ron As heterosexual men, how do we protect our child’s innocence surrounding the subject of LGBTQ+?
Years ago, my family and I attended an event at church. On the way there, my daughter saw two women holding hands and asked, “Daddy, are those twi women practicing homosexuality?” I did not know what to say to her. I was not prepared for a six year old to be aware of this. My mind started reeling with thoughts from how am I going to protect her innocence to wanting to put whomever exposed her to this in a chokehold!
After a few seconds of panic, I calmed down, and asked her what does she think homosexuality is. She replied by saying it’s when a man and another man, or a woman and another woman do the things that her mom and I do, such as, hold hands, kiss etc. I said okay (feeling very relieved that she still had her innocence), and Tod her no, because the two girls were sisters.
Which brings me back to the question at hand, how do we approach this subject with a child, being honest with them while protecting their innocence?
