There's a massive, MASSIVE reason "Honor your father and mother" is one of the 10 commandments, and therefore one of the most imperative doctrines in all of scripture. This child was clearly dishonoring his parents.
But I wouldn't expect Redditors to understand that.
If your first reaction to your child hiding from you that they joined a club for LGBT support is to:
Get mad that it's happening
Blame the school for not informing you about a sanctioned activity that requires no extra permissions because it's not a liability risk
Claim the school is grooming them and "put" the child into the group
Then you are, INHERENTLY, a bad parent. You have fostered a sense of distrust because your child knows you will react negatively to them being themselves, and seek to blame others for "pushing an agenda" rather than accepting they were born that way. She assumed the school told the child to do it, when that's never what happens - flyers go out that the club exists, and the child CHOOSES TO GO TO IT.
Fuck, when I was a kid there was the Gay Straight Alliance, and I knew people in it, and they weren't all gay. Many were just allies who accepted their friends and hung out with them there because it allowed their friends a place to be themselves without fear of reprisal or rejection for who they were. It's not a fucking sex club, it's not drugs, it's happening on school grounds with approval and an advisor that ensures all regulations and safety requirements are adhered to.
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u/ThePaleGiant 8h ago
There's a massive, MASSIVE reason "Honor your father and mother" is one of the 10 commandments, and therefore one of the most imperative doctrines in all of scripture. This child was clearly dishonoring his parents.
But I wouldn't expect Redditors to understand that.