New Delhi, June 23 -- A Reddit post has sparked a wide-ranging discussion about parenting, trust and teenage relationships. The original poster, a parent of a 14-year-old girl, described a genuine dilemma. Her daughter wants to have a sleepover at the home of her girlfriend, also 14. The two present themselves as friends to everyone around them.

The parent feels trapped between two difficult outcomes. Saying no may signal that honesty leads to punishment. Saying yes may mean approving something she has never anticipated. "My whole self wants to say no, but this is a lose-lose situation," she wrote.

She clarified that the planned sleepover was in a living room, a shared public space. The two teenagers had never been on a date. There had ...