https://padlet.com/michaelagreen/vcccf6gbs7rm7ti Michaela Green en-us 2022-01-30 23:04:55 UTC 2022-01-31 00:03:12 UTC hello@padlet.com michaelagreen https://padlet.com/michaelagreen/vcccf6gbs7rm7ti/wish/2020400314 I wouldn't want to raise a child as an experiment and have to follow a manual, as I think it would be too much pressure and could be very damaging to my relationship with that child when they get older and inevitably find out. However, I would love to raise my child as gender non-conforming and plan on doing so in the future. By non-conforming I mean I'm not going to dress them or buy them toys based on their sex, but rather I'd buy them a little bit of everything. I want them to be exposed to everything so they have that awareness before they're old enough to pick out their own things, which I would let them do as soon as they're physically capable of doing so. In moderation of course, as I wouldn't let them pick out things that are too violent, sexual, etc. Psychologically, children's personality's don't completely integrate until the ages of 7-9, meaning up until that point, their personality mostly consists of fragments of their subconscious and imitations of what they experience in the world. I can't think of a better way to allow my child to develop their personality as an individual than to predispose them to all the posibilities the world has to offer instead of only a specific set of things. My biggest fear would be what the Jones's were, which is they way in which family and others would react and treat my child. All that matters is that my child is comfortable in their own skin but it's difficult because socializing is a very important aspect of childhood. However, I know that young children are especially open to new things and my child will have friends who truly accept them for who they are. It wouldn't matter to me if my child decided they want to identify as a boy, a girl, or nonbinary. What is important to me is that they learn there are no rules to their identity. I want them to know no matter what they identify as, all interests, hobbies, clothing, and emotions are acceptable on each end of the spectrum. Something I'd like to reiterate is that I'm not trying to keep my child from being a boy or a girl, I'm only trying to expose them to everything so they can make that decision on their own. ]]> 2022-01-31 00:03:12 UTC https://padlet.com/michaelagreen/vcccf6gbs7rm7ti/wish/2020400314