This post captured my attention in a big way because of an incident that is continuing to happen in our family. One of my nephews, Todd, has been sheltered from everything of a sexual nature. He is my divorced sister's only child and was raised on a very tight leash. I think she would have been happy if the poor kid had never hit puberty.
She called me two or three years ago, real upset, and told me she was pretty sure that the boy was "playing with himself," and then went on to chew me out for bringing the "gay gene" into the family. I told her she should relax. Simply leave the boy alone and let him have his privacy, that he was perfectly normal. That rubbed her the wrong way. As best as I can figure out, she laid down the law and warned Todd to never do anything nasty to himself.
Since he got no support from her, he apparently turned to a slightly older cousin to ask whether he was injuring himself as my sister had apparently stated. That cousin was raised in a much more open way and he told his own parents about the conversation with Todd. Also that he was worried about Todd. In that way Todd's mother got word that he was seeking information without letting her know.
My sister went ballistic. She quit her job and moved herself and Todd to another town where she does not have to put up with our interference. Todd is now 15. She is sending him to a church for counseling because she believes he is still "doing it."
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Sorry if i offend with this comment, but when I read things like this I just think f*cked up God botherers screwing with kids heads. I am amazed in this day and age people can inflict religeous mumbo jumbo on children. It is nothing short of mental and emotional abuse in my mind. We wouldnt allow an adult to beat or physically hurt a child but we are perfectly happy to mess with their minds until they are screwed.
ReplyDeletei have to agree with you. it is the preacher that keeps telling the parents if your child keeps on playing with there thing, they will not be able to go to heaven. then in return the parents scare the hell right out of the child telling them if they keep playing with there thing they will be going to hell not heaven. God does not care if you play with your thing that is why he gave you a penis so you can play with it and use it how you feel fit to use it. if God did not what you to play with your penis he would have not given you one.
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