I think unfortunately, with the way that the word is today and the types of people out there that do take advantage of young children, it's very difficult to write male adults being friends with children (especially girls), when we wouldn't think any differently about a female adult becoming friends with a child.
This is exactly what's been holding me back. Were the adult character a woman I probably wouldn't think anything of it. But because he's male it's made me dither a bit, first over how to handle the friendship between man and girl (which I have since figured out and feel confident about) then over how others might view it and whether or not some might try to talk me out of the idea (it wouldn't be the first time). Knowing that such friendships have been done and do work has helped my confidence to write this story quite a bit.
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Date: 2010-10-18 09:48 pm (UTC)From:This is exactly what's been holding me back. Were the adult character a woman I probably wouldn't think anything of it. But because he's male it's made me dither a bit, first over how to handle the friendship between man and girl (which I have since figured out and feel confident about) then over how others might view it and whether or not some might try to talk me out of the idea (it wouldn't be the first time). Knowing that such friendships have been done and do work has helped my confidence to write this story quite a bit.