There have been a couple of publicised cases of parents hiding their child's gender for a while after birth. The first one I read about was five years ago, in the British tabloid The Sun.
Back in January, The Sun followed up with:
In typical Sun fashion, sensitivity was traded for sensationalism. For instance, a picture of mother and son was captioned Boy, that's strange ... Beck Laxton is raising Sasha as 'gender neutral'. Another caption: Free to develop ... Sasha's mum Beck thinks she is leaving her child space to become an individual. Thinks? The Sun, clearly, knows she was wrong.
I have two sons, 15 (last week) and 19 and I'm sure I made more than my share of mistakes as a parent. Yet they're both pretty smart and making good decisions. I won't say they're well-adjusted because I think that's a matter of opinion. But I think they're each great and I'd never trade them for any others, of any sex or gender.
There is only one thing the Sun is usefull for now that we are not allowed to wrap our chips in newspaper.
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