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Case: Her Parents or Her Boyfriend As a high school teacher, somehow I always hated when students opened up to me and shared with me things that they could not share with anyone else. It was one of those things again when Emily, a White 11th grader, wanted to talk to me. She said she wanted to talk to me about something important and that she needed my help. I am a caring teacher, so I listened. She has been dating an African American student named Willy and she is really in love with him. Willy loves her too. They want to go to the same college and get married after graduating. The problem is Emily has not been able to tell her family about this relationship. She said that her father is not very fond of Black people, and that there is no way he would approve this relationship. She asked me to talk to her parents. I told her that I could not do it. She, then said, she would either kill herself or run away from her house if somebody did not convince her parents. I have to do something, but what? Please advice. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) You need to speak with a counselor and whether you are there is up to you, but there is a reason she wanted to tell you. She needs an outlet for her problems and obviously can't share with her parents. It is not your job to tell the parents about this situation Emily needs to do that if she wants them to see that she wants the boy to be in her life. She should not be ashamed and I think her parents will come around in time as long as the boy has good intentions with their daughter. |
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