slurpeez108, I agree that Henry is smart and suffered the effects of the curse probably more than anyone else but that doesn’t mean that he believes that ALL magic is bad. What about the fairies? Fairy dust? Portals? If he really didn’t want to use any magic, he wouldn’t accept Rumple’s gift. In the end, he is just a child and even though mature for his age, he’s still young and naive in his own way. He has his dreams of happy ending for his family and desperate people take desperate measures, especially if they are smart kids… Remember, it was Regina’s choice not to use magic, not Henry’s wish (and before you say anything – yes, he didn’t want him being kept in the house by magic or having friends MADE like him because of magic. The point of the whole thing wasn’t not to use magic at all but that magic cannot control feelings and it’s the real actions that do).
As for Mr Gold – nah, no way this was because of Bae. If it was, he would’ve been kind to Henry before as well, not just in this particular moment (unless he found out about Neal??? 😈 ). If you listen to what he’s actually saying while giving the gift to Henry:
Once one can control something, one no longer need fearing
and that was while he was staring at REGINA. I believe he wanted to make a point that he knows of Regina weakness that is Henry and that he can control her because of it. He didn’t have to help the kid at all but he did because he wanted to show his superiority and power over Regina. There could’ve even been a sense of threat that if Regina was to do him wrong, he could take the necklace away/do something bad to Henry because the boy is now at his mercy.
Another part of me thinks that he also did that because he knows there is someone in FTL (Cora?) that wants to come to the real world and perhaps Gold needs that person and Henry would help him do just that. He didn’t seem surprised with the nightmares which makes me believe this is a part of his plan.