Hi
Just had a rather unusual evening. Heard DH shouting at DS2, which is rare, and saying not to use his computer to download stuff. Chatted to DS who said he had accidentally downloaded a picture of a naked man. I knew he was lying about it being an accident. He'd been on Skype with a bunch of girls from school (ironically he's only recently started to chat to and hang out with girls) and I was really worried he was about to show it to them as a dare.
Eventually he told me he had feeling like love in his tummy (his words) for some man on Glee and wondered if he'd get those same feelings for another man, so typed 'shirtless man' into a search engine, which was how the picture (bit more than shirtless) came up.
We discussed internet safety, and I explained it was up to us parents to put filters on if stuff like that worried us.
I suppose I'm posting because I don't quite know what my own response is. he seems young, but year 6 all seem to be suddenly getting flirtatious with each other. More than anything else I'm terrified he might get picked on or singled out at his secondary (all boys) school.
Any advice (especially from gay men on here.) I tried to find a parenting forum for parents of gays but most seemed to be Christian discussions on how not to appear too distressed and that's not how I feel at all. Just, it's something I have no knowledge of, and I want him to feel confident and comfortable in his own skin as he hits his teens.