Some Jamaican Parents have it so hard. Do you know what it is like to raise your child with all the values that you received as child only to have your child scoff a them.
For example a parent that has never smoked or drank no is talking to a rebellious teenager who both smokes and drinks.
Better yet, which might be more common the child that you slaved to ensure that they had better opportunities than you have does not want to go to college becuase of peer influence.
Parenting is no easy task and lots of times the children challenge every wit moral and standard you have.
I have heard of parents that said if their child ever come home gay they would kill them.
Saying it is one thing, but living it out is a total other tory.
Remember these are the kids that you watched grow up. These same kids that you fed your food clothed with your clothes slept in your bed for years.
To suddenly and perfectly abandons them is out of the question. Not because your are not feeling hurt, but because ultimately what would abandoning them do?
Is there hope that they will stop the behavior when the only good in their life has left them tot he mercy of the world.
It is one thing for parents to have that challenge in America where the lifestyle is not just tolerated but legal.
Now Jamaica is probably dubbed the most homophobic place in all the world. Now consider the quandry that Jamaican parents find themselves in when their child comes out and says that they are gay.
A parent's world is turned upside down after such a confession. Life finance don't make sense after that...
What do you think?
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