All of the Parents at Our School Are Extremely Anti-Gun. Well, We Have a Bit of a Dirty Secret We Don’t Want to Tell.
I have a 3-year-old child and I live in a house with my partner, our child, and two roommates. One of our roommates has guns in the home, which she keeps unloaded and locked in a gun safe in her bedroom in the basement. My 3-year-old recently started preschool, and for the first time, we’re inviting kids over who are not the children of our close friends. Politically, we live in a very liberal area, and I assume the parents of most of the kids at preschool are vehemently anti-gun. I personally would prefer not to have guns in the home either, but I trust my roommate (who I’ve known for many years) and her dedication to gun safety. I don’t want my child to miss out on having friends come over—there is no reason the kids would ever venture into the basement, and I would not leave preschoolers unsupervised during a play date. I wouldn’t even know how to bring up the guns (though I would tell the truth if asked). What is my obligation to tell these other parents that there are guns in the home?
—Perplexed by Playdate Etiquette
https://slate.com/advice/2024/10/local-parents-guns-secret-parenting-advice.html
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