The judgmental and offensive responses to this question are overwhelming. I read only a couple of rational and fair-minded responses and I apologize (to the OP) for those who felt it necessary to judge you by name calling without knowing you. But recognize that this subject is a hot button question, which causes otherwise rational people to lose their sensibilities when they here what you did. I don’t know under what circumstances this all came about with your son? And I won’t presume to judge you. What I do know is that you are obviously not the tyrannical and heartless parent that many respondents are painting you to be, otherwise why are you so worried and concerned over your son's safety?
What I will tell you is that you did have an ill-conceived …show more content…
If you want to keep the relationship with your son you will need to find a way to work through your judgments and …show more content…
LGBT children are at risk because they’re a minority at school, and professional educators generally have very little experience working with LGBT children. Society is slowly changing; however, progress in dealing with LGBT children is often complemented with much backlash. Here are some statistics that you would benefit from learning about your son.
• Depression strikes LGB youth 4-5 times more severely than their heterosexual peers (Timmelman, T.L., 1990)
• 97% of high school students report hearing homophobic remarks regularly from peers (“Making Schools Safe for Gay and Lesbian Youth: Report of the Massachusetts Governor’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth,” 1993)
• LGB youth is 2-3 times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers (Rotheram-Borus, M., Hunter, J., & Rosario, M. (1994). Suicidal behavior and gay-related stress among gay and bisexual male adolescents. Journal of adolescent research, 9 (4), 498-508.
• 82.9% of LGBT youth reported that faculty never intervened or intervened only some of the time when present and homophobic remarks were made in school (GLSEN, The 2003 National School Climate
What I will tell you is that you did have an ill-conceived …show more content…
If you want to keep the relationship with your son you will need to find a way to work through your judgments and …show more content…
LGBT children are at risk because they’re a minority at school, and professional educators generally have very little experience working with LGBT children. Society is slowly changing; however, progress in dealing with LGBT children is often complemented with much backlash. Here are some statistics that you would benefit from learning about your son.
• Depression strikes LGB youth 4-5 times more severely than their heterosexual peers (Timmelman, T.L., 1990)
• 97% of high school students report hearing homophobic remarks regularly from peers (“Making Schools Safe for Gay and Lesbian Youth: Report of the Massachusetts Governor’s Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth,” 1993)
• LGB youth is 2-3 times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual peers (Rotheram-Borus, M., Hunter, J., & Rosario, M. (1994). Suicidal behavior and gay-related stress among gay and bisexual male adolescents. Journal of adolescent research, 9 (4), 498-508.
• 82.9% of LGBT youth reported that faculty never intervened or intervened only some of the time when present and homophobic remarks were made in school (GLSEN, The 2003 National School Climate