Gender-reveal party pioneer says her daughter now bends gender norms
One of the pioneers of gender-reveal parties has changed her opinion on them, explaining that her daughter, who she had a gender-reveal party for 10 years ago, doesn't subscribe to gender norms.
In a post on her Facebook page (named for her now-defunct blog, High Gloss and Sauce), Jenna Karvunidis set the record straight on how she feels about gender-reveal parties now that her daughter is 10 years old. "PLOT TWIST," Karavunidis said. The baby from that early gender-reveal party has grown into "a girl who wears suits!"
"Who cares what gender the baby is?" said Karvunidis. "I did at the time because we didn't live in 2019 and didn't know what we know now — that assigning focus on gender at birth leaves out so much of their potential and talents that have nothing to do with what's between their legs." Read more...
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