Connie Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Parents keep child’s gender under wraps - Yahoo! NewsAny opinions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceofLight2000 Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Asinine, on multiple levels. You don't have to keep gender a secret to teach your child the dynamic nature of gender roles. On top of that, they're worrying about letting an infant choose for itself what it wants to be when it doesn't even understand what that means. If an individual wants to go against the grain of perceived gender roles in society, it will happen on it's own. There's no need for this nonsense presented under the guise of "parental guidance", and I can't believe a spectacle is being made of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
applepansy Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 I think its sad when parents use their children to make statements. As I read towards the end of the article it seemed to me the parents weren't listening to the 5yo. These are not the first parents to use their children in a social experiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dravin Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 I believe gender/sex is a divine eternal characteristic and not something little Storm gets to decide for him/herself. I doubt it'll be kept secret for too long, at some point people are going to notice what public restroom Storm goes into, though it may take enough years for him/her to be over the 'can go into either with Mom or Dad' bar.Personally while I can understand the desire not to pigeonhole your child by certain social expectations (say flowers versus trucks, or teacher versus engineer) there are ways to do that besides, as Applepansy puts it, using your child as a social experiment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennarator Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 (edited) I don't see how this is doing the child any good. As was stated above, "If an individual wants to go against the grain of perceived gender roles in society, it will happen on it's own." But for the record that child looks like a boy. Maybe they wanted to have a girl so bad they didn't want to admit they had another boy.... Edited May 24, 2011 by Jennarator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Making a statement is good. Making a statement without benefit of a brain is not good. Making a statement without benefit of a brain by involving defenseless children who didn't CHOOSE to sign up to join in is... I don't know, it's so bad, I am at a loss for words on it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Bad? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Making a statement is good.Making a statement without benefit of a brain is not good.Making a statement without benefit of a brain by involving defenseless children who didn't CHOOSE to sign up to join in is... I don't know, it's so bad, I am at a loss for words on it...Stupid?Idiotic?Sick?What are they thinking?????They need to have their Brain Filter replaced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Bad? :)I'm looking for a superlative form of bad that is worse than worst...like, I don't know... atrocious, abominable, awful, dreadful, painful, terrible, unspeakable, corked, deplorable, distressing, lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry, fearful, frightful, horrid, crappy, lousy, rottenjust doesn't seem to cut it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintmichaeldefendthem1 Posted May 24, 2011 Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 It's pop psychology that attempts to deny gender roles and blur the definition between male and female. These parents are sick and I feel sorry for their baby who will grow up very, very confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarginOfError Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I don't care. They'll be disappointed when the child learns to identify the differences between male and female and auto-affiliates with its own gender. The parents, and anyone who criticizes or praises their decision all should recognize that there's very little the parents can do to influence the development of their child unless they choose to abuse the child. The child's peers will have for more influence on his or her development than the decisions of the parent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miztrniceguy Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 They better start it's therapy fund now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackmarch Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Parents keep child’s gender under wraps - Yahoo! NewsAny opinions?/facepalm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrinceofLight2000 Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Quit stealing my signature photo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just_A_Guy Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 They better start it's therapy fund now.The article linked to a very touching photo of the child being kissed by its sister. Then I read the caption and saw that the "sister" with lovely long brown hair all done up in a braid, was actually its brother.As one of the commissioners in family court in Provo likes to say at the end of a hearing (often with more than a hint of irony in his voice):"Good luck to the parties." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennarator Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 The article linked to a very touching photo of the child being kissed by its sister. Then I read the caption and saw that the "sister" with lovely long brown hair all done up in a braid, was actually its brother.As one of the commissioners in family court in Provo likes to say at the end of a hearing (often with more than a hint of irony in his voice):"Good luck to the parties."I saw that, too. Poor little boy, looks like a boy with braids. At first I felt sorry the "girl" looked so much like a boy...now I feel sorry for the boy that acts and dresses like a "girl." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennarator Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 (edited) This is an interesting little article. (spoof) Parents Hiding the Gender of Their Child: Good Luck With ThatAlthough I don't think the parents hearts are in the right place. I think the first part is exactly what I was thinking... Edited May 25, 2011 by Jennarator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 Did you see the photo of that same boy's book that he wrote? Yeah - not influenced, huh? Parents are influencing them to be un-influenced. Yep! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroads Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 This is just silly. If the kids want to go beyond traditional gender roles, more power to them. But let the grandparents know the baby's gender! I'm wondering if they'll ever tell the baby what he/she is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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