tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107067211236991214.post5256490473888843331..comments2024-02-08T03:28:53.645-08:00Comments on the mother load: Hair cuts for rock stars -- and Swedish adventures in gender-free parentingAnnie Addingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15995817232815214940noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107067211236991214.post-71722420351818951782009-08-08T18:20:28.447-07:002009-08-08T18:20:28.447-07:00I admit, I was secretly hoping for a girl before w...I admit, I was secretly hoping for a girl before we learned Owen was a boy. Now I wouldn't trade him for the sweetest girl on the planet. Of course any parent would say that and mean it, but oh, I mean it so deeply and honestly and totally. It was very silly wishing on my part.Annie Addingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15995817232815214940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8107067211236991214.post-1889130990956090782009-08-07T06:19:59.091-07:002009-08-07T06:19:59.091-07:00First, Will astounds me in such a quiet way with h...First, Will astounds me in such a quiet way with his thoughtfulness. That picture says it all. I laughed (of course, out loud, how else do people laugh?? maybe with their eyes?) at the lion metaphor. <br /><br />My own boy, second child after his sister, often plays dress up and puts on some gender-neutral get-ups that a lot of the hunter-manly father types around here would not allow. I think this is ridiculous and that if you start admonishing them for their style, you better watch out for the rebellion later. <br /><br />I just want my children to be in touch with their gender and feel comfortable with the body they've been given. I also think it's so silly when people wish for a girl or a boy to be born to them instead of the other. Personalities are so individual and parenting as well as society shapes individuals into who they are so I don't think the genitalia means as much as some parents think.shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02708505279716205311noreply@blogger.com