Heartstopper (2022- ) is turning our children gay!?

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Heartstopper (2022- ), IS THE  DEVIL IN DISGUISE!!! IT WILL TURN YOUR KIDS GAY! 

On Saturday, I decided to wind my evening down with a movie and a glass of wine, logging into the family Netflix account. In opening Netflix, I saw that in the “Continue Watching” section was something by the name of Heartstopper (2022- ).  

Now, I am not an unaware mother; my daughter Michaleigh is almost fifteen, so it is only natural that she is becoming interested in media centered around relationships. At first glance, I figured this show was fine— it was rated TV-14 and just had two boys on the cover, standing in a crowd. I noticed then, however, one boy had his arm wrapped around the other one. I mean, I know that right now it is not “cool” to be a real man, but did the two boys need to be embracing each other like a couple of drunk college girls? 

This encouraged me to look further into this Heartstopper (2022- ), and I discovered that those boys were not just close friends— the show was about the two of them dating! I mean, this is just inappropriate, advertising a television show about gay people to not only my young daughter, but other concerned parents across the nation. All I could think to myself was how ridiculous it was that my daughter could watch multiple episodes of this indoctrinating nonsense without me even knowing!? Kids her age are at such a vulnerable time in their lives, and I just worry that this kind of media will influence my daughter to think she is lesbian. 

It is no secret that women are obviously more attractive than men, but women do not date men because they think they are attractive. I married my husband Robert because he was a successful man who shared my wholesome values and wanted a family. This show, though, with its message about how “love looks all kinds of ways,” is just stupid! If my daughter is engaging with this crap, how am I to ever expect the four grandchildren I want? I mean, Michaleigh is my only daughter, and if this show convinces her she is lesbian just because the characters she likes are gay, how am I ever supposed to have grandbabies?

Deciding that this was not a show for my Michaleigh, I poured myself another glass of wine and made my way to her room to talk about age-appropriate television. Though she was sleeping when I came in, this conversation was just too important to wait for the morning. As any concerned parent would, I woke her up very calmly and asked, “SO YOU THINK YOU’RE GAY NOW?” She was startled when she woke up, but I did not feel bad because she could not even begin to understand how hard it was for me to see that she was watching a show with values that were against everything our family stands for. 

For some reason, her tone was full of attitude as she asked what “I was even talking about,” and that is when I revealed to her the heart-stopping discovery I had made (so, at least the showrunners got one thing right— the title). And you would not believe what she had to say. All she said to me was, “Nick isn’t gay, he’s bisexual.” 

Bisexual!? Now, this has got to be some of that online nonsense Marianne’s mom was telling me about. Apparently, it means “he likes both girls and boys,” but that’s just ridiculous. I mean, everyone has wanted to kiss their college roommate— it is not called being bisexual —it is called being young and hormonal. 

I tried to explain this to her in a way she would understand, as she is obviously in some sort of rebellious phase, but all she told me was that I was ignorant and did not know what I was talking about. I am the adult; how could I not know what I am talking about!? She is the one using words that do not even exist and watching a show that she cannot see is trying to trick her into being gay. 

It is safe to say that Michaleigh is grounded for the week and will not be allowed to do any online shopping until it is over. I canceled Netflix and came here to try and share my wisdom with fellow parents who are concerned about our children’s decreasing moral values. With the current state of the world, there is no safety for our children; thus, it is important that we monitor what they watch, who they are talking to, and what they read. Our children are meant to be extensions of ourselves; making sure they think, say, and believe everything we do should be every parent’s first priority.