http://smartremarx.com/1296/ask-daily-a-concerned-parent-asks-for-advice/ sharp wit • Smart ReMarx Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:10:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://smartremarx.com/1296/ask-daily-a-concerned-parent-asks-for-advice/comment-page-1/#comment-4509 2xist Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:43:38 +0000 http://smartremarx.com/?p=1296#comment-4509 The increase of secrecy from your son toward you may serve to imply as a possibility that you have intruded upon his right to privacy. You should not be going through your sons room save for a dire emergency. You found a magazine with naked men in it. That in and of itself should reinforce the fact some things are better kept at your sons discretion. The idle assertion of a phantom girlfriend being responsable for bringing the magazine into the house is only surpassed by the erroneous belief that your son is engaging in sexual intercourse with, and will impregnate this phantom girlfriend. Do not exclude the notion that such a magazine is the property of your son. Computer savvy kids and ease of access to comprehensive information regarding gay, lesbian, bisexual, and, transgendered alternate lifestyles are available to our youth at ages younger than ever before. Today’s questioning child is no longer isolated from their peers and often much needed timely support. Your son may have availed himself of this available information at an early age and is now only in such position allowing for self exploration. Your son is soon to be a man; gay, straight, or otherwise. It is soley his choice how he will define himself. I might surmise throughout his childhood you imparted your beliefs, mores, and values. I pray they did not include the vilification, hate, and the estrangement from god of GLBT people. What you should do is allow your son his space and privacy. Meanwhile, a multitude of Guides for Parents of GLBT questioning children is widely available You would do well to read one or more of these very informative books and better understand the inherent issue’s facing those GLBT person(s) and your position on it The increase of secrecy from your son toward you may serve to imply as a possibility that you have intruded upon his right to privacy. You should not be going through your sons room save for a dire emergency. You found a magazine with naked men in it. That in and of itself should reinforce the fact some things are better kept at your sons discretion. The idle assertion of a phantom girlfriend being responsable for bringing the magazine into the house is only surpassed by the erroneous belief that your son is engaging in sexual intercourse with, and will impregnate this phantom girlfriend. Do not exclude the notion that such a magazine is the property of your son. Computer savvy kids and ease of access to comprehensive information regarding gay, lesbian, bisexual, and, transgendered alternate lifestyles are available to our youth at ages younger than ever before. Today’s questioning child is no longer isolated from their peers and often much needed timely support. Your son may have availed himself of this available information at an early age and is now only in such position allowing for self exploration. Your son is soon to be a man; gay, straight, or otherwise. It is soley his choice how he will define himself. I might
surmise throughout his childhood you imparted your beliefs, mores, and values. I pray they did not include the vilification, hate, and the estrangement from god of GLBT people. What you should do is allow your son his space and privacy. Meanwhile, a multitude of Guides for Parents of GLBT questioning children is widely available You would do well to read one or more of these very informative books and better understand the inherent issue’s facing those GLBT person(s) and your position on it

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