7 year old they/them

[BeechLeaves]

Hiya everyone. I’m rejoining mumsnet, hence being first post.

My child is 7 years old and another child in the same year, has started to use they/them pronouns.

I had been prepared for this to happen at some point, but had not expected it to happen so young.

What, if any, conversations would you have about this? I want my child to be respectful of the other child who is now they/them but also know that I don’t believe in gender identity.

we’ve only just started talking about puberty! Let alone gender. I’ve been looking at Genspect but a lot of it is geared towards older kids and social media etc.

How do you know about the other child and their pronouns? Was it in a school newsletter? Playground gossip? Your child told you?

The other kid found out about pronouns at an event. Where people had to introduce themselves and state their pronouns.

Oh sorry, misread your question. The parent told me.

Hey, OP. You'd get more engagement on the other board, I think. This one is quite quiet.

7 is very young, and concerning.

Thanks Arabella. I couldn’t find the other board as I’d just rejoined to ask this. I didn’t realise that you couldn’t post on the other one straight away. I’m also really shocked and worried. I’ll repost on other board now I can access it.

I would be factual. So and so might feel this way but biologically xxxx is male/female. We can be polite by calling xxxx thier name but we don't have to use they/them pronouns.

Thanks. I actually posted this again on the other channel. I’m considering what to do and whether to raise anything with the school.