Did you see this story? "Genderless" child?

jen-dale · May 2011

https://moms.today.com/_news/2011/05/25/6715267-he-she-or-it-family-keeps-babys-gender-a-secret?GT1=43001

I can't imagine. I know some people go too far with things, but is this the same "too far" in the other direction?

vflipo · May 2011

I get allowing kids to pick their own toys and whatnot. But to hide the gender completely from everyone seems way too extreme to me.

LC0479 · May 2011

vflipo:
I get allowing kids to pick their own toys and whatnot. But to hide the gender completely from everyone seems way too extreme to me.

I agree. To me this is just bizarre. Foster their imagination and growth in other ways aside from hiding their gender. Very strange.

jen-dale · May 2011

LC0479:

vflipo:
I get allowing kids to pick their own toys and whatnot. But to hide the gender completely from everyone seems way too extreme to me.

I agree. To me this is just bizarre. Foster their imagination and growth in other ways aside from hiding their gender. Very strange.

what happens to this poor child when they are old enough? you can't ignore your genitals. WIll the baby be super confused later about what they are and how they should act? When do they plan on addressing this? Clearly it will come up, at least when they become school age.

vflipo · May 2011

jen-dale:

what happens to this poor child when they are old enough? you can't ignore your genitals. WIll the baby be super confused later about what they are and how they should act? When do they plan on addressing this? Clearly it will come up, at least when they become school age.

I think they're trying to avoid having the kid think there's a way he/she should act. But there are definitely other ways to do that. Like, I don't know, encouraging the child to be who he/she wants to be, even if it's not the norm for his/her gender.

ShellShockedMama · May 2011

I just don't understand the point. A lot of my gay and lesbian friends are all "wow, great idea" I've asked them to explain why but I've not yet received an answer. I just really don't 'get' it at all.

Addicted2thenot · May 2011

It is ridiculous.

One of the most annoying things about being a parent is having to deal with other peoples parenting styles & then having to deal with their whacked out kids.

vera1127 · May 2011

Addicted2Thenot:
It is ridiculous.
One of the most annoying things about being a parent is having to deal with other peoples parenting styles & then having to deal with their whacked out kids.

itsybitsybaby · May 2011

Yeah, I saw that. I don't get it. And honestly, it seems like they are exploiting their child to make a point. And I don't agree with that.

candycane3t · May 2011

itsybitsybaby:
Yeah, I saw that. I don't get it. And honestly, it seems like they are exploiting their child to make a point. And I don't agree with that.

Poor kid!

Mrs.KS · May 2011

Yeah this is insane. I was trying to read it to DH last night. This poor kid has no chance at turning out normal. Poor thing.

Jacquiemark · May 2011

itsybitsybaby:
Yeah, I saw that. I don't get it. And honestly, it seems like they are exploiting their child to make a point. And I don't agree with that.

Don't make your child an experiment.

ringer10 · May 2011

jen-dale:
LC0479:

vflipo:
I get allowing kids to pick their own toys and whatnot. But to hide the gender completely from everyone seems way too extreme to me.

I agree. To me this is just bizarre. Foster their imagination and growth in other ways aside from hiding their gender. Very strange.

what happens to this poor child when they are old enough? you can't ignore your genitals. WIll the baby be super confused later about what they are and how they should act? When do they plan on addressing this? Clearly it will come up, at least when they become school age.

I think that is just it! I don't agree w/what they are doing, but I think there is way too much pressure on children to act a certain way based on gender. After my m/cs I got angry looking back on home movies where I had a little baby doll and thought of how from such an early age I identified that with being a woman. I felt like I was conditioned from an early age to want to be a mommy.

I will say that storm will probably be no less confused than a gay/lesbian child who was raised to be straight and fill that gender roll. It may actually be less confusing since the pressure of being one way is not put upon him/her.

ringer10 · May 2011

Jacquiemark:
itsybitsybaby:
Yeah, I saw that. I don't get it. And honestly, it seems like they are exploiting their child to make a point. And I don't agree with that.

Don't make your child an experiment.

Despite what I said above, I totally don't agree with exploiting their child. It is one thing to try your best to raise them gender-free, quite another to make it a public topic. Of course, I'm wondering how much of that was in their control and how much of this has gotten out of hand.

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