And it’s also a moment when parents and caregivers can help children who’ve been released from the social pressures of school to unlearn many of the biases and expectations they’re otherwise steeped in. Take, for instance, our culture’s rigid sense of gender identity and expectations around how boys and girls “should” behave.
Eventually what I decided to do was reach out to some of the people who were telling me that I got things wrong to ask them more about that. This book is really a combination of those two things. I needed to better understand the evolving language of gender so that I could speak it with my own children.The first part of the book explores how childhood became gendered. Until 100 years ago, young children were dressed the same.
First, I think parents should look at the research on not adhering to gender norms and academic success, and the research that shows a relationship between tomboy-ism and self-confidence; tomboy-ism and job success; tomboy-ism and creativity. That research is pretty clear. So how can parents make use of this time we have during the pandemic and a really atypical back-to-school season to work with our kids on that?
Can we just let them be kids, ffs? QUIT with gender and politics and protests and fearmongering, and let them have a freakin childhood.
Great, so we can supplant an education with developing an identity crisis. Good luck kiddies!
Ok, seriously...this is great and all but right now we are just trying to SURVIVE. It's not a time for big, new lessons. It's a time to celebrate just getting up and dressed in the morning. Stop trying to make us DO MORE like we're not already mired deep in EVERYTHING
Gender is NOT learned.
It's ok to teach your son how to a man.
No, it's really not a great opportunity to do that.
I've worked in childcare for 20 years in 4 states. I have 5 children and 12 grandchildren. I have a degree in early childhood education. This article is unfounded opinion and should not be taken seriously.
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