A 6 yo family member has announced they're both boy and girl

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are all a little bit boy and a little bit girl.

Exactly. Smart 6 year old.

Yep. This.

I feel the same too.

[Anonymous]

In this situation I would work on teaching child how to talk without using pronouns at all. It can be very difficult to change pronouns, and doing it daily means a lot of confusion. I find it easier to just not use pronouns and always use the person name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In this situation I would work on teaching child how to talk without using pronouns at all. It can be very difficult to change pronouns, and doing it daily means a lot of confusion. I find it easier to just not use pronouns and always use the person name.

Sorry I'm PP - wrote this quickly. Didn't mean to sound that I don't think people are entitled to their pronouns. As a high school teacher I have worked with many trans students, and have found it difficult to change using pronouns once I have spoken to a student using the other pronoun. In order to not make mistakes I find it easiest to just not use pronouns. There is nothing worst than accidentally calling a student by the wrong pronoun in front of a whole class so this has been easier for me.

[Anonymous]

There are wonderful age appropriate children's books about pronouns and gender identity to read to your children.
It feels good to be yourself
Who are you
They He She Me: Free To Be!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if angry OP knows actual human trans kids, who in my experience all seem to pretty much know their minds often at an early age. The difference now is that parents aren’t going to be the sh!t out of a boy who wants to wear a skirt. The parents I know are supportive but no way did they implant this idea themselves.

You’re so right, especially when the cartoon M&Ms are now gay and racially corrected…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if angry OP knows actual human trans kids, who in my experience all seem to pretty much know their minds often at an early age. The difference now is that parents aren’t going to be the sh!t out of a boy who wants to wear a skirt. The parents I know are supportive but no way did they implant this idea themselves.

You’re so right, especially when the cartoon M&Ms are now gay and racially corrected…

We didn't have this issue 30 years ago because the parents would just laugh and say grow up. And that is what the kids did.

But today? definitely a great deal of progressive enabling going on instead of teaching kids the basic scientific facts of life. "We have a little bit of a boy and a little bit of a girl in us" = uh whut?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if angry OP knows actual human trans kids, who in my experience all seem to pretty much know their minds often at an early age. The difference now is that parents aren’t going to be the sh!t out of a boy who wants to wear a skirt. The parents I know are supportive but no way did they implant this idea themselves.

You’re so right, especially when the cartoon M&Ms are now gay and racially corrected…

We didn't have this issue 30 years ago because the parents would just laugh and say grow up. And that is what the kids did.

But today? definitely a great deal of progressive enabling going on instead of teaching kids the basic scientific facts of life. "We have a little bit of a boy and a little bit of a girl in us" = uh whut?

Well in your day the trans and gay kids killed themselves. So a lot of them didn't actually grow up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if angry OP knows actual human trans kids, who in my experience all seem to pretty much know their minds often at an early age. The difference now is that parents aren’t going to be the sh!t out of a boy who wants to wear a skirt. The parents I know are supportive but no way did they implant this idea themselves.

You’re so right, especially when the cartoon M&Ms are now gay and racially corrected…

We didn't have this issue 30 years ago because the parents would just laugh and say grow up. And that is what the kids did.

But today? definitely a great deal of progressive enabling going on instead of teaching kids the basic scientific facts of life. "We have a little bit of a boy and a little bit of a girl in us" = uh whut?

Well in your day the trans and gay kids killed themselves. So a lot of them didn't actually grow up.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if angry OP knows actual human trans kids, who in my experience all seem to pretty much know their minds often at an early age. The difference now is that parents aren’t going to be the sh!t out of a boy who wants to wear a skirt. The parents I know are supportive but no way did they implant this idea themselves.

You’re so right, especially when the cartoon M&Ms are now gay and racially corrected…

We didn't have this issue 30 years ago because the parents would just laugh and say grow up. And that is what the kids did.

But today? definitely a great deal of progressive enabling going on instead of teaching kids the basic scientific facts of life. "We have a little bit of a boy and a little bit of a girl in us" = uh whut?

You're entirely wrong. Trans people existed 30 years ago. They've always existed.

The difference today is that they're less likely to be killed for being trans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if angry OP knows actual human trans kids, who in my experience all seem to pretty much know their minds often at an early age. The difference now is that parents aren’t going to be the sh!t out of a boy who wants to wear a skirt. The parents I know are supportive but no way did they implant this idea themselves.

You’re so right, especially when the cartoon M&Ms are now gay and racially corrected…

We didn't have this issue 30 years ago because the parents would just laugh and say grow up. And that is what the kids did.

But today? definitely a great deal of progressive enabling going on instead of teaching kids the basic scientific facts of life. "We have a little bit of a boy and a little bit of a girl in us" = uh whut?

You're entirely wrong. Trans people existed 30 years ago. They've always existed.

The difference today is that they're less likely to be killed for being trans.

Remember when the media was all abuzz about the trans kid killed in Montana —- except it was for drugs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In this situation I would work on teaching child how to talk without using pronouns at all. It can be very difficult to change pronouns, and doing it daily means a lot of confusion. I find it easier to just not use pronouns and always use the person name.

Sorry I'm PP - wrote this quickly. Didn't mean to sound that I don't think people are entitled to their pronouns. As a high school teacher I have worked with many trans students, and have found it difficult to change using pronouns once I have spoken to a student using the other pronoun. In order to not make mistakes I find it easiest to just not use pronouns. There is nothing worst than accidentally calling a student by the wrong pronoun in front of a whole class so this has been easier for me.

I still haven't figured out when you address a person with a gendered pronoun. Isn't "you" genderless?