The belief of one being born a certain sex and gender was once the only thought I had. One couldn’t identify themself as gender neutral. This all based on my ignorance around the subject. In the article“ Sex & Gender 101”, by Kyl Myers explains, raising zoomer in a gender- creative way relies on the fact that sex and gender are not the same thing. For example some people are assigned male at birth but identify as women. Aswell as some are assigned female at birth but identify as men. Males have XY chromosomes, females have XX chromosomes, and there are also several different sex chromosome variations. There are some intersex variations that are apparent at birth, others become apparent at puberty, while others may go undiscovered throughout a person’s lifetime. In my own experience I have seen one of my good friends identify themselves more male like, I tried to encourage them to go with the flow and didn’t take the thought as how they identified themselves. A child should be able to identify themselves as they see fit. The way we can allow our children to be comfortable being who they want to be is showing them that they will be accepted no matter who they are. Making sure they can be allowed to show the opposite from what society believes how male or females should behave. Understanding this as a child might be hard but incorporating acceptance can be a start. I would also encourage this topic to come up in future classrooms. There are children terrified to feel different but there are ways we can help them know that being different is okay. We need to empower children to be themselves. I wish I had a better understanding as a child but I can only continue to learn and understand all perspectives.