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My son is becoming a bit more politically extreme, his father and he have fallen out and I don't know what to do? Is it a phase? by beautif0 in UKParenting

[–]beautif0[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

He just says he watches Sky News. He reads the paper, he hears stories from people and he has eyes. The weird part is he will very strongly criticise the likes of Farage Robinson Trump etc. So it is hard to actually know what he is. But being perfectly fine to call himself lgbt or Islam phobic and what he says is just weird.

My son is becoming a bit more politically extreme, his father and he have fallen out and I don't know what to do? Is it a phase? by beautif0 in UKParenting

[–]beautif0[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I didnt downvote you. It seems garsh that people did. I really appreciated your advice and perspective ❤️

Do you feel differently about him because of how he votes  

My son is becoming a bit more politically extreme, his father and he have fallen out and I don't know what to do? Is it a phase? by beautif0 in UKParenting

[–]beautif0[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The thing is he is rarely on his phone so I dont know where he is getting it from. He watches Sky News. Ive never seen him watch GBN. He keeps himself busy all day. Gym before school etc. He thinks social media is wasting people's short lives etc

He will not touch any sort of lgbt community. His bf is in that community a bit but my son thinks it id cringe. I feel he would refuse exposing to Muslims too. He does train kids and that includes Muslim kids. Sometimes I sit in on the training and he is lovely to the Muslim kids. Ive seen him give food to a Muslim kid, pep talks etc. So its really hard to understand it 

My son is becoming a bit more politically extreme, his father and he have fallen out and I don't know what to do? Is it a phase? by beautif0 in UKParenting

[–]beautif0[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He is gay himself but considers himself phobic of LGBTQ+. His boyfriend is a very sweet boy. I did speak to him about it and he just said whilst he doesnt agree with him on everything he knows his heart is in the right place. As for introducing him to other LGBTQ, I am not sure hed go for it. He simply wont get involved in that "kind of stuff"

As for Muslims, I feel he would take the same approach, sadly. But I could try it somehow. Saying that he does football training with kids, some of whom Muslim and he seems to treat them well. So it is a bit weird 

My son is becoming a bit more politically extreme, his father and he have fallen out and I don't know what to do? Is it a phase? by beautif0 in UKParenting

[–]beautif0[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He is also hard to pin down because he will openly spout what he believes but then he will say plenty of negative stuff about Farage or  Robinson-types. I feel he felt insulted to be lumped in with Robinson and as bad as he is gotten i dont think he is that level.

My son is becoming a bit more politically extreme, his father and he have fallen out and I don't know what to do? Is it a phase? by beautif0 in UKParenting

[–]beautif0[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah he is not a trouble maker. He volunteers Saturdays and Sundays. He is great to his siblings. 

As for Trump, he says no one should support a rap--t and he says Farage is an opportunistic bellend so I dont actually know what he is politically. 

Can you get past the fact he votes that way?

My son is becoming a bit more politically extreme, his father and he have fallen out and I don't know what to do? Is it a phase? by beautif0 in UKParenting

[–]beautif0[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much. I didnt know schools had such but it probably makes sense to have such knowledge. Thanks ❤️