Post by eponinepontmercy on Aug 28, 2015 14:07:23 GMT -5
All of the teachers at DD's new school have a webpage that they use to keep parents aware of what they are doing and things going on in the school. Today's entry ended with this:
We practiced all of our lining up today by gender . We are working on wether we are a boy or a girl. Some of the children are really having a hard time with this. Please practice this at home.
I'm curious as to who was having a hard time with the concept and why. And how do you practice this?
Post by rootbeerfloat on Aug 28, 2015 14:22:17 GMT -5
I think they mean some kids have trouble with the lining up part. Your family can practice forming lines at home... boys on one side, girls on the other
Shorti has a hell of a time with gendered pronouns. I think she picks them at random. She also appears to have only a foggy grasp that she and I are girls and sizzli and mh are boys. So far she gets that boobs are a girl thing. But then she gets confused because she and daddy both just have flat nipples.
She's seen us both naked plenty of times but has yet to comment on the difference in genital equipment. She only notices boobs.
So...yeah, my kid would probably be one of the ones failing that task. It just hasn't come up much. When do I ever need to remind my toddler that she's a girl?
Shorti has a hell of a time with gendered pronouns. I think she picks them at random. She also appears to have only a foggy grasp that she and I are girls and sizzli and mh are boys. So far she gets that boobs are a girl thing. But then she gets confused because she and daddy both just have flat nipples.
She's seen us both naked plenty of times but has yet to comment on the difference in genital equipment. She only notices boobs.
So...yeah, my kid would probably be one of the ones failing that task. It just hasn't come up much. When do I ever need to remind my toddler that she's a girl?
Okay, this makes sense. My liberal hackles got up a bit, but for some of these kids, it's the first time away from mom or dad so they just might not "get it" yet in a big group of different kids.
I think they mean some kids have trouble with the lining up part. Your family can practice forming lines at home... boys on one side, girls on the other
Their wording is funny, though.
The kids are taught to walk slowly, with their hands clasped in front of them. When they walked out of the building at the end of the day yesterday, it was the cutest thing. They were trying to stay in line, but it basically became a big mob of small children, moving at the speed of a TWD zombie horde.
My two year old has stopped sleeping. She screams constantly when we get near her bed. She also kicks and hits. I am going to lose my goddamn fucking mind between that and my seven year old turning into a whiny, mouthy little monster. I NEED SCHOOL TO START.
Shorti has a hell of a time with gendered pronouns. I think she picks them at random. She also appears to have only a foggy grasp that she and I are girls and sizzli and mh are boys. So far she gets that boobs are a girl thing. But then she gets confused because she and daddy both just have flat nipples.
She's seen us both naked plenty of times but has yet to comment on the difference in genital equipment. She only notices boobs.
So...yeah, my kid would probably be one of the ones failing that task. It just hasn't come up much. When do I ever need to remind my toddler that she's a girl?
Give her another couple of years. After not really noticing, the last six months or so BabyLiu has been very "girls are better than boys." When she goes into her room she "enters her code" which is "girls only." We're at the store "let's go in the GIRL's line!" No, that is not how you pick a check out line. You pick by which is shortest. Get it straight. She's completely dividing things into girl's things and boys things.
Superheros are girls things, just FYI. That's why Barbie and Iron Man spend so much time making out. So do Raven and Starfire (eclaires). Why does everything have to kiss so much?
LOL, mesh! Dolls and action figures need romance too.
She is such a little oddball. First they beat up some bad guys then it's all "I love you Raven." "Yeah, I love you too." followed by kissy noises for five minutes.