Gay child?

[Baseley09]

I found my 6 yr old boy naked lying ontop of one of his friends "simulating" what appeared to be gay sex..... Do you think this is strange, i'm not sure what to think, perhaps I should try and entertain him with more butch activities like cleaving meat or listing to some hard rock?

[crete]

what a strange person you are

[Eejit]

I have an 8yo who is quite the same. Ignore all and let your children be who they are!!

[Baseley09]

Your saying its possibly my fault?

You understand the moral implications with trying to force a lifestyle upon a child when displaying such activity.

[redcrx]

of course its your fault if the child is simulating the act. Obviously seen you do it at some point.

silly questions deserve silly answers

[twain11]

Good god what is wrong with some people?

[PinkFizz]

Is this the week for mad parenting questions??

[sponsmith]

You strange person.

[twain11]

I see that adoption question got wiped off.

[havinmysay]

what did u say when u saw them like that

[tiggergirlkr]

You are making a joke, right? If so, I've got to say that there is something fundamentally wrong with you for thinking of kids like that.

If not, and you ARE serious, I'm sorry. My advise would be to not encourage, but don't overly discourage. My thoughts on activities to do, rather than your ludicrous suggestions, would be football, paintballing and perhaps racing car computer games.

On the whole though, I think you're an idiot.

[total novice]

Why not talk about it in a way he will understand. To try and understand why he is doing it. Their could be a more sinister reason to what he is doing.

I dont mean to scare you but is there a chance he has seen anyone else doing it or maybe it could be being done to him. Communication is the key in this situation.

[Baseley09]

Seen him doing it? I dont see how, perhaps he caught some hetro stuff on tv by chance. Im not too worried at this stage but it was just an initial shock didnt know quite how to react. Thanks for the sensible responses so far.

[Lore]

You also need to consider the reaction of the other childs parents, If your son is demonstrating a sexual preference there's nothing to worry about and you shouldn't try to change him.
However, simulating a sexual act with another child could be damaging to both your family and the other childs family.
When inapproriate acts like this take place issues of sexual abuse are raised - and I'm not suggesting for one moment that your son is being sexually abused by anyone but being able to see either adults having sex or tv / films that contain scenes that are inappropriate for the child's age / stage of development are considered a form of abuse.

Think of it this way - your son is 6 years old, he's been to stay with a friend and until now has never brought up anything sexually related... suddenly he's able to show you how to have sex.. how would you feel? what thoughts would be runing through your head?

As I said earlier, there's nothing wrong with sexual preference but alarm bells could be raised if he does this in school, at a friends house or if the other child's parents wish to take it further.
you need to find a way to talk to your son about his behaviour towards others.

[rossminster]

Ignore it. He's six, for heaven's sake!

[Baseley09]

I think your right maybe I overreacted, a bit of naked frolicking never hurt anyone.

[crete]

this topic is quite disturbing please dont encourage the person who asked the question .

[baremission]

some people on here are being most unhelpful and unsupportive!!
i'd agree with the communication with son idea .