I let my child pick their gender and didn’t tell anyone for four years, people accuse me of abuse but I know I was right
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A MUM claims she’s been accused of child abuse after letting her baby pick their own gender - which she didn’t tell anyone for four years.
Dr Kyl Myers and her husband, Brent, decided to shun stereotypical genders and instead let Zoomer, who they welcomed in 2016, pick their own.
It was only around Zoomer’s fourth birthday last year that they let friends and family know their child would like to be referred to as a boy.
Kyl, originally from the US but who now lives in Australia, said on : “We had a pronoun check back in March, around Z’s 4th birthday, that was quite special. I asked, ‘What pronouns are you into for yourself these days, Zoomer?’ And Zoomer responded, ‘I love he/him!’
“I smiled. ‘That’s awesome, Zoomer. I am so happy you found pronouns you love.’
“Since March, we let family, friends, & Zoomer’s teachers know that Z uses he/him pronouns & everyone got on board & made the pronoun switch. We caught ourselves using they/them & quickly corrected to he/him.
“I have never discussed Z’s genitals on social media & I’m not starting now. I didn’t assign a gender to Zoomer at birth & I’m not assuming labels like trans or cis either.”
After sharing their unique parenting style when Zoomer was born, Kyl says she’s been inundated with messages from people claiming she’s guilty of child abuse.
“Recently, someone mailed a handwritten letter to my workplace to inform me that I would be going to hell for how I’m raising my child.”
But rather than confuse Zoomer, Kyl maintains he in fact has a much better understanding of gender compared to some adults.
“Zoomer knows some daddies get pregnant and some nonbinary parents are called Zazas.”
Ultimately Kyl says she wanted to give her child a gift, the gift of ";seeing people as more than just a gender".
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