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[quote=Anonymous]Sorry but I think your DH is right. Guys at school will talk and they will say -- among other things -- that your DS is gay. Some of the guys may believe it, others are raised in homes like yours where that's what their dads believe so that is what they will say, and some will be jealous of your DS hanging with pretty girls and will just want to say something derogatory about him. There is no way that the guys in school are going to say "wow cheerleader guys are so buff, let me quit football to join cheerleading too."

Before people jump in and say "who cares" -- well for a pre-teen/teen, what your peers say/believe about you does matter a lot; it affects how you are treated at school. Middle/high school are just different than college when people are more "accepting" of those who like different activities.

Is your DS ready to handle all of that? If cheerleading is really his "dream" as you say, then fine -- pursue it, but be ready for the fact that it could suck socially. Frankly if he pursues it, he should make his life easier by acting like the alpha male and openly saying things like -- I just joined bc I like Kristin Smith and now I get to see her 20 hrs a week.[/quote]

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