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Title: Couple Finally Reveals Child's Gender, Five Years After Birth
Post by: Alyx. on January 20, 2012, 03:04:07 PM
Post by: Alyx. on January 20, 2012, 03:04:07 PM
http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/couple-finally-reveals-childs-gender-five-years-birth-180300388.html (http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/couple-finally-reveals-childs-gender-five-years-birth-180300388.html)
I don't understand why everyone in the comments was upset, it's not like the parents forced him to like girl things, they just let him do whatever he wanted.
I don't understand why everyone in the comments was upset, it's not like the parents forced him to like girl things, they just let him do whatever he wanted.
Title: Couple Finally Reveals Child's Gender, Five Years After Birth
Post by: Jamie D on January 20, 2012, 03:06:42 PM
Post by: Jamie D on January 20, 2012, 03:06:42 PM
Couple Finally Reveals Child's Gender, Five Years After Birth (http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/couple-finally-reveals-childs-gender-five-years-birth-180300388.html)
It's a boy! And he's five. Beck Laxton, 46, and partner Kieran Cooper, 44, have spent half the decade concealing the gender of their son, Sasha.
"I wanted to avoid all that stereotyping," Laxton said in an interview with the Cambridge News. "Stereotypes seem fundamentally stupid. Why would you want to slot people into boxes?"
Laxton, a UK-based web editor, and her partner, Cooper, decided to keep Sasha's sex a secret when he was still in the womb. The birth announcement stated the name of the gender-neutral name of their child, but skipped the big reveal. Up until recently, the couple only told a few close friends and family members that Sasha was a boy and managed to keep the rest of the world in the dark. But now that he's starting school the secret's out.
Good idea, or bad?
It's a boy! And he's five. Beck Laxton, 46, and partner Kieran Cooper, 44, have spent half the decade concealing the gender of their son, Sasha.
"I wanted to avoid all that stereotyping," Laxton said in an interview with the Cambridge News. "Stereotypes seem fundamentally stupid. Why would you want to slot people into boxes?"
Laxton, a UK-based web editor, and her partner, Cooper, decided to keep Sasha's sex a secret when he was still in the womb. The birth announcement stated the name of the gender-neutral name of their child, but skipped the big reveal. Up until recently, the couple only told a few close friends and family members that Sasha was a boy and managed to keep the rest of the world in the dark. But now that he's starting school the secret's out.
Good idea, or bad?
Title: Re: Couple Finally Reveals Child's Gender, Five Years After Birth
Post by: ~RoadToTrista~ on January 20, 2012, 03:10:25 PM
Post by: ~RoadToTrista~ on January 20, 2012, 03:10:25 PM
I think it's silly, but whatever.
Title: Re: Couple Finally Reveals Child's Gender, Five Years After Birth
Post by: Alyx. on January 20, 2012, 03:10:33 PM
Post by: Alyx. on January 20, 2012, 03:10:33 PM
Beat you to the punch. :P
But yeah, I don't understand why everyone in the comments is upset. He could do whatever he wanted, yeah?
Although it is weird that he couldn't wear clothes that are TOO masculine.
But yeah, I don't understand why everyone in the comments is upset. He could do whatever he wanted, yeah?
Although it is weird that he couldn't wear clothes that are TOO masculine.
Title: Re: Couple Finally Reveals Child's Gender, Five Years After Birth
Post by: Jamie D on January 21, 2012, 02:42:38 AM
Post by: Jamie D on January 21, 2012, 02:42:38 AM
Quote from: Heartwood (Alex) on January 20, 2012, 03:10:33 PM
Beat you to the punch. :P
But yeah, I don't understand why everyone in the comments is upset. He could do whatever he wanted, yeah?
Although it is weird that he couldn't wear clothes that are TOO masculine.
2 minutes!
Title: Couple raise child as 'gender neutral' to avoid stereotyping
Post by: Shana A on January 21, 2012, 09:18:31 AM
Post by: Shana A on January 21, 2012, 09:18:31 AM
Couple raise child as 'gender neutral' to avoid stereotyping
A couple who raised their child as "gender neutral" for five years so the infant's "real personality" could shine through have finally revealed he is a boy.
By Richard Alleyne
5:25PM GMT 20 Jan 2012
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9028479/Couple-raise-child-as-gender-neutral-to-avoid-stereotyping.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9028479/Couple-raise-child-as-gender-neutral-to-avoid-stereotyping.html)
Beck Laxton, 46, and partner Kieran Cooper, 44, decided not to reveal baby Sasha's gender to the world so he would not be influenced by society's prejudices and preconceptions.
They referred to their child as "The Infant" and only allowed him to play with "gender-neutral toys" in their television-free home.
For the first five years of his life Sasha alternated between girls' and boys' outfits, leaving friends, playmates and relatives guessing.
But the couple have finally revealed his sex after it became harder to conceal when Sasha started primary school.
A couple who raised their child as "gender neutral" for five years so the infant's "real personality" could shine through have finally revealed he is a boy.
By Richard Alleyne
5:25PM GMT 20 Jan 2012
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9028479/Couple-raise-child-as-gender-neutral-to-avoid-stereotyping.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/9028479/Couple-raise-child-as-gender-neutral-to-avoid-stereotyping.html)
Beck Laxton, 46, and partner Kieran Cooper, 44, decided not to reveal baby Sasha's gender to the world so he would not be influenced by society's prejudices and preconceptions.
They referred to their child as "The Infant" and only allowed him to play with "gender-neutral toys" in their television-free home.
For the first five years of his life Sasha alternated between girls' and boys' outfits, leaving friends, playmates and relatives guessing.
But the couple have finally revealed his sex after it became harder to conceal when Sasha started primary school.