How do you guys feel about Sweden's gender nautral pre-school?
@yovanayv (7)
February 10, 2019 2:29pm CST
Hey guys! I recently found out about this pre-school in Sweden which uses gender neutral pro nouns towards kids and their goal is to free children from social expectations based on their sex. I'm not exactly sure how I feel about it cause i heard a psychotherapist say it can cause gender dysphoria in the children's early teens but at the same time I like the idea of boys not having to always be strong and masculine and for girls to always be girly and soft and gentle. What is your opinion?
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@1creekgirl (41447)
• United States
10 Feb 19
Let kids be themselves. Let them play with what they want, but for heaven's sake, they're either male or female. They need good role models for the gender God created them, not confusion on what they are.
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@1creekgirl (41447)
• United States
10 Feb 19
@yovanayv It's hard enough growing up without being confused as to which gender you are.
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@Fleura (30411)
• United Kingdom
11 Feb 19
From my experience I would say it's often young children - say around 5 or 6 - who have the most fixed idea of gender roles! I don't know where it comes from but they will tell you in all seriousness that 'boys/girls don't do something-or-other' even when somoeone of that gender is actually doing it right in front of them! So it might be a way to try to avoid that. I wonder if it works?
@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
15 Feb 19
I don't think using gender neutral pronouns is going to free children from social expectations based on their gender.
Not having social expectations based on gender is more likely to do that. And you can do that without controlling what people can and can't say.
Control people's speech and you're actually controlling people's thoughts. We should all push back on such dangerous ideas.
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
11 Feb 19
More PC nonsense. Leave them alone to discover things for themselves. It's called growing up.
