Care and Feeding: How do I protect my 11-year-old son from his mother-in-law's harmful comments?

An 11-year-old son has found a close friendship with a classmate.

His mother-in-law has started making concerning comments about their friendship.

She’s repeatedly implied in conversation with me that having a female friend at this age means he’re gay.

How do I protect my kids from harmful attitudes?.

My wife and son are at odds over a prank our 11-year-old son, “ Jasper ,” played on his uncle.

Jasper wrote “insert brain here” on Richard ’s cheek with an arrow leading from the words to his ear.

He then uploaded some of the images onto his social media page.

Now, my wife wants to ground our son from his internet and phone privileges for two months .