matt0044
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I also wanted to say that as someone who was introduced to the concept of homosexuality when I was six, I don't have a lot of sympathy for the "buuuuuut I'll have to explain it to my kids!!" argument. Why does explaining what it means to be gay or bi have to mean telling them the birds and the bees? Kids know what romance, marriage and dating are. When my mom explained it to me, it was basically "Sometimes boys want to date other boys instead of girls, sometimes girls want to date other girls instead of boys. And some people will tell you that that's wrong but you shouldn't listen to them." It was several years before I understood what sex was, and many more years before I learned about how gay people have sex. Explaining "the gays" to your kids without telling them what sex is is NOT rocket science, people.
And as Figgy said, if you really are concerned with your kids being exposed to that content, that's why Bulba requires parental permission for people under 13 to sign up. Over that age, most kids have already started having crushes and coming to terms with their sexualities anyway, and have reached a level of intellectual maturity where they should start learning how to think for themselves rather than have everything they read pass their parents' approval first.
You honestly reached into my mouth and took the words out of them. Only putting them much better than I would. You and many others really make smile.