<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Sophia Bush comes out as queer: 'I sort of hate the notion of having to come out in 2024'"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2024/05/02/busy-philipps-adhd-diagnosis/73530852007/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Busy Philipps</a>, like most parents, wants happy, healthy, children. So when her daughter Birdie, 15, came out <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/01/03/busy-philipps-reveals-child-birdie-gay-prefers-they-them-pronouns/4118494001/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">and decided to use they/them pronouns</a> (though has since <a target="_blank" href="https://pagesix.com/2023/12/01/parents/busy-philipps-says-daughter-birdie-back-to-using-she-her-pronouns/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|z|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">switched back to she/her</a>), Philipps didn't miss a beat.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"I love and trust my child," the 44-year-old "Girls 5Eva" actress and late night talk show host said on a recent Zoom call ahead of <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2023/06/01/lgbtq-community-body-dysmorphia-eating-disorders/70267227007/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Pride Month</a>. "And so when my child tells me a thing about themselves, how wonderful that I have information that I didn't have before, and what other job do I have but to support that?"</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Research shows a parent's support is critical for teens in these situations. More than one-third of LGBTQ+ young people who hoped for mental health care but ultimately never got it didn't want to ask for their parent or caregiver's permission, according to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2024/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|z|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">The Trevor Project's 2024 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Young People</a>.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">But Philipps has taken her daughter's lead when it comes to the LGBTQ+ experience: "If your child is telling you that they identify in a way, how can you not support them?"</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">More from Busy Philipps:</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2024/05/02/busy-philipps-adhd-diagnosis/73530852007/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|spike click:6|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Actress talks ADHD diagnosis, being labeled as 'ditzy' as a teen: 'I'm actually not at all'</a></p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img gnt_em_img__inset"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:450px" fetchpriority="high" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/01/09/USAT/72159170007-gty-1918418202.jpg?width=300&height=450&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/01/09/USAT/72159170007-gty-1918418202.jpg?width=600&height=900&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="Busy Philipps (left), like most parents, wants happy, healthy, children. So when her daughter Birdie, 15 (right), came out as gay, Philipps didn't miss a beat."/></figure><h2 class="gnt_ar_b_h2">'Your kids are figuring out who they are'</h2><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Philipps suggests parents center their child's experience, not their own, when it comes to discovering where they may fit on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2023/06/08/coming-out-gay-trans-lgbtq-necessary/70294482007/" rel="noreferrer noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">LGBTQ+ spectrum</a>.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Parents should also practice self-awareness. Just because you consider yourself a "liberal person," for example, doesn't make you immune to...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2024/05/29/busy-philipps-lgbtq-parenting-sophia-bush-pride-month/73531483007/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>