I walk my 5 yo granddaughter home from kindergarten on Wednesdays. This week as we pulled my 13 week-old cavapoo in her little carrier behind us, she asked with that very sincere curiosity only a five year old carries: "Is a puppy born a boy or a girl, or do parents decide?" I was struck by her rudimentary understanding that something about being a boy or a girl could possibly be something someone else decides - a construct, not an identity born strictly by anatomy. She has two siblings, she knows about different anatomies ... and yet, "or do parents decide?" Who gets to decide? I love the question.
I walk my 5 yo granddaughter home from kindergarten on Wednesdays. This week as we pulled my 13 week-old cavapoo in her little carrier behind us, she asked with that very sincere curiosity only a five year old carries: "Is a puppy born a boy or a girl, or do parents decide?" I was struck by her rudimentary understanding that something about being a boy or a girl could possibly be something someone else decides - a construct, not an identity born strictly by anatomy. She has two siblings, she knows about different anatomies ... and yet, "or do parents decide?" Who gets to decide? I love the question.
You have an amazing granddaughter, Karen. What an incisive question that she posed. I wander what is in her life path. Thanks for sharing!
Priceless.
Thoughtful, helpful, and discerning. Thank you.
Thank you, Colleen!
Interesting topic to explore and great question.Wish there were answers to the questions which people can discuss with logic and reason.
Thanks, Scott!
You ask good questions.
Thank you, Sally!