Comments on Parents Behaving Badly

But, absent the underlying political point that you are trying to make with the ECDAMAF posts, what is the point of a theme like parentsbehavingbadly.com, exactly? It's just a sort of child cruelty porn.

"theme" = "site with a theme"

I believe the point is to demonstrate the extent to which parents suck. Ask any school teacher, they'll tell you.

Dan, did you read those comments? An alarming number of people are quite ambivalent about the girl's bisexuality, and even suggest it's tragic not because she could've been "treated" for her "problem."

One guy asks, "Isn't it illegal for her to be sexually active?" Because you know, being bisexual can't possibly just mean you have romantic feelings for both sexes. Others question whether she was even really bisexual; maybe it was just a stage! I mean, only straight people know for sure at that age.

Er, *because* she could've been treated. Sorry.

There are a couple posts in the comments of that teen suicide article - by people who seem to actually know the family in question - that seem to indicate the details are not so cut and dried.

But yeah, the people talking about therapy and how could she know she was bi and the legality of her being sexually active (?) are ridiculous.

terrifying and sick and why as a single parent I refuse to let anyone in to my life and my home where they could hurt my kid. It makes me very frightened of the crazy people out there and the danger it puts us in.

Thank gawd I'm tragically barren, and gay.

There were a number of heartbreaking abuse stories in this month's The Sun (the literary mag)-- just like, story after story. The whole issue was about addiction and child abuse. Twas really awful to read and reminded me what a bubble I live in most of the time.

I'm not sure it is ridiclouse for a parent to question a child if they announce they are bisexual at 14 years old. Feelings are something that are ok but to announce that you know this at 14 would be something I would want my daughter to take time to decide and I would not want her active at 14 either. I know crushes happen and I had a few girl crushes when I was young but I'm straight. To say you know who you are sexually at 14 should be questioned in a loving, caring accepting way.

The tragedy is that her parents rejected her and threw her out of the house. I have a teen girl and under no circumstances can I imagine throwing her out of the house.
I'm not big on this tough love idea! At 14 you are still a child and need to be at home or somewhere safe not the street and NOBODY SHOULD REJECT A CHILD FOR EXPLORING IDEAS...

I did not go to the link because I teared up just reading the girl was thrown out and then killed herself.

Once again: hooking a fish in the face with a steel barb requires a fishing license: $25; shooting a defenseless deer in the wood with a 30/30 rifle requires a hunting license: $100; spawning indiscriminately, procreating irresponsibly and treating the progeny therefrom worse than Nazi lab animals requires no license: priceless. To enter the nation of Unqualified Breeders, no VISA required.

What a nice lunchtime pick-me-up. Ugh.

A license to have children? George W doesn't even think children need health insurance coverage, and public education is an underfunded disaster. Let's not pretend that this country as a whole isn't neglecting its children.

As a parent, you should be questioning (constructively) and guiding your children, yes, but not specifically because of a claim of bisexuality. Pretty much EVERY kid at that age -- hetero, gay, bi -- are confused, unsure, or scared about their sexuality.

That's one of the main things I resent about those comments ... the implication that straight kids need guidance only in whether they have sex or not, but bisexual (or gay) kids need additional guidance about who they have sex with as well. Few people ever say, "Is your kid SURE he's straight? He's pretty young. Maybe he's just experimenting."

All these kids need to hear is that they should be sure about what they want, and that they should be smart and careful. Getting too specific only casts judgment on their choices.

@14

The laws of probability.

The real doozie is the bar at the top of the website provided by b5 media, asking us: "Enjoying this blog? Check out the rest of the Family & Relationships Channel."