Honor Thy Children By Al and Jane Nakatani. Teacher requested to put more of my opinions about homosexuality and dealing with it within the paper.

Parents are not meant to bury their children. How can you cope with saying good-bye to not just one of your children but to all your children? When I first heard of Honor Thy Children I thought that is would be a mellow drama filled with boring stories about some Japanese family that I did not even care about. I could not have been further from the truth. The book was addicting to say the …

…in death Greg, Glen, and Guy educated people about family relationships, sexuality and the effects that AIDS have on families. Guy did not want his family to be known as "that family that last all three sons" he wanted the Nakatani's name to mean courage and healing. In Honor Thy Children I think that Guy made is point clear. Al and Jane went from brokenness to wholeness with the strength they got from their sons.