Toronto couple defend move to keep baby's sex secret

[Evil Eye]

A Toronto couple are defending their decision to keep their infant's sex a secret in order to allow the child to develop his or her own gender identity.



Kathy Witterick and David Stocker have been widely criticised for imposing their ideology on four-month-old Storm.



The family were the subject of a recent profile in the Toronto Star newspaper.



In an e-mail, Ms Witterick wrote that the idea that the whole world must know what is between the baby's legs is unhealthy, unsafe, and voyeuristic.



Ms Witterick, 38, and Mr Stocker, 39, have also been criticised for the manner in which they are raising their two sons Jazz, five, and Kio, two.



The boys are encouraged to choose their own clothing and hairstyles - even if that means wearing girls' clothes - and to challenge gender norms. Jazz wears his hair in long braids, and the boys are almost exclusively assumed to be girls, Mr Stocker told the Toronto Star.



The child's grandparents do not know Storm's sex, the Toronto Star reported, and have grown weary of explaining the situation, but are supportive.



In an e-mail to the Associated Press news agency, Ms Witterick, a stay-at-home mother, said a four-month-old infant was still learning to recognise him or herself, and said it was inappropriate to impose a gender identity on the child.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13581835

 

[Jazzy]

In an e-mail, Ms Witterick wrote that the idea that the whole world must know what is between the baby's legs is unhealthy, unsafe, and voyeuristic.

Well the whole world knows now that these parents are unhealthy (mentally), unsafe (should not be parents) and voyeuristic (should never be in the same room naked and get the urge to make more babies). I truly feel sorry for these children and wish someone would step in and help them before it's too late.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Storm? Is it an X-man?



Anyway, people want to know a baby's sex so they know how to refer to him or her. What's unhealthy about that?

 

[Corleone]

Here's my theory: Parents got a boy/girl, but they wanted a girl/boy. Otherwise, they need to take that baby away from them. They're insane parents who don't deserve a baby.

 

[Jazzy]

Ms Witterick, 38, and Mr Stocker, 39, have also been criticised for the manner in which they are raising their two sons Jazz, five, and Kio, two.



The boys are encouraged to choose their own clothing and hairstyles - even if that means wearing girls' clothes - and to challenge gender norms. Jazz wears his hair in long braids, and the boys are almost exclusively assumed to be girls, Mr Stocker told the Toronto Star.

It appears to me that they only wanted female children.

Since that didn't happen, they are trying to turn the boys into females. This is just so sick and someone needs to get in there and help these children. Heck, if I lived near them and heard about this, I'd be on the phone to Child Protective Services.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

It appears to me that they only wanted female children.

Since that didn't happen, they are trying to turn the boys into females. This is just so sick and someone needs to get in there and help these children. Heck, if I lived near them and heard about this, I'd be on the phone to Child Protective Services.

Maybe CPS in Canada is less strict. This is making headlines so I'm sure they know about it.