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Loud House: The First Same-Sex Children's Cartoon

What age should children be exposed to same-sex marriage?

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A hit Nickelodeon animation series called "Loud House" has released the first gay married couple for children’s television ever. When first seeing this news reported on social media the comments and opinion of people were split. There are several arguments that can be addressed concerning this cartoon show. Many conservatives are not happy with the decision of the idea of a happily married gay couple on a children’s television network. Being a Christian myself, I have to be honest and say that I’m biased to the decision of a children’s network creating a gay married couple.

I admit I don’t have any children, but there is an uncomfortable feeling when I think about a 6 or 7- year-old child being introduced to same-sex marriage. First off, I personally think that age is too young for a child to be exposed to same-sex marriage. The fact that their brains aren’t even fully developed yet, why take on something that might be confusing? But most of the time they never have a real sense of what is taking place on the TV. Many children re-enact what they see, and some parents might be upset if they were to see their child holding hands and kissing the same sex. It’s definitely not the same when you see a little boy kissing a little girl on the cheek.

The opposing side to this argument which makes me biased on this subject is it’s the world we live in now. Everywhere you go there are happily proud same-sex, and even married same-sex couples walking around. There are some children born into this lifestyle where both parents are both daddy and daddy, or mommy and mommy. It may be not be new to them at all, but something they are used to and comfortable with because they have no choice. For them to see a cartoon show for kids their age group comes out with a same-sex couple, it makes it relatable. It is hard to argue with this, and to be honest it’s something that people are going to have to accept and move on.

If I had children of my own I wouldn’t want them to watch this cartoon at such a young age because I feel that they wouldn’t be ready for that type of exposure. But if I had an openly gay family member then I would want them to explain to my child first before seeing it on TV.

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