Today in @thetimes Sandra Adams, a schools and safeguarding lead at the Countess, a women’s and children’s advocacy group, said calling a child “they” or “it” might be “difficult” for them to understand and cause them “confusion and anxiety” and to feel different to other children. She said: “The desire to free his child of gendered expectations is laudable; however, this can be achieved without erasing the reality of sex. “Children thrive in environments that are stable and coherent. They learn to differentiate between fact and fantasy and come to understand that objects and people are permanent even when out of sight. What benefit is there in teaching a child that a person’s sex is not constant and stable over time?” Adams added: “Telling children that many of their choices in life don’t have to be determined by their sex is positive. But you don’t have to deny that sex is real to achieve that.” thetimes.co.uk/article/ignori…
@TheCountessIE @thetimes Doesn’t anyone remember that book called A Child Called It? it was a term used as abuse