I Have A Nonbinary Child. This Is The 1 Parenting Challenge I Never Saw Coming.
Huff PostThe author's nonbinary child at sunset. One year, our child’s teacher struggled to switch to “folks” or “friends” instead of addressing the students as “boys and girls.” Our local school waits until kids are in fifth grade before introducing students to the topic of gender identity. As a preschooler, our child enjoyed some of their brother’s toys but mostly gravitated toward what would be considered “girly” toys and interests — princesses, every character in the ”Frozen” movie, playing dress-up with tutus and dresses — and preferred female friends as playmates. After a while, it was clear to us that our child’s identity lived somewhere in between the two poles of “male” and “female” and that those coordinates were fluid. Parents in our grade tend to do “girls’ parties” and “boys’ parties” as a way to make things more wallet friendly.
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