He loves to flip light switches, as a lot of kids do. He started racing my partner to reach them. He’s also started racing in front of the girls at his daycare. This was disturbing because while a child his age is not yet able to really grasp the concept of privilege we’ve been careful to train him that girls always need to go first. When he got to the state where he asks why this is we planned to tell him girls don’t get to go first very much. So it’s the nice thing to do.

Just last week he proudly proclaimed he was not a baby. My concern escalated into worry.

Things finally came to a head just this weekend. He was doing his standard running about and exploring during our weekend outings. We were in a hurry to leave the store we were in so I picked him up telling him we need to go. His curiosity had not been satisfied and he immediately started crying. I held him close and said “It’s okay to cry.” Apparently, this was triggering to him in some way. <Jamie> inhaled raggedly. His cherubic face, red from crying, tears still on cheeks curved into as close to a snarl as his tiny frame could muster. Little hands clenching into tiny fists. “I NOT CRYING!” He shouted.

I was so shocked I nearly dropped him. He was trying to hide his pain and emotion. One of the foundational behaviors of toxic masculinity. I’m not proud to say when we got home I flew into inquisition mode. Calling his daycare provider, previous daycare providers, my parents, my partner’s parents. Anyone I could think of who might possibly have accidentally or purposefully exposed to media or something else that would have taught him to bottle his emotions or behave aggressively. By both a bit of coincidence and a bit of design <Jamie>’s only spent time with other bio boys a handful of times. All of those interactions have been very Most people in our social circle have had only girls. So I was sure it had to be some kind of media exposure. As I stated we are very careful about the kind of media he is exposed to. He has nothing that depitcs conflict resolved via physicality of any kind. It was something my partner and I are both adamant about. If the people I asked are to be trusted it’s likely my son still doesn’t know hitting is even a thing.

My partner and I are currently at a loss and regrouping. Unable to identify a source for <jamie>’s aggression we are moving on to damage control. We are looking into restorative therapy for him. He is still young and there is still hope. My child is toxic now, but it does not have to be a life sentence. Especially at his age. The last thing the world needs is another aggressive and self interested boy in it. We are still fully committed to making sure that does not happen.

The end

Dear God.

What did I just read?

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dude see if you can get vice to pick it up

The idea is to get it published in some serious place, and some time down the road reveal that it was "made up"

VICE

That's the idea.

DO IT!

Pls do it.

Thanks for the enrouagement. I will start looking into it.

Thinking about being real cagey with it. Have my wife assume a name she "writes" under. Then have it published under "her" name.

Go all inception with it.

bizz bizzz bee

Though the best part is alot of that article is true.

i would do that get her to wear a wig and shit and dress her up as an sjw

they normal post a stock photo of the writers

She could pass of drying her hair an outrageous color as trying to relate to the kids (she's a school counselor).

kool pebbles also works in child care

fash the children montessori school for up and coming fascist

WHEN?!

wow being a school counselor at this time must be super depressing

It's a small white pill, but the transtrender thing has mostly died out already.

She loves her job.

nice to hear

What do you mean's its died out?

To clarify she is not really a "school couselor" she works at a public school with troubmaking kids so it's easier to just call her that.

close anuff

public school is trash now a days

Couple years back a ton of kids were demanding gender changes, and claming they were all kinds of tumblr genders. Everything short of an attack helicopter. That nonsense has mostly stopped.

lol jesus

But her school's building is scheduled to be demolished and replaced, and I'm worried they are going to have a lot of "special" bathrooms in the new incarnation.

oh you know they will

POZZED

I said they should just have a bunch of single occupant restrooms, and have a 1 person per restroom policy. That sidesteps the entire issue, and cuts down on all the crap kids get up to because the bathrooms don't have security cameras.

Maybe they'll just have male and female bathrooms, but anyone can go into them.

That's kind of what I'm saying.

Just a wall with a bunch of rooms with a toilet in them. No gender assignment all, but only 1 person per room, no exceptions.