The Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Is Providing Anticipatory Guidance

The primary care pediatric nurse practitioner is providing anticipatory guidance to the parent of a school-age boy. The parent expresses concerns that the child prefers to play with dolls, is worried that the child will be a homosexual, and asks what can be done to prevent this from happening. What will the nurse practitioner tell this parent?

A) Homosexual identity formation cannot be predicted by early childhood behavior.
B) Masculinizing boys from an early age helps to determine heterosexual orientation.
C) Sexual orientation identification begins late in adolescence and not in childhood.
D) The development of sexual orientation is generally a multifaceted process.