My Child is. . .Genderless

I have recently published a blog titled, Gender versus Identity and came across a comment that caught my attention. I decided to respond to that comment through this blog on the topic of raising children genderless.

I first heard of raising a child genderless when it was brought to my attention by a reader from my previous post and immediately began to introduce myself to the topic through articles that investigated this topic. After a few online sources, I learned a lot on the eye catching topic of raising a genderless child. Firstly, let me inform you of Storm. Storm is a very cute, innocent genderless child from Toronto. Parents Kathy Witterick, and David Stocker, have decided to raise their child genderless in a form of freedom; allowing Storm to be capable of deciding his/her own gender in time. No one is aware of Storms biological gender except the midwives, parents, and two of Storms siblings. The families of the couple was sent an email after Storm was born which stated, "We decided not to share Storm's sex for now -- a tribute to freedom and choice in place of limitation, a standup to what the world could become in Storm's lifetime."

In response to the comment which asked for my thoughts on raising children genderless, (as well as my response to the decision Kathy Witterick and David Stocker has made to raise adorable baby Storm), it is completely up to parents to do so. I agree with the reasons that Kathy and David has chosen for raising Storm genderless; though there are pros and cons.

A positive is that the child is given responsibility at a young age and freedom. I believe that children should grow up learning what responsibility is, and growing up genderless is a way to do so. I also believe that a child can be raised with their biological gender being known. A chi;d can soon realize whether they are comfortable living as that gender or not; also a form of responsibility and freedom. As mentioned in the article, “Baby Storm Raised Genderless Is Bad Experiment, Say Experts” on abcNEWS, raising a child genderless will cause confusion and can be a psychological experiment, which may lead to a disaster for the child. There are many aspects to consider when raising a child, should parents start consider raising their children genderless?

If you are against this topic, you can also think of the situation as anything else that comes with life. There will always be a positive and negative outlook when making decisions. Everyone has their own beliefs on how to raise children. In conclusion, I do not think the parents of Storm are wrong for raising a genderless baby. But, should other parents take this idea more into consideration after giving birth? Is raising a genderless child a great way to handle responsibility for themselves? Is it a great way to stand for freedom? That is your choice as a parent to make.