Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         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!) As a teacher, it is not your duty to guide Emily psychologically. That would be something that would no be considered in your field. Instead, If I were you, I would tell Emily, that she needs to speak with the counselor and explain her situation. I am confident that the counselor would be able to gather her parents and speak to Emily about the problem. Counselors know how to resolve these kind of issues, She would be able to assist Emily and aid her in coping with her problem,