Last December, Busy Phillips revealed to the world that her 12-year-old child, Birdie, had come out to her as gay at age 10 and later told her that their pronouns are they/them. While this is becoming more commonplace for many families, it can still be tough for parents to have these conversations with their own kids.
Luckily, Busy recently went on the Betches Moms podcast to share her experience and give some insight into how she’s ensured that her children feel safe enough to come to her to talk openly about things like sex, gender identity and social media. “I think you have to be able to keep your cool with kids so that they feel empowered to come to you,” said the 41-year-old actor. “I feel so lucky that we?ve fostered this environment with this kid where they come to us with everything.” Which is exactly what happened when Busy had to have the sex talk with Birdie when they were only in the second grade. Birdie, who Busy says is very mature for their age, had been learning about DNA at school and asked her a question one morning while they were in the car on the way to the bus stop. “Birdie was like, ?Mom, I don’t get it? if I have your DNA and dad?s DNA, but you grew me inside you, how?d dad?s DNA get in me"?” Busy recalled on the podcast. “So I fully panicked and was like, ?I don?t know, I’ll get back to you on that.? Because I do think that a great thing to know as a parent is that you can always s...