There’s a difference between teaching him fear and teaching him awareness. One will cause him to draw inward, the other will allow him to walk the world with educated courage. So teach him to be mindful. Teach him to be careful. Teach him to understand his surroundings and his positionality in the world. But don’t teach him his identity is something to fear, something he should worry about. Teaching a child to fear being themself is not going to bring them joy or emotional safety; it’ll likely bring the opposite. The best thing you can do is create safety at home—the world is going to be mean
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