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Re: WDYT?
hehe I posted this and then ran to the store with DH. I mentioned the story to him and we both couldn't get over the names, etc. and were like "yup, figures they'd pull some kind of crap like this. " Poor kids are going to be screwed up!
I'm intrigued but not in a good way. I think this is going to end up as a social experiment gone bad. I think allowing kids to make their own choices is important and agree that american society socializes babies at a young age around what it means to be a boy or a girl which in my opinion is not a good thing. I know your mama's of girls have all tried to buy things for your baby girls that are not pink with no avail. However the philosophy this family is choosing takes it a WAY too far.
Personally, I think they are taking it way to far. Yes, society stereotypes, has certain expectations, but I think not identifying which sex you are from the beginning causes way more confusion. In reality, if the kids grows up not knowing who they are, how are they suppose to know who they are suppose to be???
It's kind of like appreciating good, when you've gone through some terrible things.
Idiots.
I think they are not thinking straight. Regardless of what you or your child may choose to be, you are biologically decided when you come out with a boy part or a girl part. No matter what you decide that is still going to remain the same. It seems complete rediculous to me to deny this fact. IF the child chooses that they feel more of one sex or another, than they still have to contend with the body parts they were delivered at birth.
I think people are trying too hard to be "new age thinkers" and are completely going bonkers.
It's ... well, let me just say that conducting this kind of social experiment with your children as the test subjects irks me. The child either has male or female anatomy, and as someone said upthread, what's the point in denying that? It seems like in trying to remove gender expectations from their children, they're actually creating an environment in which gender issues are a huge focus, as opposed to just letting the children be.
What concerned me more than their "genderless" baby is their oldest son, because I can't help but wonder which came first - his "gender issues" or the parents' gender neuroses. Let the boy wear pink and keep his hair long - who cares? But don't talk it to death to the point that a 5 year old feels the need to label himself "The Gender Explorer." At 5 years old I had a bowl haircut, played with Barbies, watched Ninja Turtles, etc. ... some days I wanted to be a boy, some days I got offended if I was mistaken for one in my boy haircut and blue jeans. Gender just wasn't an issue, and my parents didn't make it one.