Which is what I asked in the original post where you got this comment from.
It’s turned into a bigger rainbow issue because these types of things are happening during pride events.
I don’t know of any other special day, parade, event etc around Cedar Rapids or Iowa city where strip shows are taking place out in the public and kids are giving them money. Do you?
It is very much a parent issue. In the situation I’m am talking about, this parent issue very much pushing this on her kids. Even if the kid wanted to participate in giving money to these types of performers, she should be telling them no, instead she’s encouraging it and posting it for everyone to see.
I couldn’t imagine the backlash I would receive if I took a child to a strip club and was taking photos/videos of my child giving money to dancers on stage even if they still had a top and bottom on.
Thats the double standard going on here. It’s more of the need to “push/grooming” a child into thinking this way and that it’s normal when it is far from normal.
I hate to break it to you, but ALL parents are groomers. We "groom" our kids into our beliefs, morals, ideals, etc. We take our son to church, send him to faith-based youth summer camps, and raise him based on our Christian values. To take it a step further, I've been taking my son to the FSU booster club for games since he was 7. Today, at 13, he considers himself a Christian and a YUGE Nole. Now, I will say he's starting to find his own path in certain areas and with regards to sports told me he didn't want to be a Bucs fan just because I was, so he's a Texans fan. Let's say, I was an Budhist, and a tennis fan...what are the odds my son would share the same views?
Sure, that's [the sports stuff] pretty infintessimal in the grand scheme of life, but our kids will find their own way and have to determine right, wrong, et al. as they become adults. Some of what we taught him will stick, others he'll discard...just like us with our parents.
Personally, while I do find it sad depending on the circumstances, I have a hard enough time raising my three kids (daughers are adults now) to be overly concerned with what other parents are doing. Where I typically get involved (my line, so to speak), is when my parenting choices are removed from my control.