I Know My 9-Year-Old Son's 'Type': Pretty Boys With Dark Hair

#21

[QUOTE="Booyakasha, post: 1469282, member: 17381"]^^Pretty sure there's a difference between childhood infatuation and adult attraction. Not that I'm pretending I know.[/QUOTE]
There is, absolutely. But preferences still show up early. As the dad in the story says, his son doesn't want to have an adult relationship with those boys, he wants to hang out with them specifically, and maybe hold hands. Like any kid might.

[DOUBLEPOST=1402622045,1402621911][/DOUBLEPOST][QUOTE="I REALLY HATE POKEMON!, post: 1469287, member: 18119"]It's still worth a shot, ZG. I wouldn't just let it happen.[/QUOTE]
It's psychologically damaging, breaks any chance you have at a full relationship with your child, and abusive. No. You would let it happen, and you would damn well love your child UNCONDITIONALLY.

I REALLY HATE POKEMON! · #22

^ Abusive? Guiding your child in the right direction is abusive? Not correcting your child's behavior is neglectful. If people want to raise their kids the way this dad from the article does, then they can, as much as I disagree with it. But it's not right to turn traditional values into something bad, it's ridiculous.

And who said you can't love your child unconditionally while still guiding them? I'd still love my kids, despite their lifestyles (although I'd never accept nor condone it), whether they're homosexual, or drug addicts, non-Christian, or what have you. I'd be disappointed, and rightfully so, but you're putting forth ideas I never expressed nor implied.

Random User · #23

It's unfortunate to think that if my parents knew I wasn't a Christian, I'd never have the same connection with them (or my family, for that matter). Though I don't find it emotionally straining to hide that I'm not a Christian from my family, I'm sure a lot of people would. Same goes for homosexuals living in households that don't condone it. That's where it becomes psychologically damaging.

Imagine your parents being upset or disappointed with you for having a certain colour hair rather than another, IRHP. Then you tried all of your childhood to change the colour of your hair by forcing it to. Not that it'll change your mind, but it's what a homosexual child in that situation would feel like.

I REALLY HATE POKEMON! · #24

Your comparison between hair color and sexual orientation is not a good one, and makes little to no sense. There's just no reason to give a crap about hair color.

I just don't believe in this "psychological" damage stuff. Should one not try to guide their child away from bad lifestyles? How about if your child had an eating disorder? Would you not guide them to a healthier lifestyle? If they were drug users, you wouldn't? Not everyone approves of homosexuality, everyone needs to get over that.

Calamity Panfan · #25

i think most people will see your comparison to be just as effective as how you saw RU's comparison, considering eating disorders/drug use could kill the child in question and being gay is considerably less lethal than those two things

b l a n k · #26

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If this thread were a kid on the playground, it'd have a "lock me" sign taped to its back.

I REALLY HATE POKEMON! · #27

^^ Note that I specifically said "drug users" and not addicts. Also, while having an eating disorder is dangerous, so is homosexuality. Never heard of GRID, huh? Gays still have AIDs more than straights.

#28

Sexually transmitted disease is something you can avoid while being gay, the same way you do when you're straight! Gasp! Don't say stupid things.

Really, IRHP. Have you ever thought of just not speaking in these threads?

Deku Tree · #29

Straight women are more likely to die in childbirth.

I REALLY HATE POKEMON! · #30

^^ That doesn't change facts now, does it? And yes, I do think about it from time to time, when conversation becomes too hostile especially. It's like these things can never go smoothly.

^ Yeah, and people who drive are more likely to die in a car accident. Incidentally, people who kill themselves are more likely to die from suicide.

#31

It means you're applying statistics wrong. Being gay doesn't give you AIDS. Improper prevention gives people AIDS, regardless of sexuality.

I REALLY HATE POKEMON! · #32

How am I applying statistics wrong? So many more homosexuals had it before that it was considered a homosexual disease. Clearly that's not the case, but they still have it more often, and there are theories as to why this is so. I watched some documentaries about it, but I can't cite anything off-hand because I don't particularly remember anything from them. Besides, they're only theories anyway. The fact remains that, for some reason, homosexuals are more likely to contract AIDs and that's that.

#33

Being gay does not give you AIDS.

#34

In the US, AIDS has a history of being the gay plague, and to this day that remains largely the case. There is a greater risk that homosexuals will contract the disease merely because there is a greater pool of people from which to contract it since they were the segment of the population most significantly impacted prior to any education or knowledge of what it was. Globally, however, it is more likely to impact heterosexual women than any other group.

#35

Straight couples have far more abortions than gay couples

the more you know~

ZeldaGirl · #36

[QUOTE="Booyakasha, post: 1469282, member: 17381"]^^Pretty sure there's a difference between childhood infatuation and adult attraction. Not that I'm pretending I know.[/QUOTE]

Yes, I know that. But that doesn't change the point I'm making - certain children become infatuated with members of a particular sex on their own, not necessarily with encouragement for one over the other. My mother didn't tell me to be infatuated with this particular boy, but it happened anyway. In my case, the infatuation occurred with someone of the opposite sex. My point is that it's not always the case.

I REALLY HATE POKEMON! · #37

[QUOTE="Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds, post: 1469378, member: 17429"]Being gay does not give you AIDS.[/QUOTE]

Of course not. Being gay only means that you're more likely to contract or already have it.

According to Wikipedia, a lot of gays don't even know they have it. And the gay community has the most AIDs. Guess what people do when they want to have sex and think that both they and their partner are clean? A lot of people, even at the risk of making a kid (something gays don't need to consider), if overpopulation is any indication, just screw raw, to put in bluntly. And according to the sex documentary series that used to play on G4 (Wired for Sex, I believe), big, gay, Red Bull, alcohol, cocaine, and Viagra fueled, protectionless orgies are a common thing (Maybe it was just super-common in one place, maybe San Francisco, IIRC). Not to say nothing like that happens with straights, but that's not the point. That going on with high rates of AIDs, and a lot don't know they have it? Seems like we found our reason, or at least part of one, why AIDs rates are higher in homosexuals in America.

What was even the original point again? Ah, yes. That homosexuality is dangerous, also. More dangerous than being straight, anyway, in that sense.

#38

Being gay does not give you AIDS.

Random User · #39

I REALLY HATE POKEMON!, post: 1469333, member: 18119 wrote:Your comparison between hair color and sexual orientation is not a good one, and makes little to no sense. There's just no reason to give a crap about hair color.

It's almost as if there's just no reason to give a crap about your sexuality.

I just don't believe in this "psychological" damage stuff. Should one not try to guide their child away from bad lifestyles? How about if your child had an eating disorder? Would you not guide them to a healthier lifestyle? If they were drug users, you wouldn't? Not everyone approves of homosexuality, everyone needs to get over that.

As much as you believe it isn't psychologically straining or damaging, there are many, many people who would beg to differ, as they are homosexuals with parents that find their sexuality a flaw and problem. I can deny that Japan speaks Japanese as much as I want. Does that make me correct?

I don't find anything unhealthy about being gay, as much as you'd like to press that being gay = AIDS.

United Nations · #40

[QUOTE="I REALLY HATE POKEMON!, post: 1469395, member: 18119"]Of course not. Being gay only means that you're more likely to contract or already have it.

According to Wikipedia, a lot of gays don't even know they have it. And the gay community has the most AIDs. Guess what people do when they want to have sex and think that both they and their partner are clean? A lot of people, even at the risk of making a kid (something gays don't need to consider), if overpopulation is any indication, just screw raw, to put in bluntly. And according to the sex documentary series that used to play on G4 (Wired for Sex, I believe), big, gay, Red Bull, alcohol, cocaine, and Viagra fueled, protectionless orgies are a common thing (Maybe it was just super-common in one place, maybe San Francisco, IIRC). Not to say nothing like that happens with straights, but that's not the point. That going on with high rates of AIDs, and a lot don't know they have it? Seems like we found our reason, or at least part of one, why AIDs rates are higher in homosexuals in America.

What was even the original point again? Ah, yes. That homosexuality is dangerous, also. More dangerous than being straight, anyway, in that sense.[/QUOTE]

AIDS is transmitted only by direct contact with bodily fluids. Last time I checked, being of a certain sexual orientation does not transmit AIDS. Being gay does not give you AIDS. Direct contact with bodily fluid does. It's science, sweetheart.