Wednesday
If Gay Means I'm Attracted To Boys, And Straight Means I'm Attracted to Girls, Then I'm Stray. I'm Attracted To Everyone" - Hayden
Its not very often I talk extensively about my children. This is not a parenting blog and I'm also not really into exposing my children a whole lot on the internet without their consent. I have an issue though, an I need some guidance. I'm always very open with my children and will honestly answer any questions they have. Yesterday Hayden and I had a discussion about different sexual orientations and I'm slightly concerned that he isn't quite old enough to fully understand. I ended the conversation after he said the quote which is titling this post. I told him that I need to think it over before we can continue. He's very curious and interested but I'm not sure if I should hold off until he's older or not. He's 7 years old, will be 8 in less than a month. Any thoughts/advice/comments on this would be much appreciated. The last thing I want to do is make him second guess talking to me about anything he wants. If now's not the right time, how do I tell him that without making him feel insecure? Parenting is hard.
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love,
parenthood
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Ok, here's my humble opinion. He's to young to understand what Attraction is. To a child, love is love, is love. Your child loves everyone and that's a good thing. But he's too young to be "Attracted". If it were me, and keep in mind that everyone parents differently, I would tell him that these are decisions that are made when you're older, because it's not something kids need to worry about. A kid's job is to grow and develop without any labels. If they start applying labels at an early age, they aren't as likely to be true to themselves later on in life because everyone already has this preconcieved idea about who they are. I would also reward him for showing a loving attitude towards everyone. That's really special.
Parenting is hard, yo.
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