When the son admits the homosexuality, difficult quietly and adequately to react. But it is necessary to behave correctly not to lose with him trusting relationship.
The first reaction to recognition
For a start be convinced that understood the son correctly. If he is young and owing to the age has no experience in the relations, it is possible that he shared with you the doubts and reflections tormenting him. Or he set for himself the task to shock parents. At the age of 13–15 years the formation of mentality is well under way. At such early age not always the teenager is independently capable to draw the correct conclusions and to understand own desires and thoughts. For parents the preservation in family of psychological comfort becomes an important task during this period. That the child understood that at any time and with any problems he can address mother and the father.
Parents who lack own forces for adequate perception of similar information from the child should resort to the help of the psychologist. The expert will help to think structurally and to cope with negative emotions.
Try, at least at the external level, to react to similar news quietly. Otherwise next time your child will not consider possible to report to you about changes in the life because of elementary fear to cause news your inadequate reaction. It is not necessary to move in this situation on a beaten path of "cleaning of brains" to the child. Try to call him on dialogue why he considers that he became the representative of sexual minority. Does it haveDoes it haveDoes it have already practical experience or he just became interested in this subject? Surely try to understand, than similar interest is caused. At early age the teenagers spontaneously or specially make similar statements to shock the people surrounding them, and actually they are rather far even from a thought of change of sexual orientation.
Try to accept and understand
If with the similar message the adult, performs with the developed life and destiny, then it is more difficult to adopt the similar statement to parents many times. It is necessary to perceive such information step by step. Begin with the fact that the son came with this news. Means, he did not want to be concealed from you and hopes for understanding of you. Take a temporary break to comprehend this message. Try to cope with a stress. And when emotions will leave, continue a conversation with the son in quiet tone. At such age, most likely, to overpersuade the son to return to usual orientation it will not turn out. You should not accuse him and to pull down the relations. He all the same remains your son, and you need to accept it it what it is.