Wes Moore

Okay.

All of them right now are local decisions.

But I think that just like many things when it comes to our kids,

Parental involvement does matter.

For my 14-year-old and my 12-year-old, I want to be involved in a decision-making process, especially for something that has lasting implications on their life.

Well, first, it's my son.

So I love him regardless, right?

And he's always gonna have my undying love.

That's me, right?

I wanna make sure that I'm involved in understanding where he is, how he's feeling, the way he's feeling, why he thinks it's important.

If this is a journey that he wants to go down, I want him to always be comfortable in his own skin

And I want him to always know that he has a partner in me to help him along that journey.

Would you advise him to wait until he's 18?

If this is how he is feeling and I feel like I'm closely tied to him, I'm not going to advise him on something that he feels is right.

No.

I understand it.

But what I'm saying is the most important thing for me is I want him to feel –

safe in his own skin, safe in his own decision-making, but also know that at 14 years old, I want to be involved.

inside of that process as well.

I'm not going to condemn him nor castigate him.