Saturday Scruples
1. Outside a conference room in a hotel, participants are enjoying sandwiches, coffee, and pastries. You could use some refreshment. Do you help yourself? Probably.. Specially if it’s a LARGE group of people where most of you are strangers to each other.. like some sort of random seminar.
2. It’s a sweltering night and you don’t have air conditioning. Your new neighbors are away and their swimming pool looks inviting. Do you cool off in it? LOL no.. because if i can see their pool from my house, I probably know what they do in their pool.
3. Your teenager nervously confesses that s/he is sexually attracted to his/her own sex. Do you react in a supportive way? Absolutely 100%. Even if as a parent, it went against my OWN morals or personal ideas.. I have seen enough teens/people suffer due to close minded people. For a teenager, acceptance of every possible kind is probably the number 1 goal for them personally. Having your parent support you and accept you, can be the make or break for some young people’s lives. If I was a parent, I would never willingly hurt my child, and if it was a situation where I needed to rethink things or just accept ideas for the sake of my child’s health and well being then so be it. With the support and love of a parent, perhaps then the teen can make healthy choices and grow into who they are with more ease.