And why is that? You plan to keep your brother in a protective glass for how long? What are you protecting him from in the first place? The fact that there are people on the planet that are attracted to the same gender, and not the opposite one? How is that going to help your brother become tolerant, good and accepting towards homosexual people? Why do people have this inclination to "protect" the children against something completely natural that has existed in humans since the beginning of time (and that exists in the animal kingdom in general)? What is going to happen to your brother if he finds out that there are homosexual people? He's immediately going to turn into one of them because, hey, each of us, when we first heard about homosexuality, our first impulse to that knowledge was to run into the hands of a person of the same gender and have sex with them "to check it out"? You and your family should answer each of these questions. Sorry if this sounds preachy, but it really saddens me to see that you want to shield your brother from knowledge about the world around him. If it was physics, chemistry or history, it would be outrageous. But a simple biological fact about life and the world is also outrageous when kept away from kids that are learning about the world that surrounds them.Nile McMorrow said:Not until their older. My little brother had the awkward moment of asking what does gay mean after hearing it from another kid in his class. My dad had to go for the actual old english meaning not for the slang its used as these days.
So, only homosexual people should know about homosexuality? The rest of us should just keep our eyes shut. And if the kid happens to ask about it himself/herself, like in the above example, you're going to tell them "Oh it's nothing, don't worry about it, really, it's not like it's an important part of our world"? That would also mean that you shouldn't talk about heterosexuality with kids that are homosexual. Isn't that flawed even when said hypothetically?Deadheart said:No, Unless the child is homosexual (which in most cases, is not) You should avoid the topic.
Also, the main question; why would you avoid talking about it? Out of fear your kid might discover they're gay? Because you think they won't be able to understand it? Kids understand much that we believe they don't. And explaining homosexual relationships is not one of those highly difficult things to understand. Also, if somebody really is afraid that their kids might end up saying that they're gay, they really have no idea what is a true value of life, if such insignificant little thing would shatter their world.