The world has come such a long way in terms of gender discrimination in society, but there’s still so much we can do to help our kids grow up in an equal world. The effects of gender inequality begin at home, even if we’re not aware of it. It’s our job to make sure that all of our kids, no matter their gender, know that they can do anything they want, and that’s why it’s SO important to make sure we’re avoiding gender stereotypes in our homes. Keep reading to find out all the other important reasons to cut gender stereotypes from our lives, and check out Think or Blue’s FREE guide, 7 Ways to Parent Without Stereotypes! Don’t forget to join the UM Club for all our exclusive content!
Check out Catherine Bailey’s FREE GUIDE & printable checklist: 7 Ways to Parent Without Stereotypes from our exclusive UM Club Episode
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Starting Gender Neutral Parenting at Home Means a Better Start to Our Children’s Future
As parents we want our kids to have every opportunity to do whatever they want. Starting from home and showing them all the different roles they can play in life is a great way to start!
Gender bias in schools is very real, and something that we all want to see eliminated from our children’s lives. While an unpleasant fact, boys tend to get more opportunities than girls in school – they’re seen as smarter, are encouraged to go into STEM related fields, and are often picked first for sports teams because they’re seen to be stronger. Parents are also 3 times more likely to encourage boys to do sports than girls.
While this may not be our favourite fact to hear, it can be changed by teaching parents to parent without gender bias. Letting our kids know they all have equal opportunity, whether in sports or academics.
Gender Equality Means Our Kids Can Do ANYTHING They Want to in Life
Like we mentioned before, gender bias starts at a young age – newborn girls are held more on average than boys, by age 6 girls think that boys are more brilliant, and preschool boys with more stereotypical “boy” play activities have higher physical aggression at age 14. Gender inequality is something that moves into adulthood with our kids, and can affect their careers and lives.
Learning how to raise our kids with gender neutral parenting and without gender bias means that they learn at a young age that any job or life they want can be theirs. Your daughter wants to be an engineer? Go for it! Your son wants to take ballet and dance professionally? Who wouldn’t want to do that!
Losing the gender bias opens our kids up to a world of possibility and a future that can support all of their dreams, no matter how big or how small.
Raising Kids Without Gender Bias Means Making Better Future Partners For Our Kids
Haven’t we all had the ‘emotionally unavailable’ boyfriend? “I can change him, I can teach him how to talk to me!” Well, maybe that’s true – but what if you didn’t have to go through that stage at all? If you want to learn more about how to properly communicate with your male partners, make sure to check out our Episode on Supporting Men’s Mental Health and Communication with Nick Matiash, and our companion blog post Marriage Communication: How to Communicate With Your Husband Without Fighting!
Losing the gender bias in how we parent means we help create boys who can talk about their feelings, girls who are empowered to stand up for themselves, and children of all identities that know it’s okay to be who they are. If we can help our kids to have more communicative partners who understand their emotions, why wouldn’t we embrace preventing gender bias at home?
Parenting without gender bias might sound difficult, but really it’s a great way for us to unlearn gender bias ourselves. Showing our kids all the different things they can do as adults starts with dad doing laundry or mom playing on a hockey team. To help you get started in your gender neutral parenting practices, we’ve brought you a FREE GUIDE & printable checklist: 7 Ways to Parent Without Stereotypes, from Catherine Bailey, creator of Think or Blue! Make sure to listen to our UM Club Episode with Catherine to hear all of the amazing tips she had to share!
Check out Catherine Bailey’s FREE GUIDE & printable checklist: 7 Ways to Parent Without Stereotypes from our exclusive UM Club Episode
