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Are you wondering how to help your LGBTQ teen enjoy Pride safely without turning every conversation into a lecture?

Pride events can be joyful, affirming, and life-changing for LGBTQ teens, but they can also be overwhelming, emotional, crowded, and unpredictable. Many parents want to support their child’s experience while also making sure they’re prepared and safe. In this episode, Heather shares practical Pride checklists for preteens, teens, and young adults so parents can approach Pride season with confidence, trust, and meaningful LGBTQ allyship.

In this episode, you’ll learn how to:

• Prepare LGBTQ teens and young adults for Pride events with age-appropriate safety, planning, and emotional support
• Build trust through conversations about social media, online safety, consent, and personal boundaries
• Create Pride experiences that foster connection, confidence, belonging, and authentic LGBTQ allyship

Press play to get the ultimate Pride preparation guide and discover how parents can support LGBTQ teens with confidence, compassion, and practical allyship this Pride season.

Hi, I’m Heather Hester, and I’m so glad you’re here!

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At the heart of my work is a deep commitment to compassion, authenticity, and transformative allyship, especially for those navigating the complexities of parenting LGBTQ kids. Through this podcast, speaking, my writing, and the spaces I create, I help people unlearn bias, embrace their full humanity, and grow their capacity for courageous connection.

For parents, allies, and those pioneering a way to lead with love and kindness, I’m here with true, messy, and heartwarming stories, real tools, and grounding support to help you move from fear to fierce, informed action.

Whether you’re listening in, working with me directly, or quietly taking it all in, I see you. And I’m so glad you’re on this journey with me.

More Human. More Kind. formerly Just Breathe: Parenting Your LGBTQ Teen is a safe and supportive podcast in a heartfelt and empowering space where a mom and advocate offers the wisdom of lived experience and practical guidance and education to parents and allies, teaching empathy, kindness, love, and strong boundaries