Everything you say is absolutely right. I do want to make sure that you’re aware that a huge portion of parents are NOT onboard with this. Our teens have been indoctrinated into a cult-like belief system that we never saw coming. Are there things I would do differently if I could go back in time, knowing what I know now? Most definitely. Does that mean I am pushing for this out of homophobia, or to punish my child for being different? Never. I had a beautiful, clever, unique, creative, amazing little girl. She turned 14 and decided to throw herself away and become someone else, to live her life as a performance of a character she invented. To eliminate her authentic self. I could never be ok with that, and there are thousands and thousands of distraught parents just like me. We didn’t ask for this. But how can you control what a teenager thinks and feels? In 2 months she will be a legal adult and I will have even less control over her actions.
Everything you say is absolutely right. I do want to make sure that you’re aware that a huge portion of parents are NOT onboard with this. Our teens have been indoctrinated into a cult-like belief system that we never saw coming. Are there things I would do differently if I could go back in time, knowing what I know now? Most definitely. Does that mean I am pushing for this out of homophobia, or to punish my child for being different? Never. I had a beautiful, clever, unique, creative, amazing little girl. She turned 14 and decided to throw herself away and become someone else, to live her life as a performance of a character she invented. To eliminate her authentic self. I could never be ok with that, and there are thousands and thousands of distraught parents just like me. We didn’t ask for this. But how can you control what a teenager thinks and feels? In 2 months she will be a legal adult and I will have even less control over her actions.