Please follow on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest. I think we should tuck it away and not bring it out unless it’s a history lesson.” Compassion is compassion - there are people hurting over this image. “To be flying this flag, it’s going to bring out pain. “The people in our area are very sheltered, and I think they don’t truly grasp that there are people out there who are still feeling the pain of slavery,” she says. The biggest lesson this mother hopes all the students in the picture will learn is compassion. “It was supposed to be a picture that would remain private, but that’s not how social media works, so repercussions will probably happen.” “But the social repercussions - if a college doesn’t accept him or he’s not allowed to graduate - I won’t fight that,” she says. Performing a community service project, making an apology, and doing something kind for are ways to try and repair a little bit of the damage that may have been done.”Īs for her child’s punishment, the mother whom Yahoo Parenting spoke with says she’s still deciding. “If possible, help your teen make amends. Discuss what factors led to that poor choice, and develop a plan to prevent something like that from happening again,” she says. “If your teen makes a mistake, it’s essential that you turn it into a learning opportunity. Once a questionable decision is made, it’s important that parents try to make the best of a bad situation. “So it’s no wonder that the teens, who were probably really excited about prom, struggled to think clearly enough to recognize their poor choices.” When we’re feeling excited, we’re more likely to overlook the risks we’re taking,” she tells Yahoo Parenting. “Parents should warn kids about times when they’re most at-risk of getting caught up in the moment and making a bad choice. Amy Morin, a psychotherapist and author of 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do, says the excitement of the prom might have made these students especially prone to peer pressure. Like her son’s date, this mother believes peer pressure played a big part in her son’s poor decision making. “My son has helped me out at the homeless shelter where I volunteer, and he knows that not all of America is white suburbia. “It’s heartbreaking because it’s against everything my husband and I stand for,” she says. Seeing her son in the photo is “mortifying,” the mother says.
We said, ‘Do you know what this means?’ and he said, ‘It just means pro-country, Southern stuff,’ and we said, ‘No, it means a lot more than that - it can be considered racist, and it’s going to bring out a lot of emotions, so don’t go close to that.’” “I had previously seen one of the kids he hangs out with hanging that flag in the back of his truck, and we warned our son. “When my son attended that school, he was hanging out with boys who think it’s cool to be on the rebellious side, and they stand for a ‘pro-America’ type of thing,” she says. She’s not entirely surprised by the photo, she says, although she is disappointed. The mother says that she regrets not having been there for the photo shoot but that she has eight kids and was at an event for one of her other children.
“Why didn’t the parents stand up and say, ‘Guys, this is wrong’? Do you know what that flag means? Do you know the history behind it?’ It would have been a teaching moment.” “My son told me that all of a sudden, the girl whose house they were at to take the pictures grabbed the guns and the flag, and the parents snapped the pictures,” she says. She wasn’t present for the photo shoot, she says, and she questions the logic of the parents who were.
That girl’s date was a boy who was also in the photo and who attends a different high school, and his mother spoke with Yahoo Parenting on the condition of anonymity. Related: Teen Served Suspension for Prom Dress, Mom Claims Body-Shaming “It was just difficult for me to voice that and stop what was going on.” “I feel everyone struggles with trying to do the right thing at the right time,” she said. The student claims she got caught up in the excitement and fell victim to peer pressure. “I feel like there should be a better word for it.” “It’s hard to say sorry that’s the only thing that can come out of my mouth right now,” the unidentified student told Fox-31 news. After the photo made national headlines, one girl in the photo issued a public apology.
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