The culprit of thisgender revealparty fiasco was the mom-to-be’s nephew. Although she repeatedly asked her sister to make sure the devil child wouldn’t cause any trouble, the worst still happened. So, after vowing never to invite them to anything ever again, shechecked inwith netizens whether her reaction was too harsh.
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After her nephew ruined a gender reveal party, this woman banned him and his mom from future parties
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The woman sought validation for her decision online: was she overreacting or was the tween out of line
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Permissive parenting can often result in acting out and delinquency
From what the author describes here, her sister seems to be quite a permissive parent. These kinds of parentsrarely useany disciplinary actions and allow their kids to do all kinds of shenanigans without consequences.
Permissive parents are usually very loving and nurturing to their children. In some cases, as the OP describes, they can do no wrong in their parents’ eyes. If they establish any rules, they are usually inconsistent. For instance, the sister probably told her son to stay at her side at all times in this situation, yet did nothing when he disobeyed.
As many commenters pointed out, unruly behavior in tweens only gets more difficult with age. Behaviors likestealingat such a young age cansignala more serious behavioral problem. This is especially true when coupled with other troubling patterns like breaking windows and suspensions from school.
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Many criticize gender reveal parties for reinforcing the gender binary and being unsafe
People generally have mixed feelings about gender reveal parties. A 2018 YouGov surveyrevealedthat 35% of Americans think they are “unnecessary” and 28% called them “silly.” The Brits have similar opinions: 46.5%thinkthey are “silly.” Still, 13% of the respondents in Britain said they would have a gender reveal party.
Many people bashgender reveal partiesas a concept. Some say they’re outdated because they reinforce thegender binary. But more people hate on them because some examples of gender reveal parties in the past have been quite dangerous.
In 2019, aFlorida womantragically passed away after a piece of shrapnel from a homemade explosive struck her in the head. Other gender reveal parties had some unfortunate consequences for the environment. In 2020, one such partyresultedin a massive wildfire in California. A crop dusting plane crash in Texasinjureda person in agender reveal gone wrongin 2019.
Even the woman who started the gender reveal party trend now says they should be obsolete and unnecessary. The woman, Jenna Myers Karvunidis, even likened the trend to inventing gunpowder. Her daughter Bianca, for whom the party was meant at the time, is now a teen and doesn’t exactly conform to gender standards.
“Bianca tells me there are more than two genders and many sexualities. I hadn’t considered all this before,” KarvunidistoldThe Guardian. “At least when the child is born, you are getting all the information at once: the sex, the colour of their hair, who they look like, how long they are, what their heart rate is,” Karvunidis went on. “With the gender-reveal, you’ve isolated one aspect of this person. When it gets elevated as being central to your identity, that’s problematic.”
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Many people showed sympathy for the woman, saying that the child is clearly out of control
Others questioned the theme of the party and gender reveals in general
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