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. My Daughter has dated her boyfriend for over a year and they knew I was joking.After the photo made national headlines, one girl in the photo issued a public apology. The prom picture I posted was obviously intended to be a joke. The gun wasn’t loaded and didn’t have a clip in it, he said. The photo sparked a heated debate online, with some saying it was all in good fun while others said he went too far.įeely later tweeted that the photo was intended to be a joke and that he takes gun safety seriously. Wishing my beautiful daughter and her date a great time at prom #BadBoys /T5JRZQYq9e It looks like a simple enough photo until you look closely at his right hand.
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NEW YORK - Prom season is officially in full swing, with photos of dresses and tuxes being posted all over social media.īut one young man got to go to both a prom and a gun show over the weekend, and the photo of his experience has gone viral.įormer NFL player Jay Feely took to his Twitter account to wish his daughter and her date a great time at prom. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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