Dwight Howard — My 7-Year-Old Son Should NOT Be at a Hooters

EXCLUSIVE

A seven-year-ancient boy should be having his birthday at Chuck E. Cheese’s, NOT Hooters … so claims Dwight Howard, who is using the pic to prove to a judge his baby mama has terrible judgment.

“Basketball Wives” star Royce Reed, the boy’s mother, posted the photo on her Instagram showing Braylon smiling ear-to-ear … and it probably wasn’t because of the wings.

As TMZ first reported … Howard is angling for full custody, while simultaneously being investigated for child abuse.

In court docs, Howard has accused Reed of exposing Braylon to sexual situations. Howard claims the 7-year-ancient has witnessed Reed engage in sexual acts with her “numerous companions.”

We’re told Howard believes this photo is just the latest example of his son being exposed to sex.

A source accurate to Royce says her son’s birthday have fun was at a Monkey Joe’s bounce household earlier in the day — with his classmates — and she merely stopped at Hooters for food. The source also says Royce has never had any man in and out of her household, and has never exposed Braylon to sex.

A rep for Howard tells TMZ, “Dwight isn’t going to engage in the back and into the world about his son in the media. He only wishes that his mother would do the same and protect the boy instead of exposing him.‎”