Yesterday, I was watching a youtuber react to an unpopular opinion’s video. In the video, the person giving their opinions mentioned a children’s show that’s on Netflix. The show is about some cows and there was an episode tackling gender identity. This show seems to be targeted at children who would be in maybe 2nd grade or below. I don’t know how old they’d be. But yeah, the youtuber and person with the opinions think that children shouldn’t be worried about gender identity. One feels like it should be something they learn when they’re teens and the other says that they should have a grasp on the English language first. They also used the argument that it’s hard and confusing enough for adults to use a person’s preferred pronouns let alone a child or something like that.
Do y’all think it’s appropriate for something like gender identity to be discussed in children’s shows or should kids be kids?
I kind of feel like kids should be kids, but it also won’t hurt for children to know about gender identity. Kids go through things just like teenagers and adults do. Having an episode in a show that talks about gender identity won’t change that anyways. That’s just my opinion. Maybe I’m missing a major con to this. If I am please share that with me.
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it’s a tough argument on both sides.
on one hand, gender is thrown at kids from the moment they’re conceived with gender reveals, gendered toys at restaurants, separating classes from boys and girls for some games, etc.
but on the other side i get it kind of? gender identity can be hard to explain if you want someone to actually understand it, and trying to explain that to a child could be hard.
in my own experience, i WISH someone would’ve shown me a kids show or sat me down and talked to me about it.
i spent a large portion of early elementary feeling weird because i didnt fit in with boys or girls in my head. having something show me that my feelings were normal would’ve helped me greatly.
They are called children for a reason because they're still not ready to understand things like that like gender and sexuality.
You can't never open a conversation with a child because in the end he doesn't have any arguments , still has a lot to learn and anything you'll say to him he's okay with it because you're the adult and he's just a child. It's not fair
Yes, just because it gives them the tools to talk about it when they are eventually ready. A lot of people don't have the language to talk about themselves or understand others and it's because this stuff is hidden from the younger people.
It's not inappropriate in any way, it's just another step to social and emotional maturity.
To an extent, it should be discussed. Children develop a gender identity at around the age of 3, so I don't think they're necessarily too young for that. However, it definitely shouldn't be made into something for kids to worry about.
I personally wouldn't want it directly discussed simply because I feel gender is irrelevant unless you feel it's important to you naturally. To me it's a topic that should be discussed if it comes up but if the kid isn't concerned with it I wouldn't want it to feel like it should be concerned about that.
But that's me living and growing up in a progressive environment and I guess looking at it rather idealistic.