is this a baby a boy or a girl?

[crisgal]

and what are your opinions of the parents' attitude?

[askyourgran]

A boy named Sue. Those weirdo parents have a lot to answer for. A child should be given an identity from the start, I can see Storm at 35 years old who still likes his pink frock because it poofs out at the bottom. So unfair to saddle a young child with the stress of choosing. I think he'll be bullied at school just because he has been misled by his parents. He looks like a boy what gives them the right to allow him think he is genderless.

[welshlibranr]

I think the baby looks like a boy too gran!.........

[mike11111]

It's not "tantamount" to cruelty and child abuse, it is plain and simply that.

[welshlibranr]

agree with mike totally!.........

[joko]

i agree with them in prinicple...there is too much gender stereotyping and enforecement of gender roles from a very early age...my sister is a case in point - when she had a little girl she went mad for pink stuff - everything was pink and of someone bought her something yellow or lilac or something she wasnt happy...i encouraged her not to overdo it - she may not even like pink and there are plenty of other colours to add for contrast ...she has added afew but now, but still thinks pink...conversely my brothers twin boys, were bought toys like guns, knives, cars, action man etc and everything they wear is blue or brown... and i just find it too much...a good example was in the story that they a woman in a shop refused to sell him a pink item because he was a boy

i think they are making a valid point and its one that should be addressed really...

however as noted they are taking it a bit far and going about it the wrong way (if they stick to this) and using the child as a guinea pig...i suspect all this is a publicity stunt - to publicise somethingn they feel strongly about andf once its had the desired effect they will relax a bit

[B00]

You'll be surprised joko how quickly children develop their own personal tastes anyway. I bought quite alot of pink outfits for mini Boo when she was born, along with pink teddies and soft toys etc. And I was gleefully looking forward to the Barbie stage (i adore playing with Barbies!) however, now she's 6, i have a daughter who's bonkers over Dr Who, Ben10 and Bakugan (weird Japanese toy/trading card game) and won't entertain teddies and dollies at all :-(

[China Doll]

I sent this link to our lead nurse. She's using the article as a talking point for the training tomorrow.

[grasscarp]

It must make talking very difficult in this house if nobody is allowed to mention a gender. Leave it alone. Change it's nappy. Give it a dummy. "How is my dear little it?" Can I take it for a walk.
The parents are conducting a mad experiment with a real person here and I for one dont like it for the child's sake - poor little Storm. And how is this child in its infancy going to buy its own clothes and choose to dress itself anyway?

[New Judge]

Like it or not boys and girls are different. The child is suffering cruelty and should be taken into care. The parents are insane and should be prosecuted.

[pretty_snowdrop]

I think the baby looks like a little boy.
I think the parents have got it so wrong. You are what you are and they can't alter that.

[classylady60]

I tend to agree with New Judge here....the messing with children's minds is cruelty it doesn't have to be physical. Agree with others too that the child looks like a boy, my first thought when I saw the photograph. Poor little soul having parents like that.

[askyourgran]

It annoys me to think that this child will probably make pitiable mistakes having to make his - sorry - its own choices, and will be confused as to what our perception of 'normal' really is, if left to his own devices. Hopefully he will be able to follow by example when watching his parents and siblings. The parents ought to be locked up.