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There is a tragic new parenting trend: parents who raise their children without identifying the children’s gender, even to the children [1][2].
Such parents view gender as entirely fluid, divorced from biological sex, and something a child should choose later in life. They use the gender-neutral pronouns “they/them” when referring to their children; use gender-neutral clothing for their children; and buy their children gender-neutral toys.
There are multiple videos on YouTube praising this approach. Brands, in fact, are marketing to this trend [3].
Undoubtedly, these parents believe they have their children’s best interests at heart. Many view the “assignment” of a child’s gender at birth (the terminology now applied to identifying a child by his or her biological sex) as presumptuous.
They want to offer their children the broadest possible range of opportunities in life (something gender linked to biological sex is seen as restricting). Continue reading
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