Quote:I disagree in this case. Making a child decide who they identify as is sexualizing them by forcing them to think about something that no 4 year old should think about. Sex and gender. You can't explain one without the other. I thought they were the same thing or close to the same thing until I looked up the definitions and I'm 44. There's no way I'd try to have that conversation with a child. Like I said previously, unless they ask first it's not something I would talk about.


I read somewhere once that people don't realize they are lacking in an area until they are shown or told otherwise. You don't know what you don't know. A girl doesn't know she's unattractive until someone tells her she's not. A boy doesn't know he's not 'tough enough' until he's made fun of by the class bully. I think something like described in the article could confuse kids. Maybe at that age a boy is a boy until someone tells them otherwise then you have a kid who doesn't know what the hell to think.