Amber Lavigne

And our relationship for a brief moment in time was definitely strained because of adults that I trusted, which is tough, tough to swallow, I think, for both of us.

as she's inched into her 16th year, which is crazy that she's 16.

But our relationship is great.

We attend a lot of wonderful, you know, performances together and things like that.

We spend a lot of time just trying to connect just she and I. I have two younger children.

Her brothers are nine and 12 years younger than her.

And so I try to spend some time just she and I, because a lot of the stuff that I'm doing with her brothers are things that 16-year-old girls are not interested in.

But yeah, our relationship is great.

Yeah, I've connected with people, honestly, across the world at this point because of this very issue.

I attended a wonderful summit for parents that free psychotherapists across the world put together for parents.

I met approximately 20 to 25 other families who have kids who are going through something similar, and their stories are heartbreaking, to be fair.

It's really...

difficult to hear how impacted parents are because of what's going on with their kids.

And they feel like they can't speak out oftentimes.

So yes, I've had many people, because I've been so vocal, reach out to me.

And I think there are a few things that parents can do to try and

mitigate this from happening with their kids.

First of all, if you can, pull your kids out of public school currently.

I just don't feel like public schools, and I don't blame teachers.

I think there are some amazing teachers out there who don't know how to handle their own morals and values being conflicted with administration telling them that this is how they have to handle things.