Raising Children As Gender Neutral

[naomi24]

Paloma Faith says she is determined to raise her child, and any subsequent children she may give birth to, gender neutral, but how does that work? At some time the child is bound to discover that there are boys and there are girls – and that they are not the same - so when a child asks the question “What am I?”, what does the enlightened parent answer? Does she lie and say ‘You’re neither’, and if so is that, in effect, denying the child its true identity?

I’m inclined to think that in their determination to allow their children to ‘be who they are’, progressive parents are in danger of raising a generation of very confused people.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/paloma-faith-raising-child-gender-neutral-leyman-lahcine-refuses-to-reveal-sex-or-name-a8013776.html

[beso]

ummmm // I must have said hundreds of times "don't be a naughty boy/girl"//

Perhaps you should take a good hard look at yourself and your own weirdness.

[naomi24]

Zacs, based on your information I've given Paloma the benefit of the doubt. The question, however, remains. See my link at 09:12.

[New Judge]

Who is Palomar Faith?

[New Judge]

With or without the "r" !

[rowanwitch]

New judge. I think you just promoted yourself to Old judge

[murraymints]

[murraymints]

[douglas9401]

Palomar Faith is just an interested observer.

[vetuste_ennemi]

"Who is Palomar Faith?"

"New judge. I think you just promoted yourself to Old judge"

This little exchange reminds me of a sketch in "Not the 9 O'Clock News".

One involving video recorders and inflatable dolls.

[naomi24]

Morning all. I tried to move the discussion on but to no avail so I'll try again.

Forget Paloma. What about the 'They-Bys'?

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/theyby-gender-neutral-child-parents-raise-couple-kyl-myers-zoomer-a8286876.html

[Zacs-Master]

Forget Paloma?
Talk about moving the goalposts!

[naomi24]

Would you like me to post a separate question, Zacs?

[Zacs-Master]

I’d like you to admit that your bias and ill informed views of Paloma were wrong instead of brushing it aside and trying to dig yourself out of a hole by diverting your own thread.

[Old_Geezer]

Oh come on OJ. Nobody knows who Paloma Faith is. That's what Google is for.

[ummmm]

Beso - I'm not weird, just because Paloma isn't revealing the name or gender of her child doesn't mean she's hiding their gender from themselves.

[cassa333]

Zac, I think Naomi did at 10.15 yesterday.

[naomi24]

Zacs, no digging here – the question stands - but I’m happy to indulge you. Insofar as I consider the well-being of children absolutely paramount, yes I am biased. As for Paloma, I read the article, but thanks to you further information was subsequently forthcoming. Can’t think why she didn’t say what she meant in the first place though, but there you are.

Now put a sock in it and allow others to answer the question if they wish without you deliberately disrupting yet another thread - as is your wont.

[Jackdaw33]

Never heard of the woman. This is the only Paloma I know:

[Zacs-Master]

Disrupting a thread?
What, like trying to recover some self respect when you’ve been proven wrong by finding some tenuous example of what you tried to accuse Paloma of?
Yeah.....right.