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Should we tell kids about homosexuality

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Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
Elementary? Probably

Middle? MUST have opened the doors to discussion. Cause they are already talking to their friends about it.

High School? Way Too Late....
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There corrected it for you. 😉

Edit: BTW, I used to work for a school district in rural nebraska. School District population about 1200-800 students. As a computer fix it guy I was not seen as a teacher, partly because I was so young, hence students would not interrupt their discussions around me. I would hear students talking about sex related topics in middle to late Middle School years. Heck even as soon as they got to middle school. Hence why I say you need to be open to guiding your child through these issues as soon as the can understand them. Otherwise if you wait and leave the doors closed to discussion you loose big time. End rambling
 
Originally posted by: digiram
there's no need for it. MTV will eventually educate them on it, lol!!!!. I'm not against homosexuals or anything, and believe it's decided @ birth. I guess, I'm just a bit conservative when it comes to speaking with children about any type of sex.
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decided@birth? That must be a joke. Babies are busy trying to figure out how to breathe air , not deciding that they are going to become gay when they're older. If my newborn told me he was gay id beat his ass. That would be the end of that.
 
if they ask then that is one thing however I personally would never bring it up out of thin air...but I do agree that it matters not since MTV will push it upon them before parents ever get the chance to discuss it.
 
Originally posted by: bozack
if they ask then that is one thing however I personally would never bring it up out of thin air...but I do agree that it matters not since MTV will push it upon them before parents ever get the chance to discuss it.
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And if you let your kids watch MTV you need to have your kids taken away from you.
 
No we should hide facets of reality that we arent comfortable with.
I myself am not comfortable with jews therefore my kids will have no knowledge about jews.
 
Originally posted by: ATIuser

decided@birth? That must be a joke.
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What do you want? Links? Proof? CNN? Encarta? Wikipedia? Psychologists? Laboratory experiment results? Take your pick, the evidence is there.

Babies are busy trying to figure out how to breathe air , not deciding that they are going to become gay when they're older.
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Breathing is like crying. It's not something you figure out.

If my newborn told me he was gay id beat his ass. That would be the end of that.
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Well then, consider me extremely happy you're not a father. 🙂 Or if you are, well, I hope your child is hetero... for their sake.

And as for the newborn thing. They wouldn't know until they hit puberty.
 
Originally posted by: ATIuser
Originally posted by: digiram
there's no need for it. MTV will eventually educate them on it, lol!!!!. I'm not against homosexuals or anything, and believe it's decided @ birth. I guess, I'm just a bit conservative when it comes to speaking with children about any type of sex.
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decided@birth? That must be a joke. Babies are busy trying to figure out how to breathe air , not deciding that they are going to become gay when they're older. If my newborn told me he was gay id beat his ass. That would be the end of that.
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haha. babies don't need a brain to breathe, just the presence of a brainstem will do. and if your newborn told you he was gay, you'd most likely try to exorcize the demon that's obviously possessing your baby since newborns can't talk.
 
Originally posted by: jhu
Originally posted by: ATIuser
Originally posted by: digiram
there's no need for it. MTV will eventually educate them on it, lol!!!!. I'm not against homosexuals or anything, and believe it's decided @ birth. I guess, I'm just a bit conservative when it comes to speaking with children about any type of sex.
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decided@birth? That must be a joke. Babies are busy trying to figure out how to breathe air , not deciding that they are going to become gay when they're older. If my newborn told me he was gay id beat his ass. That would be the end of that.
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haha. babies don't need a brain to breathe, just the presence of a brainstem will do. and if your newborn told you he was gay, you'd most likely try to exorcize the demon that's obviously possessing your baby since newborns can't talk.
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:thumbsup:

I'm all for exorcizing little babies who are announcing their sexuality.
 
well, i doubt im going to bring it up to someone elses kids.
my own? maybe.
dont have them, cant say.
i dont see why not, though
 
Originally posted by: eigen
No we should hide facets of reality that we arent comfortable with.
I myself am not comfortable with jews therefore my kids will have no knowledge about jews.
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nicely said 🙂

Personally, i think, there are other things in life which would make me "uncomfortable" - but for sure NOT the fact that a smaller percentage of the population is attracted to the same sex. So be it, who cares...

Btw....it usually BECOMES an issue by blowing it up out of proportion, exaggerating and spending more time on the thought than it actually *deserves* - and or hiding "the terrible things" because "they are bad".

Thats also ONE reason that normal brought up kids in a healthy, open family where parents/kids talk about everything are for sure LESS neurotic and less prone to later problems in their lifes than kids brought up in restrictive families with taboos and a lack of knowledge.

The future serial killer/rapeist/religious fanatic for sure does NOT come from a healthy family....nor does he, in any way, benefit from his "protection" as child since he will come across the facts sooner or later ANYWAY - and in this case it will be a shock....while in the other case the kid will have known it and accepted it as "normal" long time ago already and the kid will know how to DEAL with it, the other kid will NOT.
 
Originally posted by: ATIuser
Originally posted by: digiram
there's no need for it. MTV will eventually educate them on it, lol!!!!. I'm not against homosexuals or anything, and believe it's decided @ birth. I guess, I'm just a bit conservative when it comes to speaking with children about any type of sex.
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decided@birth? That must be a joke. Babies are busy trying to figure out how to breathe air , not deciding that they are going to become gay when they're older. If my newborn told me he was gay id beat his ass. That would be the end of that.
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Do us all a favor and nuke your testicles in a microwave.
 
If my newborn told me he was gay id beat his ass. That would be the end of that.
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That *for sure* would beat "straightness" into him 🙂

And now, with your 17 posts, please troll somewhere else, ok ? 🙂


 
my cousin is a lesbian... I wouldn't hide my kids from her just because I don't want them exposed to her "gayness". it's just a fact of life. when you fall in love with someone and they love you back, it doesn't matter what gender they are.
 
Actually should under 10 be exposed to it if they haven't? I didn't even fully understand the meaning of "Sex" till i was tweleve or thirteen. everything you hear it you giggle and think its some taboo word...when i didn't even understand what it means.

But some things, like sex, regardless of hetero or homo...geez don't force it on the kid~ if they find about it their own way thats fine, but if i had a kid and he is in kindergarten and one day started asking me what oral sex and "missionary position" and anal sex is because some other kid would be acting hot I'd be kinda pissed because I would want to introduce it to him/her in my own way. Keeping them blind is stupid, but i think both extremes are equally as bad.

its like a car...i'm not going to never let my kid (assuming i ever have kids) drive a car, but on the same note....it would utterly stupid to go out and buy a ferrari because it embodies the full spirit of the car (i only use that to try to draw two extremes-->not telling ids about sex and make them pretend the stork really exists for their entire life, and having your kid be a grammar porn master or something)
 
Absolutely yes. Here in LA, kids probably know what sex is by time they are 7 or 8.
 
My kids will know about sex and sexuality by the time they are seven. I would want not to curse them with a puritanical neuroses about sex.
 
i dont understand this whole "mtv will teach them" thing. i grew up when mtv still played music and none of us sat around watching it or learning a damn thing from it. besides which, by the time you really should give a damn about mtv you should already know about sex. is that just a parental euphamism for tv/media/music? if not, one should keep in mind just how much historical documentaries on PBS et al bring up homosexuality. if it is just code, then i think you are forgetting that tv is so damn tame compared to the schoolyard. information, when accurate, is not going to be dangerous (arguable...bomb making can be dangerous, homosexuality...probably not going to lead to destruction or pain) and if you are worried about media representation you should try to remember the crazy lies you heard from kids in your class. if you are worried about it, go ahead and tell the kids about it.
 
Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
Elementary? No

Middle? Some, but Probably not

High School? Yes
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You're out of touch... my son is in 2nd grade & came home this year & mentioned so & so is 'gay'.

(Me) What's gay mean?

When a boy likes another boy instead of girls... B tries to watch the other boys pee when we're in the bathroom, so B is gay.

It also came up with another kid (from another school) who was in 2nd grade when my son was in kindergarden... he was goofing around trying to give his older male cousin a kiss & the cousin was teasing him, telling him - ~'you better not do that when you go to school... they'll think you're gay & beat you up'.

Pretty much all of the elementary kids I know think of 'gay' negatively...


 
Kids should definately learn what homosexuality is. They don't have to go into graphic detail about it.

Homosexual -

Of, relating to, or having a sexual orientation to persons of the same sex.

"That's homosexuality kids. On to Bi-Sexuality and Asexuality. Timmy I want you to write a report on Rock Hudson."

 
Definately, why would you hold something like that a secret? 😕

When they start getting interested in sex they will find out about something called "homosexuality" and why not be open about it and tell them that's when to of same sex loves eachother. It's not that different from telling about heterosexuality.
 
Let them be kids first.

There's no reason to teach them about homosexuality before they learn about heterosexuality.
 
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