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Ridgerunner
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I feel somewhat sorry for my son’s sons. They won’t get to play with their dad’s old toy trucks and guns and cars and machines. Why? Because they were so over-used that to the extent they still exist at all, they’re non-functional. My son did have one doll, however (my wife and I were sooooo enlightened) and it’s pristine from total non-use.
My daughters’ sons are fortunate because their mothers’ trucks, guns, machines, etc were in excellent condition because their mothers never played with them. But now they’re getting some pretty heavy use. Their daughters, however, have to do the best they can with dolls that have parts missing or damaged and repeatedly repaired.
Personally, I think all this “gender neutral parenting” is a crock. Boys are not girls and girls are not boys, and you can tell the difference in a dozen ways, almost from the moment of birth.
My daughters’ sons are fortunate because their mothers’ trucks, guns, machines, etc were in excellent condition because their mothers never played with them. But now they’re getting some pretty heavy use. Their daughters, however, have to do the best they can with dolls that have parts missing or damaged and repeatedly repaired.
Personally, I think all this “gender neutral parenting” is a crock. Boys are not girls and girls are not boys, and you can tell the difference in a dozen ways, almost from the moment of birth.
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whyeyeman
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So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
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I agree. Anyone who is a parent with more than one child of the opposite sex can see this. It’s clear as day. My son and my daughter are so obviously different that it’s not a question. Same with all my friends’ children.
I wonder if the people pushing the gender neutral crap are either not parents or parents of a single child (or multiple children of the same sex). Though I suppose the most likely case is that they think it should be a certain way that they ignore the very evidence before their eyes.
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Annie
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What this reminds me of is those parents who say, I won’t teach my children any religion, then when they grow up, they can choose their own.
Would we say such a thing about language? “No language for my children, they can choose their own when they are adults”? Of course not, and it would ruin their development if we did: there are certain times when children can learn certain aspects of language, and if they don’t learn it at the right age, they will have trouble with it for their entire lives, for the most part.
I actually knew a deaf adult who had been taught, as they did at the time, orally, where he did not learn sign language but only.lip-reading and speaking. If you asked him a question, like when shall we meet? He might answer with the place to meet.
This makes me wonder about children who are not taught certain things at certain ages, like delayed gratification.
Would we say such a thing about language? “No language for my children, they can choose their own when they are adults”? Of course not, and it would ruin their development if we did: there are certain times when children can learn certain aspects of language, and if they don’t learn it at the right age, they will have trouble with it for their entire lives, for the most part.
I actually knew a deaf adult who had been taught, as they did at the time, orally, where he did not learn sign language but only.lip-reading and speaking. If you asked him a question, like when shall we meet? He might answer with the place to meet.
This makes me wonder about children who are not taught certain things at certain ages, like delayed gratification.
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