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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some people should just buy a doll. [/quote]

Agreed. People who obsess over having a child of a specific gender often have totally unrealistic expectations of what it will be like. If they are looking for a child the same sex as they are, they often assume the kid will just be a carbon copy of them, or that the child will correct all their mistakes as a "second chance." That's not how parenting works! Or how people work or how kids work. But even if they aren't looking for a mini-me, the gender-obsessed parents are often really reductive and weirdly competitive about gender. Thinking about my aunt (with only boys) who told my mom (with boys and girls) that boys are SO much easier and girls are all trouble and drama. Or my friend with only girls who will go all "ick ick boys are the worst" because she encounters ONE badly behaved boy in public, even though her oldest has behavioral issues and I've seen do worse more than once (I have had to replace furniture because of that girl's antics).

It's just simple thinking and shows a lack of critical thinking. Not ideal for parenting, which requires a lot of critical thinking to navigate well.[/quote]

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