
You don’t know China do you. First of all, their relationship is not even clear yet. They not even consider lover at this point, wouldn’t confirm it without properly building a relationship hurt the kid more if later they decide they not fit for each other and then break up.
Second like I said, this is China, stigmatized toward the LGBT community is more prevalent than the West. If the kid told everyone at school that he has two dad, he will just get bullied, point at and made fun of. It is true that you should fight for what you believe in but do you want to put heavy burden like that on your children? Most Asian parent will choose to suffer alone than then tell their children what they want thru all day. They not even straight up said keeping secrets because you have two dads is bad, they just do everything they can to protect his innocent mind, saying that he is special for where he came from. I think they doing their best as a first time parent dealing with this issue.
I know you mean well but you have to consider the place, the background of the author, the background of their character and then understand why these characters do what they need to do
That was the stupidest thing you could tell a kid. Not only you telling them to keep a secret, which at that age, never tell a kid to keep a secret like that. Because it just invites bad bad secrets. But also, getting the kid to lie to others at an age where it's not that cool. He shouldn't be ashamed of himself or think he has to keep a secret. They should have just told him, well, a nice version of the truth. He has two daddies, who truly love him very much. The reason he doesn't have a mommy is because instead of a mommy, he has a daddy. I don't know what the best explanation is, but it's got to be better than this. I mean you can find a better answer at Google. I can't believe this. You don't teach a kid to keep secrets like this. Not until they are older