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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Absolutely tragic, and utterly predictable that this is exactly what would happen. Here's a post I made from over a year ago about this exact scenario:
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It’s just so sad.
And a reminder to all those parents who trotted out the line “Well, I have a right/want to know what’s happening at school”: If you’re a good parent, you have nothing to worry about. You never did. Supporting policies that do direct, measurable harm to children by removing safe spaces and places where your children can feel comfortable in their own skin and feel love and acceptance to mask your shortcomings as a parent is repulsive.
If you’re worried that your child is going through something they aren’t open or honest with you about, don’t seek to harm them and other children as a response. Look inward and figure out why that is. The problem was never supportive schools, teachers, guidance councillors, GSAs, or children getting called their preferred name. The problem is and always was parents. And through your own selfishness, you helped dismantle one of the few reprieves many LGBTQ children have.
Maybe the student Big Chill mentioned could have been saved. But you’d rather children commit suicide than face your own shortcomings as a parent.