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[beetiger]

I figure every parent of a kid in the "why" stage gets tough questions sometimes. The funny part is when you get questions that a more mainstream parent wouldn't think are complicated, but to you they are.

Today's entry? "Mommy, can a boy grow up to be a woman?"

(my answer, after a moment of internal boggle: "That's not the usual way it happens." Which seemed to satisfy him for the moment.)

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[beetiger.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Rhys is still trying to figure out the basic gender concepts overall.

His questions of this type are less about gender per se, and more about the edges of how the world works. Other questions in this mode have included asking whether babies can die and whether you can eat cat meat.

I'm trying to do right on the whole "answer the question they're really asking" bit.

[chipuni.livejournal.com]

That's a fantastic answer, and you have a lot of patience.