forreal, people have such low opinion of what kids can understand (because they think kids have all their own same biases automatically)
My partner teaches preschool, sometimes the kids ask her if she’s a boy. She says she used to be but she’s a girl now, the kids say “ohhh” and immediately move on. It only ever gets weird and confusing for the kids when the parents feel the need to argue that point.
This is the part that gets me. Its really not that complicated.
If a kid is old enough to ask this then you can tell them “oh a doctor can make you pregnant with an operation”.
forreal, people have such low opinion of what kids can understand (because they think kids have all their own same biases automatically)
My partner teaches preschool, sometimes the kids ask her if she’s a boy. She says she used to be but she’s a girl now, the kids say “ohhh” and immediately move on. It only ever gets weird and confusing for the kids when the parents feel the need to argue that point.