For children without age-appropriate, all-encompassing gender explanations, gender reveal parties may be confusing or instill gender stereotypes and assumptions. Toronto sexuality educator Dr. Nadine Thornton doesn’t condemn gender-reveal parties. Thanasis Zovoilis via Getty Images Gender reveal parties can be confusing for kids. Lelacheur-Romero shared her nine-year-old daughter’s reaction to a gender reveal party video: “She asked why pink and blue represented female and male. Gender-reveal parties can also be an opportunity to talk about how sometimes genitalia-based gender isn’t what a person grows up identifying with, Thornton said.

Source: Huffington Post December 26, 2019 15:11 UTC