I don’t know your friends and am not passing judgment.

I don’t know your friends and am not passing judgment.
by manofdillon (2024-02-02 20:34:14)

In reply to: Not sure if the kid was concerned about genitalia * posted by ACross

Have had five kids who were all 3 at one point, I really struggle to imagine a 3 year old having any developed sense of what it means to be a boy or girl, such that any meaning could be ascribed to one’s expressed desire to dress like or play with toys associated with the opposite gender. Maybe their favorite tv character is the opposite sex and they want to emulate that? Or a friend at day care or preschool who is the opposite sex? I just don’t know how a 3 year old boy could have any developed sense of what it really means to be a boy or girl beyond the most superficial characteristics that he or she can identify at that age. But I certainly haven’t lived that or had any first had experience with it.

Replies:

I never mentioned whether the child was a boy - ACross 2024-02-02 22:36:16
- The point still stands. - JTAD31 2024-02-03 07:59:52
  - It’s patently absurd. * - thehibernian 2024-02-06 20:34:15