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    You deserve an award for being an excellent parental figure. This is the kind of support kids around the world need more of.

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      You deserve an award for being an excellent parental figure. This is the kind of support kids around the world need more of.

      Iā€™m sorry I donā€™t mean to be combative here, but I absolutely donā€™t. This is the bar for being a parent, not a great parent, just a parent. Backing up your kids is quite literally the least you should be doing.

      So please, I appreciate what youā€™re meaning to do here, yet I donā€™t want that to be how this story reads. I want people to hear that and know thatā€™s what we need to be doing as a bare minimum. Even if youā€™re not a parent, this is basic community stuff. Kids bullying the poor young girl whoā€™s trying to transition? Shut that shit down. Store owner wonā€™t let certain races in? Shut that shit down. Kids feel like they canā€™t be themselves because it ā€˜isnā€™t normalā€™? Shut that shit down.