Should kids know about being gay?

Question

My sister is a lesbian and I have no problem with it or her being around my children. The thing is my other sister has a 6 year old son, and he sometimes tells my gay sister that she's supposed to like guys and not girls. But for the most part he's a pretty well-adjusted kid. My sister plans on having children when finds the right woman and gets ready to settle down. Do you think it's okay for gay parents to raise kids and for other kids in their family to know about being gay?

Answer 1

I completely believe that homosexuals should raise children and that all children should know about being gay. Not graphically, but we should teach our kids that some people love the opposite gender and some people love the same gender. And that it is okay to do so. If a child is old enough to understand about love, and being a couple, this is the age we need to start teaching them about tolerance as well.

Answer 2

I'm a firm beliver of telling kids the truth. Is that what your other sister is telling your nephew(liking guys instead of girls? what does a six year old know about that unless he heard it from either you, his momma, or someone else?)? See, kids pick up on stuff when adults least expect it. Gay parents have wonderful relationships with their kids and they go through the same stuff as straight parents do. It sounds like you have a problem with your sister being gay and that your nephew is being poisoned by what someone in your family is saying about gays and lesbians(which is a shame. Kids don't know any better, but adults do!). Just like with anything else, make it age appropriate. I teach my kids about the LGBT community and about acceptance of ALL folks. That's the only way we'll all make it in this world.

Answer 3

I'm going out on a limb here, but in my humble opinion, most (not all) gay people are raised by straight couples. Obviously it took a mom and a dad to get us here. I'll even venture a little further by saying that these straight couples did not raise us to be specifically gay... it just happens. So by using that logic, what do you have to lose by letting gay people raise children? The obvious thing would be some of the hate and bigotry that is experienced by gays in daily life.

Children understand love, and if their parents are supportive and loving, that's the proper environment to raise healthy, informed kids. Good Luck

Answer 4

Yes. But talking about sexual things need to have age levels, between guys and girls or between anybody. Like you wouldn't try to explain where babies come from to a five year old. Unless you give the kid the cabbage patch story. You wait until they are older and can understand adult relationships having to do with love and sex. But they can know aunt Mary has a girlfriend or whatever. And many gay parents raise great children, just like any other parent. Being gay has nothing to do with it.

Answer 5

I think that kids should know that it's ok for a girl to like a girl and a guy to like a guy.





There's a children's book out there about family that features a gay couple. I forget what it's called, but some guy wrote an article about it in my local newspaper saying it was "immoral" and all that crap.



If anyone knows what the book is called, I'm actually interested in reading it.

Answer 6

LGBT people are no less capable of raising children than straight, married couples. If your nephew is old enough to comprehend what he is saying by telling his aunt that she should like guys, then he is old enough for your sister to have an intelligent conversation with him on the topic. It's not indoctrination, it's education in learning how to get along with each other and appreciating each other's differences.

Answer 7

Numerous studies have shown that children raised by gay couples have no developmental or emotional differences from children raised by straight couples. If kids know about being straight, then they should know about being gay. It may not be viewed upon as such, but being gay is just as normal as being straight. It is just people expressing their love in a different way.

Answer 8

Yes. But you don't have to get really technical about it with a 6 year old. You simply say that most of the time boys like girls and girls like boys, but sometimes girls like girls and boys like boys, and that's okay.



Enough said for now. When he needs to know more, he'll ask. And at each step along the way, don't tell him how to make a clock when he asks what time it is. Just answer honestly with what he should know.

Answer 9

YES! that is a VERY GOOD thing, it won't make the kids gay or anything, but it will break down the barriers they would have about gays when they got older. American often overeact about homosexuality, hell they even change the sub-stories in anime to make gay characters cousins or stupid stuff like that. Please introduce them to your sister.

Answer 10

tell kids everything ...that way they understand.It is better than hearing a bigoted version from some rug rat in the playground.



and gay parents are the same as strait parent all it take is love

Answer 11

my godson is 11. he's understood for a long time since about 5 that i like boys, he just says people are different why does it matter. most kids dont care hatred is taught so no bad lessons no homophobic bigots............happy well adjusted normal kids (straight & gay)

Answer 12

They are the next generation of adults, maybe they will be more accepting and understandiny then previous generations. Of course you should educate your child and let them know about the ways of the world- dont be too graphic about it...