Today we're diving into an important conversation: how to understand and support your children when they come out as gay, bisexual, lesbian, or any other sexual identity and/or sexuality.
Dr. Naveen Mehrotra is joining us again for this episode, he is a board-certified pediatrician with a special interest in child development and early intervention. He utilizes his interest in complementary and alternative medicine to bring an integrated approach to improving a child's health.
In this encore episode from April 2021, we'll talk about what to say to your children when they open up and come to you with this announcement, what NOT to say, and how we can help families come together and discuss this.
Your Child Comes Out To You, What Happens Next?
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He was born in India and raised in Liberia before he moved to the United States. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna cum Laude at SUNY at Stony Brook where he also went on to obtain his medical degree. He completed his three-year residency in general pediatrics and a one-year fellowship in neonatology at the University of Chicago, Wyler Children’s Hospital. After his fellowship, he worked as an attending physician in the Department of Pediatrics at the Staten Island University Hospital and at Raritan Bay Pediatrics in affiliation with Raritan Bay Medical Center before starting this current practice. He is fluent in Hindi and Spanish. He brings his own experience of fatherhood to a son and a daughter to help in the care of his patients by providing first-hand practical advice.
Dr. Naveen Mehrotra
Dr. Naveen Mehrotra is a board-certified pediatrician with a special interest in child development and early Intervention. He utilizes his interest in complementary and alternative medicine to bring an integrated approach to improving a child's health.He was born in India and raised in Liberia before he moved to the United States. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna cum Laude at SUNY at Stony Brook where he also went on to obtain his medical degree. He completed his three-year residency in general pediatrics and a one-year fellowship in neonatology at the University of Chicago, Wyler Children’s Hospital. After his fellowship, he worked as an attending physician in the Department of Pediatrics at the Staten Island University Hospital and at Raritan Bay Pediatrics in affiliation with Raritan Bay Medical Center before starting this current practice. He is fluent in Hindi and Spanish. He brings his own experience of fatherhood to a son and a daughter to help in the care of his patients by providing first-hand practical advice.