Ideas on how to make a man out of a little boy!?

Question

Friends' 5 year old son used to like dolls and wear girls' clothes... So he started giving him a lot of toy guns and stuff, taking him to sports, and even allow him to play with matches and break stuff with baseball bat... Now he is 7 and does not have any feminine signs. Should he stop or continue the manly education?

Answer 1

Um, continue the manly eduaction...but, he has to tell him why he is teaching him the things he's teaching him. It's just what boys do...but he has to allow him to be adventerous. Now, I am against being gay...b/c that's NOT how you're born and that's just not how we were created, but sometimes you gotta just let kids find out for themselves. And let the kids know that you love them either way. We can't make decisions for them all of their lives, they have to learn how to live in what they create for themselves.

Answer 2

Some day we will be watching this as a "American Justice" episode.
I understand the male psyche of wanting their little boys to be in the stereotypical male rolls of tough, GI Joe types. Just because a little boy plays with a doll does not mean that the child will choose an alternative lifestyle. If a person is gay it is something that cannot be changed no matter what you do. Here are a couple of stories to prove this:
1) My brother was a very girly little boy. Very sensitive, liked dolls, and all that stuff. I was a Tomboy so he raided the neighbor girls stuff. Now at 32 he is a very manly man. Married, kids, rough & tumble all male type. Not at all gay.

2)My brother-in-law was 3 when I first met him (he is now 26) and when he was little he was drawn to "girly" things. His Dad tried to stear him away from all things girls with all the boy things but he just didn't want anything to do with it. Now he is the biggest Queen I know.

So what does this say? Let your child be a child to explore, develop and be a kid. All we can do is love our kids no matter how they turn out. Don't force toys onto them, it may only result in confusion and underlying distrust of you as a parent as they may feel they cannot discuss their true feelings with you.

And in the end all we have is our kids so love them as much as you can.

Answer 3

Playing with matches is a bit mad as he might just burn the house down,and theres no need to break stuff with a base ball bat as that can encourage violence.
I have a 7yr old and he likes the toy guns,enjoys sports,goes to rugby, watches football matches and goes fishing.
Your friend has got to remember that he is still a little boy and has to create his own personality and activities he likes.It is nice to encourage him to do things and join clubs,but only on his terms.
My son has been introduced to many things,the list above is what he wants to do,however he is partial to a kiss and a cuddle off his mum.

Answer 4

Not at all [but I had a hard edge by the time I was 7]. Seven is golden. Everything you wrote, in list format, is what and how parents do good.

Tell your retard to bring the matches to the treehouse. We still think he's too small to play ball, but maybe some of those broken things will be cool [don't bring them, we're going to sit back with a box of Mickey's].

Answer 5

You should continue. But its really up to him. But i think you should continue. But if you want him to be more manly then send him to boot camp. But you'll never know if he plays with dolls and wears girls clothes because his gay. He may be one when he grows up. Maybe he's just doing this man;y thing right now is that he doesn't want you to know. I'm not really sure but it can be true if your telling me...

Answer 6

Sounds like a pretty excellent way to raise a future sociopathic school shooter. Well done.

Answer 7

Ummm...yeah...teach him to be aggressive. And they'll be wondering where they went wrong when they are visiting him in the pen 10 years from now. LOL!!!Funny.