*coughs* Isn't it part of a parents job to be ready for the unpredictable like their child pointing out "Mommy/Daddy, those two boys are holding hands! Why are they doing that?" when they're at the super market checkout. Just as it's part of a parent's job to be prepared for their child developing their ideas, thoughts, and views on what's right and wrong, especially when those views don't coincide with their own. On another note of how hard it is to be a good parent...God was Adam and Eve's father. Look at how they turned out. ;P So, honestly...I think you're just another wave rocking the boat a bit.

Now, to get a little more personal on the issue. My aunt has recently made several comments about how she "disapproves" of the local school system and how they're wanting to move her son ahead a grade when she was talking to my mom and I. She says "My son may be intelligent enough for the next grade but when it comes to mental maturity, he doesn't think like they do or see things like they do.". Meanwhile, I'm sitting there thinking "Well, duh...he's a different person than them. Different people have different strides of progress.". Then she got started about how it really burned her up that some of his classmates started picking on him because of he believes in God and how she really wanted to home school him to avoid negative exposure to such things. I really had to bite my tongue there and walk away from the conversation. My thoughts turned really ugly at that point: "Well, heaven f!@king forbid he encounter views different from his OR your own!" be what crossed my mind. When we came home, my mom voiced the same thing I thought. It's the differences in views, opinions, and ways of thinking that a child encounters that helps them mature and form their own views, thoughts, and opinions. The way my mother put it was "Well, if she does that, then how is he going to be able to adapt to differences in people when he's an adult?".

Now, through out the whole conversation with my aunt, did my mom or I say anything negative to her about what she was saying? No. We respected her rights as a parent who truly loves and cares about her child. Sometimes, it isn't easy to respect those rights. Especially when you KNOW the parent is wrong but it's still their right.