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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Team nanny here.  It’s both the age appropriate and correct answer.  [b]Don’t listen to anyone who tells you otherwise. [/b] [/quote]

But boys do have penises and girls do have vaginas. Are there men without penises? Sure. But OP's kid said an irrefutably true statement that does not preclude any nuanced understandings of gender. Logic 101.[/quote]

I agree with this.  Basically a kid that age is referring to other kids.  You could get into a more detailed nuanced conversation about the available surgeries for older folks who want to have their penis removed or have a penis added to their body, but I'd probably delay a conversation like that way past three.  I'd think it was a better idea to start with the basic biological realities that a three-yr-old wants to understand.[/quote]
But how is it damaging to a 3 year old or any age kid to think that there may be some boys without penises or girls without vaginas? Why does anyone need to think they have it all figured out? It’s ok to leave the discussion open to nuances without specifically discussing surgeries or other details yet.[/quote]

You teach them integers before you teach them fractions. You start with the basics. They’re 3. And generally, anyone having a nuanced discussion of gender with a 3 year old has their own agenda. There’s plenty of time for them to learn what adults that are preoccupied with gender think about gender identity.[/quote]

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