>>26521906It's because you can't expect to "control" your children because, let's face it, you just can't.
There are certain factors though, like being a close enough parent for they to talk to you, and for they to feel you as a friend as well as a parent. At least my parents have done that with me and I consider myself as a good son.
An important factor though, is that they feel able to talk openly about their homosexuality, for you to talk openly about the risks of following that way, and for they to not disregard your advice. There is a lot of chemistry, hormones and neurone connections involved in that, and you can't expect for an homosexual to get straight in a matter of hours, if you can at all.
About that research you told, I would like to see them, I like statistics and hard data. At least my mother, who's an elementary teacher, says otherwise from her experience.