Handling the constant Bs and Gs
We avoid using “boy(s)” and “girl(s)” in our everyday language and say kids or babies instead. But how do you handle it when others constantly use those terms to talk about your kids?
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Sorry, what is the issue with Bs and Gs
We avoided a lot of gendered language for a long time, but once he got to school, they expected him to be able to identify boys vs girls based on "typical" traits 🙄 Which is whatever, we just make sure to hold space at home for gender beyond the binary
Society focuses a lot on gender and terms like boys and girls that are not only NOT particularly inclusive (since gender can be a spectrum), but those terms are also labels with expectations and stereotypes for who kids should be/ how they should act.
We try to let our kids define their interests and personalities outside of societal stereotypes and don’t call to attention their gender.
If you think about it it’s pretty weird that we use gender (aka genitals) to describe our kids so much, when we wouldn’t really use any other physical trait to describe or group kids.
Parenting Beyond Pink & Blue by Christia Spears Brown is a great book that talks a lot about gender stereotypes.
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