Parents think snakes are evil (I want a bp?)

[Lizardlicks]

I got my first snake at 15, after my parents told me I couldn't have one for 4 years. I just went and bought the snake and everything he needed, brought it home and kept it in my room. My mom was mad at first, but got over it. I still live with her, and have 9 snakes now. Anytime she sees one she screams and freaks out and calls them evil and "slimy" (where does this even come from?), but she doesn't care about them when they're out of sight.
I say just getting one and proving your responsibility is the best course of action after you've exhausted yourself trying to convince them they're not devilish creatures


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Wow no. No. That is NOT how you prove you're "responsible", that is how you prove you can't be trusted. Your mom has an obvious discomfort, and you disrespected her, and continue to disrespect her by filling her home with things that make her feel threatened. If you were my kid, I would have taken the first snake back to the place you bought it from and gotten a refund. That your parent doesn't have the will enforce you not walking all over her and :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:ting on her feelings, doesn't make you somehow magically right about it. It makes you a pretty darn irresponsible prick. From the sound of this post it almost seems like you delight in tormenting her, which is a pretty mean and nasty thing to do.

I understand having disagreements, or differing points of view from your parents. My mother doesn't care for snakes either, nor does my husband's mom or his uncle. Do you know how we handle that? We keep the snakes in OUR space, and warmed them up through responsible education and advocation. They still don't like snakes, but they like seeing pics of the kids with them, they will (from a respectful distance) look at and enjoy the snakes, and even recently they've been helping me share and spread news about the Lacey ban and USARK, because they see that beyond their fear, snakes are still pretty cool, and so are the people that keep them.