At what age should children learn about homosexuality?

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I was 31 years old before I found out what they did to each other. That was soon enough.
 
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bapcathluth:
Why on Earth should a three-year-old know about abortion?! Do you plan on giving them nightmares or do you want them to start picketing and a letter writing campaign. My goodness, I wouldn’t let my children at that age see anything about Bin Laden, the Twin Towers, the Holocaust, etc. I think they have time enough to learn about the evils of the world, and I don’t understand why you would mar their naivete, wonder and innocence if you don’t have to.
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Will they be exposed to it yes but it is interesting that a child perceives when something is wrong and how they react to it. Example my three-year-old grand daughter was at our beach and two girls from the neighborhood came down and were playing kissy face in the lake and my grand daughter asked my husband to take her home. Needless to say I was disgusted that this would go on at our little beach.
 
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I was 31 years old before I found out what they did to each other. That was soon enough.
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I read through all these posts and had to laugh when I read this. I wasn’t quite as old as you. When I was engaged to my fiance (current husband) I realized what homosexuality was about. My hubby said “You know your sibling is homosexual…don’t you?” and then he explained to me what was going on. :o :eek: I was twenty years old 23 years ago.

TODAY is a different story. I think parents should avoid teaching their kids about homosexuality as long a possible but that is difficult to do today. When do parents talk about stealing, murder, adultery, or any of the 7 vices etc? Parents should share when they feel a need to.
 
It’s too bad that children today must have their innocence taken away from them way too soon.

I can recall my Dad trying to explain the facts of life to me when I was about 9; I was totally bored and just wanted to go to sleep. When I finally got to the point where I wanted to know something I just looked it up. You don’t need the internet to find out information.
 
I would hope that it would never come up, but if it ever does, I must tell them the truth. This is a horrible sin and hopefully will not ever be commited by them.
 
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I read through all these posts and had to laugh when I read this. I wasn’t quite as old as you. When I was engaged to my fiance (current husband) I realized what homosexuality was about. My hubby said “You know your sibling is homosexual…don’t you?” and then he explained to me what was going on. :o :eek: I was twenty years old 23 years ago.

TODAY is a different story. I think parents should avoid teaching their kids about homosexuality as long a possible but that is difficult to do today. When do parents talk about stealing, murder, adultery, or any of the 7 vices etc? Parents should share when they feel a need to.
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When I read the title of this thread my first thought was can anyone imagine 35 years ago a parent actually sitting and wondering when they should introduce such a topic?
 
It’s probably a moot point anyway, as it will probably be a part of the school curriculum beginning with kindergarten.
 
I think they should be told either:
  • When they ask about what it is or when they notice that a pair of women or men act odd or that one of their friends at school said they have two moms or two dads.
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  • When it seems that they are mature enough to be talked to about the issue without scandalizing them.
 
I think that as soon as children are able to understand the basic contents of the bible they should be taught about sodomy, how it is an abomination to God, and how those who practice will be damned for all eternity if they do not repent along with the drunkards, fornicators, adulterers, idolators, and so forth. Nothing wrong with educating our children about the horrors of the world. They are going to have to live in it. They should just know the eternal (and temporal) consequences of sin. The story of Sodom and Gamorrah is a good place to start the lesson on homosexuality.
 
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It’s too bad that children today must have their innocence taken away from them way too soon.

I can recall my Dad trying to explain the facts of life to me when I was about 9; I was totally bored and just wanted to go to sleep. When I finally got to the point where I wanted to know something I just looked it up. You don’t need the internet to find out information.
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My mother explained to me what homosexuality was when I was about 10. Of course she explained to me that they were depraved, given up by God, and doomed to hell. That certainly prevented me from ever considering that lifestyle :).
 
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When I read the title of this thread my first thought was can anyone imagine 35 years ago a parent actually sitting and wondering when they should introduce such a topic?
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Exactly.

Unfortunately I had to break and explain it to my kids when they were 12 or 13. This I did only because they needed to understand why uncle was not paired with an aunt but rather another man.

And what little niece, nephew or cousin had to see uncle and uncle or aunt and aunt 20 or 30 years ago? 😦 …
 
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bapcathluth:
My eight-year-old boy doesn’t know about sex, much less homosexuality. I certainly wouldn’t discuss it with him at this tender age.

When he was only 5 years old, some older kids called him “gay” when he was hugging a friend of his. My son came home and asked me what “gay” was. I said, “happy.” He said, “No, mom. The way these boys said it was very mean.”

I then told him that gay was a mean word when used like that and that in our family we don’t call people names.

I certainly wouldn’t have regaled him with a story about homosexual sex.
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Thank you…thank you for sharing this. I feel the same way. My girls are being brought up Catholic. They believe every family has a Mommy and a Daddy. They are only 6 and 4 1/2. They are going to our Catholic School. I certainly hope that I don’t have to tackle this subject until they are 12 or older. Until then, my husband and I work on our marriage to show them what a good marriage is and we teach and practice our faith at home and pray every night.
 
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