(disclaimer: I'm straight but I suffered from the nerd bullying from ages 5 to 14) So, not to dump on this idea, but I heard this again and again when I was a

(disclaimer: I'm straight but I suffered from the nerd bullying from ages 5 to 14) So, not to dump on this idea, but I heard this again and again when I was a kid. It didn't really help me feel better. My position was "That's fine, but life really sucks now" When you say to a 7 year old "it gets better when you're 14" you're saying that he has to go through a whole second lifetime of suffering before he gets out. That's not helpful. Better to say "It gets better when you're older and here's why. And here's how you can get some of those things early. Here's how you can find a healthy community now, which will help now." Although to be fair, I'm sure Dan Savage et. al. would completely agree, and be the first to offer that kind of advice.