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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When my daughter was in K her class rebelled and refused to wear the gendered gowns, the (elementary) school then switched to school tshirts for graduation.[/quote]

Why do I doubt the impetus for such a rebellion did NOT come from the kindergartners themselves?[/quote]

We didn't do Kindergarten graduation, but at that age my younger kid was at the height of getting upset about "unfair" random things.  If his female friends had gotten to wear his favorite color and he didn't?  He would have been indignant, and I very well might have said "you know what, it is kind of a silly rule" and advocated for him to get the color he wanted.[/quote]
Or you could explain that guess what, the world isn't always "fair" from one person's individual point of view, sometimes we don't always get what we want because we're all part of a larger community that requires compromise, and people can and should save their political capital and pick battles over really important things. But way to teach your special darling that he's the center of the world and worth creating a big ruckus and hassle for a lot of other people over.  :roll: (And yes, I get that you also think you're the center of the world and your kid is an extension of you and your righteous importance.)[/quote]

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