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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just use their name. Two friends have kids that have picked really weird names (like Unicorn), so we sound like idiots talking about "Unicorn", but it is what it is.[/quote]

This.  This is why parents shouldn't cave to the fads of gender identity.

When I was 12, I got super into skateboarding.  It was my entire identity.  I would have been thrilled if I could insist that every call me Thrasher, instead of my given name, and refer to me as 'the skateboarder' when referring to me in the 3rd person.

But that would have been lunacy.

Calling a kid 'Unicorn' when their name is Jill is just as crazy.  And having to go back and forth between multiple names and pronouns is just as stupid.

This is out of control[/quote]

+1.

One of DD's friend has shared that she's non-binary but does not like 'they.'.  So instead, he has asked that we alternate between he/she & him/her.  But these kids have the audacity to call us out if we accidentally use 'he' 2 times  in a row, or don't use a statement like "[b]She[/b] left [b]his[/b] phone on the counter"

I support exploring yourself at this age, but there is also so much you can expect from people[/quote]

Tweens/teens are sometimes self-centered and a little ridiculous. News at 11. [/quote]

Agreed.  But in all other areas of their self-centeredness (is that a word?) and ridiculousness, we don't indulge it.  We tell them they are being ridiculous.

But god forbid we push back on pronouns...[/quote]

I wish you much luck when your child comes home and tells you they are non-binary and want to change their pronouns and you tell them no.  [/quote]

I get your point.  But I'm 99.9% sure they won't.  For a lot of reasons

But if they ever did.  I would listen.  And I would chuckle and tell them "no, I'm not calling you Unicorn" if they ever requested that I do that[/quote]

Unicorn is not they/them.[/quote]

Sure.  But asking me to alternate between the male and female pronouns is just as unreasonable.

Especially when its just a fad or an attempt to get some attention.

Honestly, the irony of all of these people thinking they are AH-MAZING parents for letting this stuff slide, or indulging in the ridiculousness of it.  When in reality, this is when a firm hand and guidance is needed [/quote]

Agree 100%[/quote]

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