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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here- she actually gave several examples but that was the most concrete. Others were much more nuanced and context specific... but had to do with behavior and expectations for independence.

I do think that with all we are learning about gender and identity it is good to explore within ourselves. I also think that some people are getting lost in the weeds of wokeness and losing sight of the individual child in front of them.

My friend is a dear dear friend so it truly wasn’t an offensive comment. We have conversations like this often and she is so good at wording her comments in a way that genuinely doesn’t make me feel offended or defensive. It was a very open dialogue. For what it is worth, she has several children (twins included) and they are all the same gender. [/quote]

I agree with those who find your friend's behavior performative. Has she always kept score like this? I cannot imagine squirreling away examples of ways a dear friend of mine could improve her parenting that I could proactively raise, unless something was seriously wrong.

Birth order totally makes a difference in the amount of experience you have for that age; and frankly, the amount of time you have to sweat some of the small stuff. Well, I guess except for your friend who apparently has lots of time to make you her woke renovation project.

Related (and your friend may take exception with this): For the most part, girls clothes have a greater range of options for a variety of taste (setting aside the glitter cesspool that is Halloween). I wish that there were more boy clothes options that didn't overwhelmingly fall into the categories of ice cream man, sports for sports sake, or just super loud. [/quote]

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