Heroic mother? More like self-proclaimed victim!
I’ve seen a few people post this link (see source) on Facebook today applauding this heroic mother for standing up to other mothers for criticizing her son’s Halloween costume choice: Daphne from Scooby Doo. She also claims that her son is gay.
Here are a couple of quotes explaining her son’s obvious hesitation.
“Then as we got closer to the actual day, he [started] to hem and haw about it. After some discussion it comes out that he is afraid people will laugh at him.”
“Boo doesn’t want to get out of the car. He’s afraid of what people will say and do to him. I convince him to go inside.”
Instead of listening to her son and taking his feelings into account, she eventually exploits her son at his preschool for the purpose of proving her point! She wants to claim naiveté by asking “WHO WOULD MAKE FUN OF A CHILD IN A COSTUME ON HALLOWEEN?” Maybe she is completely clueless. I’m not sure, but I’m not buying the act for a second.
My question is: How does this help the son?
If the story so far isn’t absurd enough, she follows by playing the victim card! How dare these other mothers answer honestly when she asks them “Doesn’t [Boo] look great?” All of a sudden she’s being bullied by these other mothers when she was the one who started the conversation in the first place.
I don’t know whether to label this as bad parenting, social naiveté, or another sad case of a self-proclaimed victim. One thing I do know, is that the mother is labeling a five year old boy as gay when he probably doesn’t understand the concept. She must not understand that being gay is a sexual orientation and not a lifestyle. At this rate, her son is going to be a closet straight.
(Source: nerdyapplebottom.com)
