What an interesting family.

And the conversation below the article is extremely revealing.  It’s interesting — for current lack of a better synonym — how the respondents focus on one issue or another, taking the actual story (which is necessarily minimally representative of truth) into consideration.

HOT TOPIC: “GENDER?” -> START RIDICULOUS RANTS/PRAISE NOW.

One of the many that stuck out:

“I think it’s a great idea if the parents not give a child stereotypical ideas about how they should behave, because of their gender, let them play with both dolls and trains, etc. but to deny a gender completely, this will severely mess them up. Children learn about themselves through their basic facts and figures, at first. They establish who they are by understanding their identity, and yes, gender is a big part of that. It doesn’t matter what stereotypical ideas others might have and display to the child, as long as their parents can give them solid foundations, it shouldn’t matter.

This is a child’s life, not some social experiment! I remember the Brenda/David study from psychology, do they want their child to end up the same way? These people are not taking their responsibility as parents seriously.”

(My emphasis.)

It didn’t sound to me, that the parents were “denying gender” — in fact, it seemed like the parents allowed the full spectrum, so that the child can pick and choose what they like for themselves.

My only thing might be that their peers would necessarily influence the outcome.  It wouldn’t be absolutely their choice.  This may be a response to those who call their parenting decision “gay”: that those two people alone will not reflect the developed individual.

If that logic works, no straight couple would raise a queer child.  And everyone knows that has potential to happen.

Any thoughts?

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