You usually get mail about
sex, being a “sex advice columnist” and all, but I have a
parenting problem. Given that you are a fellow parent, I’m hoping you
have some insight.
My brother is a conservative; I’m a
politically engaged liberal. I can’t change him, but I’m disturbed
because his son, who we’ll call “George,” is 13 years old and has taken
on many of his dad’s intolerant views. For instance, whenever I suggest
that my toddler-age son could have a girlfriend or a boyfriend when he
grows up, George says, “Being gay is just wrong.” He also uses the word
“gay” as a pejorative, as in “that’s so gay.” George takes every
possible opportunity to let us know that he thinks homosexuality is
wrong. George loves my son, and my son thinks the world of George. So
two questions:
1. Do you have any suggestions as to how to
convince a 13-year-old boy that homosexuality is okay? I have no
parental...