When I was pregnant with my daughter, my husband and I decided not to tell anyone we were having a girl. I cringed at the prospect of being inundated with pink frilly gifts. Inevitably, as soon as she was born, the onslaught of adorable dresses and dolls began. I tried to explain to grandparents, aunts and uncles, and family friends about our decision to resist gender stereotypes when it came to clothes and toys. But outside our immediate social circle and demographic, the message mostly fell on deaf ears. ?What?s wrong with pink"? my mother-in-law demanded, incredulous. ?You liked girly things,? my dad offered.

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Can you actually raise a baby free from gender" When you?re trying to raise your kids outside the constraints of gender stereotypes, your greatest obstacles are often the people closest to you. From the moment you announce a pregnancy, friends and family want to know the sex of the baby?but what does it really matter" Kids themselves aren?t aware of their gender until age two or three. Never mind that they can end up identifying with a gender different from the one they were born with and that could take several more years to crystallize.
Thanks to a precedent set last year, Canadian parents can now choose to omit their ba...