Newsletter Themes: this week’s Substack will be in two parts; you will receive the second part on Monday. Part I: the violence of decolonisation, how to defend family autonomy, and conversion therapy.
A parent of a new high schooler told me a story of her son who started hanging with a group of friends who seemed to be ‘more into’ the LGBT stuff then her son had been exposed to previously. She said ‘I don’t really care what kind of relationship my son has when he grows up (ie gay/straight), but I started to feel as though one girl in particular was pressuring him to identify into being gay. All the sudden my happy boy started talking about ‘being gay’. It’s not that I cared about this but that it was coming from peer influence not his feelings. (Which were still immature). I was concerned he was going to be pressured into experiences he didn’t want and certainly wasn’t emotionally ready to handle’. The Mum made him cut contact with this group got him involved in different activities and things. All the sudden he was her content boy again speaking on boyish things. Parents are the best at seeing what is best for their kids and acting accordingly. This Mum didn’t care if her son grew up to be gay or straight but that he was being forced to adopt something before he was ready. There are so many issues around this.
A parent of a new high schooler told me a story of her son who started hanging with a group of friends who seemed to be ‘more into’ the LGBT stuff then her son had been exposed to previously. She said ‘I don’t really care what kind of relationship my son has when he grows up (ie gay/straight), but I started to feel as though one girl in particular was pressuring him to identify into being gay. All the sudden my happy boy started talking about ‘being gay’. It’s not that I cared about this but that it was coming from peer influence not his feelings. (Which were still immature). I was concerned he was going to be pressured into experiences he didn’t want and certainly wasn’t emotionally ready to handle’. The Mum made him cut contact with this group got him involved in different activities and things. All the sudden he was her content boy again speaking on boyish things. Parents are the best at seeing what is best for their kids and acting accordingly. This Mum didn’t care if her son grew up to be gay or straight but that he was being forced to adopt something before he was ready. There are so many issues around this.