Truth! But... this write-up... kinda makes me want to watch it? And MST3K the shit out of it? When it comes out on cable, of course.

It’s not just you. They stopped showing up yesterday. I’ve been trying to give several authors notices. It hurts the comment sections by eliminating any new commenters.

Awe, thank you. He’s not the problem. Society is.

High school social worker here. Lockouts are considered neglect by Child Protective Services. Now that he is back home, I’m not sure that they will investigate (they are horribly overloaded with cases) but it might be worth making the call so that it is at least documented. It also would not be weird at all for you to…

There is a young man in my neighborhood who we met through a friend of a friend when I needed help with weeding and maintaining my garden after I was in an accident. He was 14 and too young for a real job when he started coming over and putting the trash out, keeping the yard tidy, etc. He started coming over more…

I have worried about him for years. Last year he missed eleven weeks of school because of depression.

Tell him that. Tell him how his parents were wrong and how he is strong for sticking to his beliefs. You are making a huge difference in his life, just by offering him safety and being a person who cares. Just having one adult who cares for you and can give you a safe space is hugely psychologically important.

I took in a few “kicked out” teens when my kids were younger. Giving him a safe, accepting place is the best thing you can do for him so good on you for that.

What do you say to these people when they ask you that? I’m definitely not a Christian, but in your position I would be so furious I don’t what I would say or do if someone asked me an equivalent question, as an extremely proud parent of a gay son who trusted me enough to come out to me when he was 12.

I have no words of comfort and little to offer but this. My husband and I are Christian. Our son is gay. Other so called Christians ask me how we can stand having a gay son. Very well, thank you. He’s a hell of a kid. Better than most of these faux Christians. I am proud as all get out for my son.

With missing that much school, you have some solid grounds to alerting child welfare services to his home life and then he might get some help.

Our local foster center has quite a few kids who were kicked out because they’re gay. A friend of mine is considering becoming a foster mom because she’s so sad about the nonsense of it all.

I hesitate to say you should get CPS involved, but honestly, you may want to at least speak to a school counselor about him. He’s missed a ton of school, his parents have kicked him out, and he’s obviously having a tough time. You can at least let them know your concerns. I’m sorry you’re dealing with this, feeling…

Man oh man. The fact that he has you demonstrates more love and grace than his family of origin, for sure.

What kind of pond scum kicks their own kid to the curb? I’m a petty bitch so i would let their priest know how these good Catholics are behaving. Child abandonment is a crime, the parents should be forced to pay child support.

Bless you for taking him in. If it continues long term, all of you will need to think about legal stuff like insurance and guardianship/official foster parenting or even emancipation. Hopefully, his family will come to their senses before then.

I don’t know what you can or are committing to, but you’re an angel for letting him stay for now.

I was kicked out at 16. I wish that someone had phrased it that way at the time because I didn’t actually cut my family off until I was 33 and they managed to fuck me up even more in the intervening years. Teach him life skills.

If anyone has advice to help him, let me know.

Just an update because a lot of you were super supportive last year when my daughter was having serious issues with her mental illness: school has started, she’s a freshman this year and she’s doing so damn well! She’s even in pep squad which has taken us all by surprise, but fuck it! She loves it so we figure it’s…