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[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]

Other kids are sometimes inter sexed or even transgender. No one is discussing surgery on sex organs here; just recognizing that anatomy and sense of self and the way they go together can and do vary.

Life could be easier for the kids we’re talking about and your kid could help by not bringing oversimplified concepts to their interactions. I sure as hell hope mine will do the same (and FWIW he had no difficulty understanding it because he also knows trans and gender nonconforming adults).[/quote]

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