Parents like that are really ridiculous. It's a sort of misogyny that they don't seem to realize they're encouraging.

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Anonymous wrote:I get why she's proud. It's nice to see your kids feel free to chose what interests them, especially when it goes against gendered stereotypes. But I agree that she needs to remember that her DD needs to chose her own path too.

I worry that I'm socially gendering my DD already, even though she's just a few months old. I've always generally disliked pink as a color but I keep gravitating towards pink outfits for her to wear. Why?!

Because she's a baby girl, and that's what baby girls wear. It's not about you, PP.

What's wrong exactly with "socially gendering" your DD? For millenia, parents have grasped that part of their job is to help their children understand what they are. It's a recent phenomenon that people have believed otherwise. Here's a tip: stop believe that you or a bunch of forgettable academics pushing this gender theory stuff are somehow smarter than the collective wisdom of thousands of years. The truth is that you are not.

I'm sorry to break the news to you, but this "gender theory stuff" is not going away. Also, your idea of "collective wisdom" is wrong. It is simply wrong.

I predict that you will one day realize that the unhappiness that nags at you derives, in part, from your misplaced confidence that you are smarter than the accumulated wisdom of human history.

For thousands of years we thought mentally Ill people were possessed. We thought gay people were defective. We thought men who liked feminine things were gay. We thought entire swaths of people were subhuman and could be enslaved.

Human history is not the font of wisdom you think it is.

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Anonymous wrote:I get why she's proud. It's nice to see your kids feel free to chose what interests them, especially when it goes against gendered stereotypes. But I agree that she needs to remember that her DD needs to chose her own path too.

I worry that I'm socially gendering my DD already, even though she's just a few months old. I've always generally disliked pink as a color but I keep gravitating towards pink outfits for her to wear. Why?!

Because she's a baby girl, and that's what baby girls wear. It's not about you, PP.

What's wrong exactly with "socially gendering" your DD? For millenia, parents have grasped that part of their job is to help their children understand what they are. It's a recent phenomenon that people have believed otherwise. Here's a tip: stop believe that you or a bunch of forgettable academics pushing this gender theory stuff are somehow smarter than the collective wisdom of thousands of years. The truth is that you are not.

I'm sorry to break the news to you, but this "gender theory stuff" is not going away. Also, your idea of "collective wisdom" is wrong. It is simply wrong.

Oh, right. Because so-called academics and crazy activists with personal agendas who have come along in the last 30 years or so know more about human nature, human emotions, human intellect, human development, etc. etc. etc, than what has been observed and practiced for all of recorded time, and even before that. Got it.

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Anonymous wrote:I get why she's proud. It's nice to see your kids feel free to chose what interests them, especially when it goes against gendered stereotypes. But I agree that she needs to remember that her DD needs to chose her own path too.

I worry that I'm socially gendering my DD already, even though she's just a few months old. I've always generally disliked pink as a color but I keep gravitating towards pink outfits for her to wear. Why?!

Because she's a baby girl, and that's what baby girls wear. It's not about you, PP.

What's wrong exactly with "socially gendering" your DD? For millenia, parents have grasped that part of their job is to help their children understand what they are. It's a recent phenomenon that people have believed otherwise. Here's a tip: stop believe that you or a bunch of forgettable academics pushing this gender theory stuff are somehow smarter than the collective wisdom of thousands of years. The truth is that you are not.

This is kind of stupid . for most of history, men and women were told exactly who they should be based on biological necessity. Those constraints no longer exist. They haven't in a very long time.

It is a good thing that men and women are free to be who they want to be, rather than a ridiculous social construct. And sometimes, it takes parents encouraging their children to try things different than what their peers might try to let them know that they have some freedom and choice

Okay so I have seen this quite a bit as a preschool teacher in Seattle. In my experience- it is a parent who has an agenda and makes their kids conform to that agenda. This is about the parent and not the child. It’s kinda disgraceful if you ask me... this is a political statement. Now if it was a boy, for example, that was not influenced by their parents but had a genuine interest in princesses- that is a different scenario and should be honored because it’s coming from a genuine interest.

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Anonymous wrote:I get why she's proud. It's nice to see your kids feel free to chose what interests them, especially when it goes against gendered stereotypes. But I agree that she needs to remember that her DD needs to chose her own path too.

I worry that I'm socially gendering my DD already, even though she's just a few months old. I've always generally disliked pink as a color but I keep gravitating towards pink outfits for her to wear. Why?!

Because she's a baby girl, and that's what baby girls wear. It's not about you, PP.

What's wrong exactly with "socially gendering" your DD? For millenia, parents have grasped that part of their job is to help their children understand what they are. It's a recent phenomenon that people have believed otherwise. Here's a tip: stop believe that you or a bunch of forgettable academics pushing this gender theory stuff are somehow smarter than the collective wisdom of thousands of years. The truth is that you are not.

I'm sorry to break the news to you, but this "gender theory stuff" is not going away. Also, your idea of "collective wisdom" is wrong. It is simply wrong.

Mom definitely sounds insecure. Adults need to stop pushing their issues on their kids.

Yes, we need to let our kids be who they're going to be - whether it matches the gender stereotype or not!

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Anonymous wrote:I get why she's proud. It's nice to see your kids feel free to chose what interests them, especially when it goes against gendered stereotypes. But I agree that she needs to remember that her DD needs to chose her own path too.

I worry that I'm socially gendering my DD already, even though she's just a few months old. I've always generally disliked pink as a color but I keep gravitating towards pink outfits for her to wear. Why?!

Because she's a baby girl, and that's what baby girls wear. It's not about you, PP.

What's wrong exactly with "socially gendering" your DD? For millenia, parents have grasped that part of their job is to help their children understand what they are. It's a recent phenomenon that people have believed otherwise. Here's a tip: stop believe that you or a bunch of forgettable academics pushing this gender theory stuff are somehow smarter than the collective wisdom of thousands of years. The truth is that you are not.

Anonymous wrote:A fellow preschool mom was telling me that she loves that her boys are into princesses and my little pony, she even bought one of her sons Elsa shoes. She admitted that she would be sad if her daughter(infant) gets into princesses. I have a boy and a girl and I just cannot wrap my head around this. Why is it great when a 4yr old boy wants to be a princess but not okay for a 4yr old little girl.

The thing to understand is that contemporary liberals hate boys and men. There is nothing more to understand about it. They are caught up in some sort of mass psychosis that prevents them from seeing how awful they have become and instead causes them to believe that they are "good people."

I grew up (girl) wearing solid color turtlenecks and denim overalls, etc. The boys wore the same outfits. It is odd to me how there are such gendered clothing styles starting at a young age. E.g., my 2yo son wears comfortable jeans and my 2yo niece is in tight jeggings. Maybe this is part of what's making everyone more likely to try to differentiate between sexes.

It makes sense to me. MLP is awesome. Princess culture sucks.

If you want happy and confident kids, encourage whatever THEY like and not what your insecurities

That mom is a sad person op