I saw this story on the news this morning and it made me quite sad:

http://ca.shine.yahoo.com/pare.....46-shine.html?ref=nf

As a parent, it almost hurts to read about this, thinking how these parents are passing hatred and judgment on to a child like this (let alone how they will pass it along to their children who will treat this little boy and others like him moving forward).

First of all, these are kids, there is no "sexuality" at this stage, but even if there is, why would you try forcing a child to be something that they are not?  I'm sure given enough pressure, you can force a square peg to fit in a circular hole, but you will inevitably be doing some damage along the way.. and why would anyone wish to damage a child - whether it is theirs or someone else's?

People suck

Actually, sexuality is very important to kids.  We're not talking in a reproductive sense here, but in a "gender identity" sense.  Little boys and little girls learn what it means to be little boys and little girls from their parents.  These are things such as boys do not play with dolls, girls like pink, etc.  Heck, even McDonald's has "girl toys" and "boy toys" for their Happy Meals!

Unfortunately, once children learn what society deems "acceptable" behaviour, anyone acting contrary is ostracized harshly.  So for little "Daphne" here, his biggest concern will be the other boys and girls his age, especially if he repeatedly leans towards female behaviour.  They'll treat him more cruelly than the mothers would (even though the kids learned the "standard" from them).

It sad that the mothers were so hurtful to a child, not like they would want mean/hateful acts directed towards their kid.