«Help, should my lesbian daughter take her girlfriend to the family party?»

Our 16-year-old daughter has fallen in love with a young woman and now wants to bring her to a family party. I am in favour of this, but my 78-year-old mother is terribly upset - she doesn't approve of seeing our daughter with a homosexual partner. What should I do?

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Our team of experts:
Nicole Althaus, 49, is editor-in-chief of magazines and a member of the editorial board of "NZZ am Sonntag", columnist and author. She initiated and managed the mum blog on "Tagesanzeiger.ch" and was editor-in-chief of "wir eltern". Nicole Althaus is the mother of two children aged 18 and 14.
Stefanie Rietzler is a psychologist, author ("Clever lernen", "Erfolgreich lernen mit ADHS") and runs the Academy for Learning Coaching in Zurich.
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Peter Schneider, 59, works as a psychoanalyst and columnist in Zurich. Until 2017, he was Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology in Bremen; he currently teaches the history and theory of psychoanalysis in Berlin.

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