How do i explain what gay is to my 8 year old son.?
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i would give him the simplest answer possible.
i would simply say
"well, you know how mommy is a girl and daddy is a boy?? well, we love each other and we live together and we have you to raise and we share our lives together.
now, if someone is gay, then that means instead of them being a boy and girl in love, it's a man and man and woman and woman."
pretty simple explanation.
A very happy guy
It's really too bad and very sad that your son had to be exposed to that filth, which is prevalent in our present-day world.
Just tell him the truth, that there are people who accept the abnormal as normal, and the unnatural as natural.
Anyone who tells a child that it's normal is sick and depraved, and should face charges, as far as I'm concerned.
Maybe this page will help; I don't know.
http://www.relationship-affairs.com/same...
tell them what is is!
Why don't you just tell him the truth? A gay guy is a guy who is attracted to other guys, as opposed to women.
Children should learn at an early age that there is nothing wrong with being homosexual. There are enough bigots in the world as it is.
A guy who likes men better than women.Doesn't your son still know about sex and relationship between men and women?
Just explain to him that when someone's gay, that they're attracted to people that are of the same sex. That some people are like me and daddy, where it's a man and a woman and some people, like that man, fell in love with another man. Let him know that he shouldn't place judgement, ridicule, or treat the guy differently just because he's gay, that he's just like mommy and daddy, he just likes men instead of women.
I know it's confusing when they are that young. My two kids at that age used to come home all of the time from school with stuff they heard from other kids saying stuff about that made my heart drop into my stomach. But in this day and age you have to be open and honest with your children. Explaining it to them and helping them make sense of stuff is the only way to go.
tell him that usually a man loves a women and marries her ( like Cinderella and snow white and the prince )...but some ppl are different ...they like men instead...it is important to explain that this is not the usual behavior... it is rare.
I think that 8 years old is a little too young to explain sexual preference! You should tell him that his friend has a potty mouth and shouldn't be talking about things like that! If he continues to ask questions that you may just want to come out and tell him that it means when two of the same sex is together! Explain to him that the word "gay" is a inappropriate word to call it and what the correct term is! Good luck!
Happy is what is was meant to be before people changed the meaning. So tell him Happy!
He don't need much info at this age you should keep it as simple as possible.
Gay is when an adult man likes men the same way most men like their wives.
As to telling your son that gays are happy like one person suggested, I wouldn't because when I was a kid I heard some people calling someone a negative word, and I asked a teenager that I trusted what it meant, her response was that it meant a bundle of sticks. I knew that the answer did not make sense in context, and that she knew she wasn't telling me the truth.
So I asked my mother and she backed up the lie.
Now I was more confused then ever and I had lost confidence in two people I used to trust.
How you answer this will be tricky. You should answer him unbiased and answer him truthfully. If you give it one sided or in a way in which you don't approve you are breeding hate. It is best to remain neutral in these situations.
He is 8 and already doesn't know what gay is...I am impressed! Kids today know much more than we did at their age...he isn't a baby so I wouldn't lie to him...simply tell him it's when men like men and girls like girls...you don't have to go into specifics with it as I am sure his imagination will fill in the rest.
A gay person is some one who has relationships with someone of the same gender. Children are pretty accepting of that and keep on being children. I worked at child care center where there were many same sex couples. Children accepted the fact their friends had two moms or two dads.
Just tell him! It is not inappropriate! Just say, "It is when a boy dates boys instead of girls" or "It's when a girl dates girls instead of boys". Like I said, there is nothing more inappropriate about being gay than there is about being straight. You shouldn't have any problems talking to him about this.
First write down what you'd like to say to your son. Tell him that years ago many people used the word gay meaning happy but now it means that it is when a man dates another man or a woman dates another woman. I don't know how you feel about the subject, but tell him how you feel on his level, then ask him if he has any questions about it and try to tell him what he needs to know.You're his mother and it would be best to come from you than hearing it from others. God Bless and good luck.
I work in the mental health profession and in my experience the best approach is simple and honest. There is no need to get into semantics, just the general. We must be careful as parents and guardians not to teach hatred or bigotry to our children. Make sure he understands that respect for everyone is the most important and that there are many different expressions of love and family in the world.
Simple. Tell him some men love other men, and some women love other women.
And ignore the ignorance of people who call it filth. Ugh, so many stupid people in the world
Tell him the truth, its better to know than to be clue-less explain that gay is when two guys like eachother like a "boy friend girl friend" Or show him some Oprah episodes on homosexuality, thats how my 8 year old sister got it.
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