would be to turn the question back by the daughter asking them what they think.( do they?) Or is to ask if their parents sleep in the same room or bed. But I sense there is some sort of non comfort level happening for the daughter in this case. There are what seems to be a couple of things going on here. The daughter is 10, some children experiance maturing faster then others and right now she just may not have a comfort level about the whole thing, especially if she is straight.

Having read the role playing idea, I think what may be better is for them to ask the daughter why she felt she had to say what she did. The parents may suggest another way to answer the friend’s questions. A perfect one would be to turn the question back by the daughter asking them what they think.( do they?) Or is to ask if their parents sleep in the same room or bed.

But I sense there is some sort of non comfort level happening for the daughter in this case.

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