True. In the case linked to, for instance, the decision to pull the kid out of therapy was probably a bad one, or at least it incurred culpability compared to handing it all to the therapist and hoping for the best. If we had known that she actually did get that far, and not found him another authorized therapist, I'd blame her for that. But not for wanting him to repress his sexuality. She has every right to disagree with her son on that, just like two of my personal friends were thrown out from their homes for refusing to give up Christianity. Sometimes parents and teenagers just cannot reach an agreement on subjects that cause intense emotion. This is a sad facet of life, but does not somehow cause a suicide to become a murder.
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Date: 2007-01-31 07:31 pm (UTC)