Have you seen this story all over the internet recently? A Canadian couple is raising its baby "genderless".
The Toronto Star first reported the story and people there and all over (including myself!) are reacting very strongly to it.
David Stocker and Kathy Witterick have three children including four-month-old Storm. The parents believe a child's sex should not determine his or her place in the world. The couple told the newspaper that the only people who know the baby's sex are its siblings, brothers Jazz, 5, and Kio, 2, a close family friend and the two midwives who helped deliver the baby.
Dad, David Stocker, told the newspaper, "If you really want to get to know someone, you don’t ask what’s between their legs." When a new baby is born, most parents send out birth announcements declaring "It's A Boy!" or "It's A Girl!" So how did the couple break the news to family and friends?
Apparently via email. According to The Toronto Star, when Storm was born, the couple sent an email that read: “We've decided not to share Storm's sex for now — a tribute to freedom and choice in place of limitation, a stand up to what the world could become in Storm's lifetime (a more progressive place? ...).” The couple plans to keep Storm’s sex a secret as long as Storm, Kio and Jazz are comfortable with it.
Naturally, this story raises all kinds of questions. It seems really unrealistic that they'll be able to conceal the child's identity until he or she has the ability to decide its chosen gender. What about babysitters? How will school work? Will Storm have to use a private restroom?
What do you think? Is this realistic? Have the parents gone too far? Is this in the best interest of the child?
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