I am not asking you your opinion on gays.......but... [h=6]Proud Parenting [/h] Like · · Share · 2,793198172 · 13 hours ago · Top Comments 2,793 people like this. 172 shares When I was 7, I wasn't gay or straight.....I was SEVEN!!!! What is wrong with these people?!?!?!?! PARENTAL FAIL! Thoughts?
I saw this a few weeks back. I think its absolutely crazy for a kid that young to know if he's straight or gay. Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Tapatalk
I can only speak for girls. But we do develop an interest in sex before parents are willing to admit. But I believe a seven-year old is not capable of deciding he's gay unless the people around him have given him the idea it's cool to be gay. I'm sure he has no idea what gays do that makes them different from non-gays.
I think kids mentally (and physically) mature faster than others. While some might not know the difference between the word "dog" & "cat" at that age, others are significantly more advanced. I think given a very mature kid, and parents with a very open, very blunt communication pathway to talk about things normally kept as taboo, that the kid may on some levels grasp the concept and know he's gay. Or he could eventually hit 13, see a pretty girl at the pool on summer break and be like...hmmm maybe I was a little hasty in my decision. All that to say, while I think it's a bit young, I do think in a rare combination of circumstances a child could have a basic enough understanding of gay or straight and think he is one or the other. But let me ask this, how is this any different from a 7 year old saying he wants to be a fireman or an astronaut? I'm sure any parent would support that idea for thier child until the kid gets older and realizes, maybe he'll be an accountant or a teacher. I think the more important thing here is a parent supporting thier child. Take the "gay" factor out and that levels the playing field.
I doubt he truly understands what being gay is, but what would you do as a parent Tony? Chastise him till he agrees with you that he isn't gay?
He wouldn't be exposed to it on every turn and if it DID happen, I would show him what the Bible said. Oh yeah, Hooker...I wouldn't post a pic of him on Facebook to brag about "my greatest accomplishment" .... talk about self serving .....
My guess is his parents are gay, or am I stating the blatantly obvious here? It may even be presumptuous but it is the only explanation I can think of to describe this picture. If that's the case, he probably had some help determining he was gay - otherwise I don't think a 7 year old is fully mentally equiped to make that decision.
He doesn't know if he wants to be a fireman or an astronaut for sure. He may be influenced that way by something at the ripe ole age of 7, but he doesn't truly know himself or the world enough to have decided that by then. Same as he has no idea if he is gay or not without some outside influence. It's ridiculous IMO.
and he says "But what if I really am gay Dad? God is going to send me to hell for making me this way?" Yeah...the posting it everywhere on FB is really self serving, but it is also probably fake, so there is that
Yeah I do not see how a 7 year old knows his sexual orientation yet when he has not even had sex yet. Why is a 7 year old even worrying about that?
Without hijacking my own thread, ...oh, what the heck... :D Sin sends people to Hell... we all have sinned... Jesus didn't ...he was the approved sacrifice (He that knew no sin, became sin for us)...th punishment for sin is death in hell...Jesus died on the cross....brose 3 days later, beating death... Jesus paid for my sins ..it's either Him or you ... He went into the bowels of the Earth...but came out ....our chances aren't going to be so good as we are there because of sin...our sin....UNLESS we accept Christ's sacrifice and let HIM pay for it... This is kinda neat... The Good-O-Meter - YouTube
Because, at the tender age of SEVEN, this kid is saying he wants to be a GAY fireperson or a GAY astronaut. You are right, he may change his mind and decide to be a GAY accountant or GAY teacher. But, he is 7. The notion of being gay was cultivated in that blank slate of a child. It would sicken me to think it was done by someone with an agenda.
