What do you like to do with children?

[BLueRibbon]

In my case, I enjoy doing sports with children.

Chasing kids around is also a really good way to stay in shape.

What (non-sexual) things do you like to do with children?

[Grunko]

I love doing pranks with them. I love playing with them at parks and soft play areas. I love playing dodge ball with them. Me and another boy (12) were at a theme park and he tried to jump scare me at a dark alleyway but ended up scaring a random stranger.

[BLueRibbon]

Yeah, joking around with kids is really fun. Adults can be so serious... myself included.

[Condemned]

Be their pillow while we watch their favorite TV show or as I read children story books to them.

[John_Doe]

I'm more of a cat person.

I do admire/like children though.

[Kierkegaard]

I like working with kids and teens and playing sports or games with them, tutoring them and helping with school, etc but it's always bittersweet when I go home at the end of the day knowing that a deeper romantic relationship will always be out of reach and any attempt to develop real emotional intimacy will always be met with extreme suspicion. It would be practically impossible for me to develop even a platonic mentor type relationship with a boy outside of work without putting myself at risk. Not to mention putting the boy at risk of being victimized by cops, psychologists, family members, etc if they find out that he developed a potentially romantic bond with a man and take it upon themselves to gaslight him into thinking the bond was disgusting and predatory and fake and the person they thought cared for them was really a ruthless predator taking advantage of them.

This inability to pursue emotional closeness with a boy bothers me far more than just the sexual frustration. Especially when I get the sense that a boy I've started to form a bond with at work is gay or bi and would like to be closer to me too. It hurts to have to always maintain that distance. I've gotten some of those doe eyed looks from 6th and 7th grade boys and my heart always aches not being able to just hug them and ask them openly if they'd like to spend time together outside of work or come over to my house and play videogames and hang out. It would be easy to figure out whether or not they're actually interested in anything sexual or if they just want to be friends the exact same way teleiophiles do(flirting, non-verbal communication, etc or just outright asking them if they'd like to cuddle or go on a date) if we were just allowed to be open about it.

Anti-MAPS say it's just delusional thinking when we think a minor wants a relationship but I know for a fact this is bullshit because I was 12 years old once and my crushes were never restricted by age. If anything I was far more attracted to adults when I was younger than I am now. I would've loved to be held and cuddled and "groomed" by some of the men in my life back then, like my 6th grade teacher. I had sexual fantasies about him almost daily. I suspect he might've actually been a MAP too considering how he'd smirk when I fawned over him constantly and he always talked to me with far more genuine care and respect than non-MAP teachers tend to talk to students. He never did anything sus, though, even though I wished he would. Anyway, the fact that there are so many 18 year old twinks on Grindr who seem to almost exclusively want to hook up with 30+ year old guys is pretty strong evidence that at least some underage boys would enjoy having a relationship with an older man too. Not to mention the historical record and overwhelming preponderance of age gap relationships in the gay community before gays were assimilated into mainstream culture in the 80's/90's and suddenly talking about how you enjoyed romantic relationships with older men as a young teen became taboo to admit to.

It's just so obvious that there absolutely are 10-16 year old boys discovering their sexuality who yearn for intimacy with older male mentor figures. Ask any gay dude over 50 and if you can get them to be honest most of them will tell you they had some kind of pederastic relationship as a young teen or tween and loved it. The mental gymnastics antis perform to deny this is incredible. And then they accuse us of having cognitive distortions.

I just want to spend time with boys and get close to them without anti-MAP karens getting all hysterical about it. These days boys are hardly even allowed to spend time outside in public without constant supervision, they're all locked up in their rooms on social media because of how hostile the world is to youth. We need more penny arcades and skateparks and shit and less suffocating helicopter parents calling the police every time they see a 14 year old doing anything outside unsupervised.

[Curson]

In my case, I enjoy doing sports with children.

Chasing kids around is also a really good way to stay in shape.

What (non-sexual) things do you like to do with children?

Playing games with them, interacting, chatting, talking about relatable things...

[arty]

Conversation. It's my way of peeking into their little minds. It's a little difficult to get them to sit a bit longer, so full of energy. I wish I'd get to meet a little literary genius I could talk about books with, literature is a strong passion of mine. They and their football

[HikerBoy12]

I would love to be a personal trainer in the gym for young girls, like 12-15 y/o. I am an avid gym goer and It would be so great to get to workout with a pretty girl