If you could discuss Nickelodeon gender songs for very young children and books instructing children in pronouns and gender identity I think that would be worth everyone's while. I know James Lindsay recently talked with Logan Lancing about his book, The Queering of the American Child and Matt Walsh sometimes goes book-by-book but I'd rather you just take a look yourself and see what you think. I see several problems: stories about choosing pronouns make it seem like identity is all about whether you're a he or a she or a they or an ey/eir--not about whether you'd like to be a doctor or a gardener or an artist when you grow up. I wonder whether children will be allowed to make their own discoveries and develop their own ideas before being told to select their gender identity--something that has the potential to confuse and disturb them. Drag Queen story hour is another problem--I love drag queens, but they're adult entertainment--burlesque. But all this is seen as "giving the child language to describe experience" or "helping intersex children be seen"--which I'd see as a profound misunderstanding of what it's like to be a child. I think early childhood education is often ignored or given a back seat to politics and climate change, but that's a mistake. Have gone into all this on my substack, and fear I may not be able to make the Zoom, so this is just my request.
If you could discuss Nickelodeon gender songs for very young children and books instructing children in pronouns and gender identity I think that would be worth everyone's while. I know James Lindsay recently talked with Logan Lancing about his book, The Queering of the American Child and Matt Walsh sometimes goes book-by-book but I'd rather you just take a look yourself and see what you think. I see several problems: stories about choosing pronouns make it seem like identity is all about whether you're a he or a she or a they or an ey/eir--not about whether you'd like to be a doctor or a gardener or an artist when you grow up. I wonder whether children will be allowed to make their own discoveries and develop their own ideas before being told to select their gender identity--something that has the potential to confuse and disturb them. Drag Queen story hour is another problem--I love drag queens, but they're adult entertainment--burlesque. But all this is seen as "giving the child language to describe experience" or "helping intersex children be seen"--which I'd see as a profound misunderstanding of what it's like to be a child. I think early childhood education is often ignored or given a back seat to politics and climate change, but that's a mistake. Have gone into all this on my substack, and fear I may not be able to make the Zoom, so this is just my request.
AWESOME
Sweet! Looking forward to it.
Feedback on the DebbieDavid Hayton glorytrain:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfM9VYZf1DU
Thank you, Ute. I learned a lot.