Swedish parents keep 2-year-old's gender secret

[Tabiti]

Strange, how would they explain Pop why children must visit different toilets and bathrooms in kindergarten/school. And the difference between mum and dad, which is one of the first signs of gender existence a child sees in life.
One thing are the well known, old fashioned stereotypes "girls wear pink and play with dolls" and "boys wear blue and play with cars", other the way of life dictated by your body's physiological differences.

[Vargtand]

Strange, how would they explain Pop why children must visit different toilets and bathrooms in kindergarten/school. And the difference between mum and dad, which is one of the first signs of gender existence a child sees in life.
One thing are the well known, old fashioned stereotypes "girls wear pink and play with dolls" and "boys wear blue and play with cars", other the way of life dictated by your body's physiological differences.

Well I will wove on that my sons will never play with cars, going to give them swords and weapons instead

[Brännvin]

Really an odd story, but they are the biological parents, they have the power to decide on the child's matters.

[Grumpy Cat]

It's like Pat from Saturday Night Live!

[Karaten]

Strange, how would they explain Pop why children must visit different toilets and bathrooms in kindergarten/school. And the difference between mum and dad, which is one of the first signs of gender existence a child sees in life.
One thing are the well known, old fashioned stereotypes "girls wear pink and play with dolls" and "boys wear blue and play with cars", other the way of life dictated by your body's physiological differences.

Which are the differences between gender and sex.

The differences are nothing more than qualities, I'm not saying they're not intertwined in any way, I'm simply stating how they are defined differently.

As for this, it is idiotic. To brandish a child genderless! I see their predicted outcome unlikely. The fact of the matter is, doing this is going to single the child out, at least for a certain amount of time. I see no reason to do this.

Even if the child has some form of gender mismatch, allowing him/her to be genderless will not help anything. Eventually, it(I can hear the taunts now) will develop breasts or a deep voice anyways.

[Tabiti]

On the other hand, I don't remember my parents saying "Hey, do you know what? You are a girl!". I have the feeling you "know" your gender since birth.

[Karaten]

Really an odd story, but they are the biological parents, they have the power to decide on the child's matters.

That's a truly sickening fact, a child isn't a car, that you should be able to put whatever decals you want on, because a child will grow up, and become part of society, and unlike a used car, society can't just go "no thanks!" when it doesn't like the decals the parents put on.

Not to mention the child itself is a sentient being.

[Beorn]

I have the feeling you "know" your gender since birth.

My daughter and son both knew the difference between me and my partner and which gender they were by simply looking.

[Skandi]

I doubt they will be able to keep it up past school, what school will accept a child without knowing? and there is the toilets and changing rooms issue.

However I wonder if they actually intend to keep it secret from the child? I didn't see that in the article it was all about strangers and perceived gender, in that case I doubt it will do much harm. I was never dressed in pink, nor was I given "girls" toys, from a personal perspective, boys toys were always much more fun and the rules of conduct for girls are WAY too restrictive.

[Loki]

Great way for parents to have children hating them when they're older.