Anecdotally, I have seen that the biggest threat to one’s conservative sexual ethic is their child either “coming out” or embracing a modern sexual ideology.
We parents make our kids our idols. We can’t stand the fact that they might be in unrepentant sin and blind to truth. And there is a real pressure to be liked by them and culturally “in the right.”
I have worked with Christopher Hays and appreciated Richard’s earlier work. This book breaks my heart.
Same here.
Anecdotally, I have seen that the biggest threat to one’s conservative sexual ethic is their child either “coming out” or embracing a modern sexual ideology.
We parents make our kids our idols. We can’t stand the fact that they might be in unrepentant sin and blind to truth. And there is a real pressure to be liked by them and culturally “in the right.”
I wonder how much of that if any is in play here?
I don't know if that applies here, but I've seen the same in other cases.